2012 · 8 divisions

Standings & seeding

Seeded with the league’s full tiebreaker cascade — head-to-head, division and conference record, common games, strength of victory. Where a tiebreaker decided a position, the rule that did it is named under the team.

AFC

6 seeds · 2 byes

AFC standings and seeding

#	Team	W-L	Div	Conf	Net	Playoffest.
1	BroncosWest· leader	13-3	6-0	10-2	+192	100%
2	PatriotsEast· leader	12-4	6-0	11-1	+226	100%
3	TexansSouth· leader	12-4	5-1	10-2	+85	100%
4	RavensNorth· leader· division record	10-6	4-2	8-4	+54	100%
5	ColtsSouth	11-5	4-2	8-4	-30	100%
6	BengalsNorth	10-6	3-3	7-5	+71	100%
7	SteelersNorth	8-8	3-3	5-7	+22	0%
8	ChargersWest	7-9	4-2	7-5	0	0%
9	DolphinsEast	7-9	2-4	5-7	-29	0%
10	TitansSouth	6-10	1-5	5-7	-141	0%
11	BillsEast	6-10	2-4	5-7	-91	0%
12	JetsEast	6-10	2-4	4-8	-94	0%
13	BrownsNorth	5-11	2-4	5-7	-66	0%
14	RaidersWest	4-12	2-4	4-8	-153	0%
15	JaguarsSouth	2-14	2-4	2-10	-189	0%
16	ChiefsWest	2-14	0-6	0-12	-214	0%

NFC

6 seeds · 2 byes

NFC standings and seeding

#	Team	W-L	Div	Conf	Net	Playoffest.
1	FalconsSouth· leader	13-3	3-3	9-3	+120	100%
2	49ersWest· leader	11-4-1	3-2-1	7-4-1	+124	100%
3	PackersNorth· leader	11-5	5-1	8-4	+97	100%
4	CommandersEast· leader	10-6	5-1	8-4	+48	100%
5	SeahawksWest	11-5	3-3	8-4	+167	100%
6	VikingsNorth	10-6	4-2	7-5	+31	100%
7	BearsNorth	10-6	3-3	7-5	+98	0%
8	GiantsEast	9-7	3-3	8-4	+85	0%
9	CowboysEast	8-8	3-3	5-7	-24	0%
10	RamsWest	7-8-1	4-1-1	6-5-1	-49	0%
11	PanthersSouth	7-9	3-3	5-7	-6	0%
12	SaintsSouth	7-9	3-3	5-7	+7	0%
13	BuccaneersSouth	7-9	3-3	4-8	-5	0%
14	CardinalsWest	5-11	1-5	3-9	-107	0%
15	LionsNorth	4-12	0-6	3-9	-65	0%
16	EaglesEast	4-12	1-5	2-10	-164	0%