2016 · 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	PatriotsEast· leader	14-2	5-1	11-1	+191	100%
2	ChiefsWest· leader· head-to-head	12-4	6-0	9-3	+78	100%
3	SteelersNorth· leader	11-5	5-1	9-3	+72	100%
4	TexansSouth· leader· division record	9-7	5-1	7-5	-49	100%
5	RaidersWest	12-4	3-3	9-3	+31	100%
6	DolphinsEast	10-6	4-2	7-5	-17	100%
7	TitansSouth	9-7	2-4	6-6	+3	0%
8	BroncosWest	9-7	2-4	6-6	+36	0%
9	RavensNorth	8-8	4-2	7-5	+22	0%
10	ColtsSouth	8-8	3-3	5-7	+19	0%
11	BillsEast	7-9	1-5	4-8	+21	0%
12	BengalsNorth	6-9-1	3-3	5-7	+10	0%
13	JetsEast	5-11	2-4	4-8	-134	0%
14	ChargersWest	5-11	1-5	4-8	-13	0%
15	JaguarsSouth	3-13	2-4	2-10	-82	0%
16	BrownsNorth	1-15	0-6	1-11	-188	0%

NFC

6 seeds · 2 byes

NFC standings and seeding

#	Team	W-L	Div	Conf	Net	Playoffest.
1	CowboysEast· leader	13-3	3-3	9-3	+115	100%
2	FalconsSouth· leader	11-5	5-1	9-3	+134	100%
3	SeahawksWest· leader	10-5-1	3-2-1	6-5-1	+62	100%
4	PackersNorth· leader	10-6	5-1	8-4	+44	100%
5	GiantsEast	11-5	4-2	8-4	+26	100%
6	LionsNorth· common games	9-7	3-3	7-5	-12	100%
7	BuccaneersSouth	9-7	4-2	7-5	-15	0%
8	CommandersEast	8-7-1	3-3	6-6	+13	0%
9	VikingsNorth	8-8	2-4	5-7	+20	0%
10	CardinalsWest	7-8-1	4-1-1	6-5-1	+56	0%
11	SaintsSouth	7-9	2-4	6-6	+15	0%
12	EaglesEast	7-9	2-4	5-7	+36	0%
13	PanthersSouth	6-10	1-5	5-7	-33	0%
14	RamsWest	4-12	2-4	3-9	-170	0%
15	BearsNorth	3-13	2-4	3-9	-120	0%
16	49ersWest	2-14	2-4	2-10	-171	0%