Explaining the NFL Playoff Seeding Tiebreakers

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Explaining the NFL Playoff Seeding Tiebreakers
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Here's a full look at how the league's tiebreakers apply between teams with the same record entering the NFL postseason.

How would those ties be broken? Here’s the procedures for ties between two and three teams:Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.Best net points in conference games.Between three or more clubs

Apply division tiebreaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tiebreaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify the two Wild-Card participants.Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.

Division tiebreakers are broken in a slightly different way – and those procedures could be on display this season if the 7-9 Titans beat the 8-8 Jaguars in Week 18. They could also be used if the 13-3

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