Both the AFC North and NFC South are primed to have division winners who have been playing near .500 football all year long

The NFL’s tiebreaking procedures begin with determining each teams' place within their division, and are then rolled forward to hash out the wild card standings. In it’s simplest terms, here’s a look at how the NFL breaks a tie at the top of a division.

Here's everything you need to know about the NFL postseason format: Fourteen teams will make the NFL playoffs — seven from both the NFC and AFC. This is an increase over the previous format, which had 12 teams. This is broken out with four division winners in each conference as well as three wild-card teams.

The last week of the regular season will feature plenty of fireworks. Here's how the playoff picture in the NFC is shaping up

The Patriots have clinched a playoff berth and have two very winnable games ahead: they visit the Jets in Week 16 and host the Dolphins in Week 17. If they win out, they would clinch the AFC East title, with a terrific chance at the No. 1 seed and first round bye.

Buffalo has clinched a playoff spot but their Week 18 matchup against the Jets and two other games will determine if they remain the No. 7 seed or climb to No. 5 or No. 6.

The Philadelphia Eagles have two games left in the 2025 National Football League regular season before they will try to embark on another deep playoff run. Wee