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2019 NFC tiebreakers entering Week 15

The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker?

Notes and assumptions:

  1. No possibility of future tie games.
  2. Tiebreaker winners are as they would be if the teams were tied at the end of the season, NOT as if the season ended right now.
  3. Tiebreakers that don’t affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.  If PHI and MIN both finish 9-7, PHI wins the NFC East but MIN does not win the NFC North.
  4. Division ties are broken first.  If MIN, CHI, and LAR all finish 9-7, break the NFC North tie between MIN-CHI first, then break the tie between the MIN-CHI winner and LAR.
  5. If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.
  6. Strength of victory is the combined winning percentage (essentially, the number of wins) of the teams a team has beaten. It has nothing to do with point totals.

NO has clinched the NFC South. ARI, ATL, CAR, DET, NYG, and WAS have been eliminated. No playoff seeds have been locked.

The complete tiebreaker rules are here.

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NFC East

If these teams tie at with these things happening tie goes to based on
DAL-PHI DAL beats PHI DAL head-to-head
DAL-PHI 8-8
  • PHI beats DAL; beats exactly 1 of WAS, NYG
  • DAL beats WAS
DAL division record
DAL-PHI 8-8
  • PHI beats DAL; beats exactly 1 of WAS, NYG
  • DAL loses to WAS
PHI common opponents
DAL-PHI 7-9 PHI beats DAL; loses to WAS, NYG DAL division record

NFC North

If these teams tie at with these things happening tie goes to based on
GB-MIN 11-5 GB beats MIN GB head-to-head
GB-MIN 12-4
  • MIN beats GB
  • GB beats CHI, DET
GB division record
GB-MIN 11-5
  • MIN beats GB, CHI
  • GB beats exactly 1 of CHI, DET
MIN conference record
GB-MIN 11-5
  • MIN beats GB; loses to CHI
  • GB beats exactly 1 of CHI, DET
GB division record
GB-MIN 10-6
  • MIN beats GB; loses to CHI
  • GB loses to CHI, DET
MIN conference record
GB-CHI CHI division record
MIN-CHI CHI head-to-head
GB-MIN-CHI 10-6 CHI head-to-head

NFC South

The Saints have won the division outright.

NFC West

If these teams tie at with these things happening tie goes to based on
SEA-SF SEA beats SF SEA head-to-head
SEA-SF 12-4
  • SF beats SEA; loses to LAR
  • SEA beats ARI
? strength of victory
SEA-SF 11-5
  • SF beats SEA
  • SEA loses to ARI
SF division record
SEA-LAR 11-5 SEA beats exactly 1 of SF, ARI LAR conference record
SEA-LAR
  • SEA loses to SF, ARI
  • LAR beats SF, ARI
LAR division record
SEA-LAR 10-6 LAR beats exactly 1 of SF, ARI LAR conference record
SF-LAR 11-5 LAR division record
SEA-SF-LAR 11-5 SEA head-to-head

NFC interdivisional ties

2-way ties

If these teams tie at with these things happening tie goes to based on
DAL-MIN 9-7 MIN head-to-head
DAL-CHI 9-7 CHI head-to-head
DAL-TB 9-7 DAL conference record
DAL-LAR 9-7 DAL head-to-head
GB-NO NO beats IND, TEN GB conference record
GB-NO 12-4
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN; beats CAR
  • GB beats CHI
? strength of victory
GB-NO 12-4
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN; beats CAR
  • GB loses to CHI
NO common opponents
GB-NO 11-5
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN; loses to CAR
  • GB beats CHI
GB common opponents
GB-NO 11-5
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN; loses to CAR
  • GB loses to CHI
? strength of victory
GB-NO NO loses to IND, TEN NO conference record
GB-SEA SEA common opponents
GB-SF SF head-to-head
GB-LAR LAR conference record
MIN-NO 12-4 NO beats IND, TEN MIN conference record
MIN-NO
  • MIN beats LAC
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN
NO common opponents
MIN-NO 11-5
  • MIN loses to LAC
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN
MIN conference record
MIN-NO
  • MIN beats LAC
  • NO loses to IND, TEN
NO conference record
MIN-NO
  • MIN loses to LAC
  • NO loses to IND, TEN
NO common opponents
MIN-TB 9-7 MIN beats LAC ? strength of victory
MIN-TB MIN loses to LAC MIN conference record
MIN-SEA SEA head-to-head
MIN-SF 12-4 SF beats exactly 1 of ATL, SEA ? strength of victory
MIN-SF
  • MIN beats LAC, GB
  • SF loses to ATL, SEA
MIN common opponents
MIN-SF 11-5
  • MIN beats LAC; loses to GB
  • SF loses to ATL, SEA
? strength of victory
MIN-SF 11-5 MIN loses to LAC MIN conference record
MIN-LAR MIN beats LAC LAR conference record
MIN-LAR
  • MIN loses to LAC)
  • LAR beats DAL
LAR common opponents
MIN-LAR
  • MIN loses to LAC; beats CHI
  • LAR loses to DAL
? strength of victory
MIN-LAR
  • MIN loses to LAC, CHI
  • LAR loses to DAL
LAR common opponents
CHI-NO 10-6 NO head-to-head
CHI-TB 9-7 CHI conference record
CHI-SEA 10-6 CHI conference record
CHI-LAR LAR head-to-head
NO-SEA NO head-to-head
NO-SF SF head-to-head
NO-LAR LAR head-to-head

3-way ties

If these teams tie at with these things happening tie goes to based on
DAL-MIN-TB 9-7 DAL conference record
DAL-MIN-LAR 9-7 DAL conference record
DAL-CHI-TB 9-7 CHI beats KC DAL conference record
DAL-CHI-TB 9-7 CHI loses to KC CHI
  1. TB eliminated on conference record
  2. head-to-head
DAL-CHI-LAR 9-7 CHI beats KC DAL conference record
DAL-CHI-LAR 9-7 CHI loses to KC CHI
  1. LAR eliminated on conference record
  2. head-to-head
DAL-TB-LAR 9-7 DAL
  1. LAR eliminated on head-to-head
  2. conference record
GB-NO-SEA 12-4
  • NO beats IND, TEN
SEA
  1. NO eliminated on conference record
  2. common opponents
GB-NO-SEA NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN ? strength of victory
GB-NO-SEA NO loses to IND, TEN NO conference record
GB-NO-SF SF head-to-head
MIN-NO-SEA 12-4 NO beats IND, TEN SEA
  1. NO eliminated on conference record
  2. head-to-head
MIN-NO-SEA
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN
  • MIN beats LAC
? strength of victory
MIN-NO-SEA 11-5
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN
  • MIN loses to LAC
MIN conference record
MIN-NO-SEA
  • NO loses to IND, TEN
  • MIN beats LAC
NO conference record
MIN-NO-SEA
  • NO loses to IND, TEN
  • MIN loses to LAC
NO
  1. SEA eliminated on conference record
  2. common opponents
MIN-NO-SF 12-4
  • NO beats IND, TEN
  • SF beats exactly 1 of ATL, SEA
MIN or SF
  1. NO eliminated on conference record
  2. strength of victory
MIN-NO-SF 12-4
  • NO beats IND, TEN
  • SF loses to ATL, SEA
MIN
  1. NO eliminated on conference record
  2. common opponents
MIN-NO-SF
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN
  • MIN beats LAC
? strength of victory
MIN-NO-SF 11-5
  • NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN
  • MIN loses to LAC
MIN conference record
MIN-NO-SF
  • NO loses to IND, TEN
  • MIN beats LAC
NO conference record
MIN-NO-SF
  • NO loses to IND, TEN
  • MIN loses to LAC
NO
  1. SF eliminated on conference record
  2. common opponents
MIN-TB-LAR 9-7 LAR beats DAL LAR
  1. TB eliminated on conference record
  2. common opponents
MIN-TB-LAR 9-7 LAR loses to DAL LAR
  1. TB eliminated on conference record
  2. common opponents
CHI-TB-LAR 9-7 CHI beats KC LAR
  1. TB eliminated on conference record
  2. head-to-head
CHI-TB-LAR 9-7 CHI loses to KC CHI conference record

4-way ties

If these teams tie at with these things happening tie goes to based on
DAL-MIN-TB-LAR 9-7 DAL conference record
DAL-CHI-TB-LAR 9-7 CHI beats KC DAL conference record
DAL-CHI-TB-LAR 9-7 CHI loses to KC CHI
  1. TB & LAR eliminated on conference record
  2. head-to-head

 

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