Playoff Clinching Scenarios

[BoomerFan]

(12-19-2022, 06:28 PM)BengalYankee Wrote: You are missing the conference record. 

The below can still happen.

Regular             Conference
LA     11 - 6        8-4
MIA   10 - 7        8-4
NE     10 - 7        7-5
Jets    10 - 7       7 -5
Cincy 10 -7         6-6

Ah that confirms what I suspected. Conference record would usually be *after* head to head but in a multiway tie they must disregard head to head. Otherwise we have the tie breaker with the Jets and Miami in the above scenario. 

(12-19-2022, 04:57 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: The only way head to head applies in a multi-way tie is if all the teams have played each other. If so, then the team with the best record in the combined games gets in. 

But since we have not played the Chargers, conference record would be first. And, of course, if we loose to the Pats (a must in a tie with them), we'd loose that head to head. 

OK that makes sense.