How Sunday's games will clear up the NFL playoff picture
NFL playoff seeding scenarios for both conferences, heading into Sunday’s final day of regular-season games:
AFC
No. 1 seed and first-round bye New England (if it wins or ties; or if Oakland loses or ties). Oakland (if it wins and New England loses).
No. 2 seed and first-round bye Oakland (if it wins or ties and New England wins or ties; or if it loses but Kansas City loses, too). New England (if it loses and Oakland wins). Kansas City (if it wins and Oakland loses).
No. 3 seed, and first-round playoff host Pittsburgh already has clinched this seed.
No. 4 seed, and first-round playoff host Houston already has clinched this seed.
No. 5 seed as wild card, at No. 4 next week Kansas City (if it wins and Oakland wins or ties). Miami (if it wins and Kansas City loses).
No. 6 seed as wild card, at No. 3 next week Miami (if it loses or ties; or if Kansas City wins or ties).
NFC
No. 1 seed and first-round bye Dallas already has clinched this seed.
No. 2 seed and first-round bye
Atlanta (if it wins; or if it ties and Seattle loses or ties; or if it loses but either Seattle loses and Detroit loses or ties, or Seattle ties and Detroit loses).
Seattle (if it wins and Atlanta loses or ties; or if it ties and Atlanta loses and Green Bay-Detroit ends in a tie).
Detroit (if it wins and Seattle loses or ties and Atlanta loses). No. 3 seed, and first-round playoff host Seattle (if it wins and Atlanta wins). Atlanta (if it loses or ties and Seattle wins and Detroit wins). Green Bay (if it wins and Seattle loses). Detroit (if it wins and either Seattle wins and Atlanta loses, or Seattle loses or ties and Atlanta wins). No. 4 seed, and first-round playoff host (if it loses). n Green Bay (if it wins and Seattle wins). Detroit (if it wins and Seattle and Atlanta both win). Atlanta (if it loses and Seattle and Detroit both win).
No. 5 seed as wild card, at No. 4 next week New York Giants already have clinched this seed.
No. 6 seed as wild card, at No. 3 next week Washington (if it wins). Detroit (if it loses and Washington loses).
Green Bay (if it loses and Washington loses).
Tampa Bay (if it wins and Detroit, San Francisco, Dallas, Tennessee and Indianapolis all win and Washington ties).