PlayoffRace

NFL · 2026 Season

Tiebreak Simulator

Decide any game on the real schedule, down to the points and touchdowns, and watch the standings, the seeds and every NFL tiebreaker recompute instantly, right here in your browser.

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Results

The playoff field as this scenario stands: division winners seeded 1-4, three Wild Cards 5-7, the No. 1 seed on a bye.

AFC

  1. 1Bills logoBills7-1Bye
  2. 2Broncos logoBroncos7-2Div
  3. 3Jaguars logoJaguars6-2Div
  4. 4Steelers logoSteelers6-2Div
  5. 5Chiefs logoChiefs6-2WC
  6. 6Bengals logoBengals6-2WC
  7. 7Patriots logoPatriots5-4WC

Wild Card round

  • 7Patriots logoPatriotsat2Broncos logoBroncos
  • 6Bengals logoBengalsat3Jaguars logoJaguars
  • 5Chiefs logoChiefsat4Steelers logoSteelers

NFC

  1. 149ers logo49ers7-1Bye
  2. 2Bears logoBears7-2Div
  3. 3Giants logoGiants5-2-1Div
  4. 4Panthers logoPanthers3-5Div
  5. 5Lions logoLions6-2WC
  6. 6Vikings logoVikings6-2WC
  7. 7Packers logoPackers6-3WC

Wild Card round

  • 7Packers logoPackersat2Bears logoBears
  • 6Vikings logoVikingsat3Giants logoGiants
  • 5Lions logoLionsat4Panthers logoPanthers

Standings

Best and worst: where each figure can finish by season’s end, with all 136 undecided games open — 14 scenario games and 122 outside them.

Overall

TeamW-L-TPctGLBestWorst
1BUF logoBUF7-1.875916-17-10
2DEN logoDEN7-2.778815-27-10
3JAX logoJAX6-2.750915-26-11
4PIT logoPIT6-2.750915-26-11
5KC logoKC6-2.750915-26-11
6CIN logoCIN6-2.750915-26-11
7NE logoNE5-4.556813-45-12
8CLE logoCLE5-4.556813-45-12
9LV logoLV4-5.444812-54-13
10BAL logoBAL4-5.444812-54-13
11HOU logoHOU3-5.375912-53-14
12NYJ logoNYJ2-7.222810-72-15
13IND logoIND2-7.222810-72-15
14MIA logoMIA1-7.125910-71-16
15TEN logoTEN1-7.125910-71-16
16LAC logoLAC0-8.00099-80-17

H2H vs CIN

TeamW-L-TGLBestWorst
3JAX logoJAX1-001-01-0
4PIT logoPIT1-012-01-1
5KC logoKC0-011-00-1
8CLE logoCLE0-022-00-2
10BAL logoBAL0-111-10-2
11HOU logoHOU0-100-10-1
13IND logoIND0-011-00-1
14MIA logoMIA0-100-10-1
15TEN logoTEN0-100-10-1

The other 6 clubs don’t play the Bengals this season.

Division

#TeamDivW-L-TValGLBestWorst
1NE logoNEEast3-01.00036-03-3
2KC logoKCWest3-1.75025-13-3
3CLE logoCLENorth2-1.66735-12-4
4DEN logoDENWest2-1.66735-12-4
5HOU logoHOUSouth2-1.66735-12-4
6PIT logoPITNorth2-1.66735-12-4
7CIN logoCINNorth1-1.50045-11-5
8JAX logoJAXSouth1-1.50045-11-5
9LV logoLVWest1-1.50045-11-5
10MIA logoMIAEast1-1.50045-11-5
11TEN logoTENSouth1-1.50045-11-5
12IND logoINDSouth1-2.33334-21-5
13BAL logoBALNorth0-2.00044-20-6
14BUF logoBUFEast0-1.00055-10-6
15LAC logoLACWest0-3.00033-30-6
16NYJ logoNYJEast0-2.00044-20-6

Common w/ CIN

ClubCIN
TeamGNowBestWorstNowBestWorst
BUF logoBUF5/52-05-02-33-05-03-2
DEN logoDEN6/63-15-13-31-24-21-5
JAX logoJAX10/103-19-13-73-19-13-7
PIT logoPIT12/125-111-15-75-111-15-7
KC logoKC3/32-03-02-12-03-02-1
NE logoNE5/52-14-12-31-23-21-4
CLE logoCLE12/125-39-35-75-210-25-7
LV logoLV6/62-15-12-42-06-02-4
BAL logoBAL12/123-39-33-94-210-24-8
HOU logoHOU10/102-19-12-82-28-22-8
NYJ logoNYJ5/52-23-22-32-05-02-3
IND logoIND12/122-57-52-104-210-24-8
MIA logoMIA2/20-11-10-20-02-00-2
TEN logoTEN10/101-37-31-92-28-22-8
LAC logoLAC6/60-24-20-64-06-04-2

Conference

#TeamW-L-TValGLBestWorst
1KC logoKC6-1.857511-16-6
2NE logoNE5-1.833611-15-7
3BUF logoBUF4-1.800711-14-8
4DEN logoDEN3-1.750811-13-9
5JAX logoJAX5-2.714510-25-7
6CIN logoCIN4-2.667610-24-8
7PIT logoPIT3-2.600710-23-9
8CLE logoCLE3-3.50069-33-9
9HOU logoHOU3-3.50069-33-9
10LV logoLV3-3.50069-33-9
11BAL logoBAL2-4.33368-42-10
12NYJ logoNYJ2-4.33368-42-10
13MIA logoMIA1-4.20078-41-11
14IND logoIND1-5.16767-51-11
15TEN logoTEN1-5.16767-51-11
16LAC logoLAC0-5.00077-50-12

SOV

#TeamValBestWorst
1NE logoNE.476.723.239
2BUF logoBUF.475.706.229
3DEN logoDEN.475.699.242
4JAX logoJAX.453.672.242
5PIT logoPIT.423.667.276
6CLE logoCLE.405.658.261
7NYJ logoNYJ.353.765.118
8IND logoIND.344.706.154
9KC logoKC.308.614.217
10CIN logoCIN.294.630.191
11HOU logoHOU.292.689.147
12BAL logoBAL.286.655.141
13MIA logoMIA.222.725.098
14TEN logoTEN.222.745.118
15LV logoLV.182.641.098
16LAC logoLAC.000.882.000

SOS

#TeamValBestWorst
1MIA logoMIA.627.661.426
2LAC logoLAC.580.644.394
3NE logoNE.571.647.405
4DEN logoDEN.547.626.363
5NYJ logoNYJ.532.633.401
6IND logoIND.520.623.363
7BAL logoBAL.487.630.356
8JAX logoJAX.486.606.349
9BUF logoBUF.485.612.367
10LV logoLV.480.630.356
11HOU logoHOU.477.609.353
12PIT logoPIT.457.609.356
13CLE logoCLE.453.614.358
14TEN logoTEN.428.616.363
15CIN logoCIN.403.597.348
16KC logoKC.400.606.356

Pts Rank (Conf)

#TeamPF+PAVal
1JAX logoJAX#4+#15
2CIN logoCIN#2+#46
3BUF logoBUF#1+#67
4KC logoKC#7+#29
5DEN logoDEN#8+#513
6HOU logoHOU#6+#713
7PIT logoPIT#12+#315
8NE logoNE#5+#1116
9LV logoLV#3+#1619
10CLE logoCLE#13+#821
11BAL logoBAL#9+#1423
12TEN logoTEN#14+#923
13NYJ logoNYJ#11+#1324
14IND logoIND#10+#1525
15MIA logoMIA#15+#1025
16LAC logoLAC#16+#1228

Pts Rank (NFL)

#TeamPF+PAVal
1JAX logoJAX#7+#29
2CIN logoCIN#4+#812
3BUF logoBUF#1+#1314
4KC logoKC#13+#316
5HOU logoHOU#12+#1628
6PIT logoPIT#24+#428
7DEN logoDEN#17+#1229
8NE logoNE#11+#2132
9LV logoLV#5+#3237
10CLE logoCLE#27+#1744
11BAL logoBAL#18+#2846
12NYJ logoNYJ#22+#2648
13TEN logoTEN#30+#1848
14MIA logoMIA#31+#1950
15IND logoIND#21+#3051
16LAC logoLAC#32+#2355

Net Pts (Conf)

#TeamVal
1JAX logoJAX+106
2KC logoKC+76
3CIN logoCIN+42
4BUF logoBUF+39
5NE logoNE+31
6HOU logoHOU+27
7PIT logoPIT+16
8LV logoLV-3
9DEN logoDEN-4
10NYJ logoNYJ-20
11MIA logoMIA-37
12CLE logoCLE-41
13TEN logoTEN-46
14BAL logoBAL-50
15LAC logoLAC-64
16IND logoIND-72

Net Pts

#TeamPF/PAVal
1JAX logoJAX229/121+108
2BUF logoBUF256/187+69
3CIN logoCIN240/175+65
4KC logoKC202/143+59
5PIT logoPIT180/144+36
6HOU logoHOU209/192+17
7DEN logoDEN198/186+12
8NE logoNE211/207+4
9LV logoLV238/268-30
10CLE logoCLE161/196-35
11NYJ logoNYJ182/223-41
12BAL logoBAL189/236-47
13TEN logoTEN144/199-55
14IND logoIND184/249-65
15MIA logoMIA126/200-74
16LAC logoLAC121/219-98

Net TD

#TeamVal
1JAX logoJAX+14
2KC logoKC+12
3CIN logoCIN+10
4BUF logoBUF+7
5PIT logoPIT+7
6NE logoNE+3
7DEN logoDEN+1
8HOU logoHOU+1
9BAL logoBAL-4
10CLE logoCLE-5
11LV logoLV-6
12TEN logoTEN-6
13MIA logoMIA-9
14IND logoIND-10
15NYJ logoNYJ-10
16LAC logoLAC-13
Tiebreaking stepsEvery NFL tiebreak step applied, race by race, in both conferences.

AFC

AFC North standings1 step
  1. Head-to-headBengals, Steelers
    • Bengals 0-1 (.000)
    • Steelers 1-0 (1.000)

    Separates Steelers.

AFC division winners (seeds 1-4)2 steps
  1. Head-to-headSteelers, Jaguars

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  2. Win pct in conference gamesSteelers, Jaguars
    • Steelers 3-2 (.600)
    • Jaguars 5-2 (.714)

    Separates Jaguars.

AFC Wild Card race and remaining order (seeds 5-7 and below)10 steps
  1. Head-to-headBengals, Chiefs

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  2. Win pct in conference gamesBengals, Chiefs
    • Bengals 4-2 (.667)
    • Chiefs 6-1 (.857)

    Separates Chiefs.

  3. Head-to-headPatriots, Browns

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  4. Win pct in conference gamesPatriots, Browns
    • Patriots 5-1 (.833)
    • Browns 3-3 (.500)

    Separates Patriots.

  5. Head-to-headRavens, Raiders

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  6. Win pct in conference gamesRavens, Raiders
    • Ravens 2-4 (.333)
    • Raiders 3-3 (.500)

    Separates Raiders.

  7. Head-to-headJets, Colts

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  8. Win pct in conference gamesJets, Colts
    • Jets 2-4 (.333)
    • Colts 1-5 (.167)

    Separates Jets.

  9. Head-to-headDolphins, Titans

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  10. Win pct in conference gamesDolphins, Titans
    • Dolphins 1-4 (.200)
    • Titans 1-5 (.167)

    Separates Dolphins.

NFC

NFC North standings1 step
  1. Head-to-headLions, Vikings
    • Lions 1-0 (1.000)
    • Vikings 0-1 (.000)

    Separates Lions.

NFC South standings3 steps
  1. Head-to-headPanthers, Saints

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  2. Win pct in division gamesPanthers, Saints
    • Panthers 1-1 (.500)
    • Saints 0-1 (.000)

    Separates Panthers.

  3. Head-to-headFalcons, Buccaneers
    • Falcons 0-1 (.000)
    • Buccaneers 1-0 (1.000)

    Separates Buccaneers.

NFC West standings2 steps
  1. Head-to-headRams, Seahawks

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  2. Win pct in division gamesRams, Seahawks
    • Rams 0-2 (.000)
    • Seahawks 2-1 (.667)

    Separates Seahawks.

NFC Wild Card race and remaining order (seeds 5-7 and below)7 steps
  1. All tied clubs from the same divisionLions, Vikings
    • Lions 2nd in the NFC North
    • Vikings 3rd in the NFC North

    Every tied club is in the NFC North, so the division tiebreaker decides — see the NFC North standings above.

    Separates Lions.

  2. All tied clubs from the same divisionSeahawks, Rams
    • Seahawks 2nd in the NFC West
    • Rams 3rd in the NFC West

    Every tied club is in the NFC West, so the division tiebreaker decides — see the NFC West standings above.

    Separates Seahawks.

  3. Highest-ranked club in each divisionBuccaneers, Falcons, Cardinals
    • Buccaneers the highest-ranked tied club in the NFC South
    • Falcons behind TB in the NFC South — eliminated
    • Cardinals the only tied club in the NFC West

    Separates Buccaneers and Cardinals.

  4. Head-to-headBuccaneers, Cardinals

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  5. Win pct in conference gamesBuccaneers, Cardinals
    • Buccaneers 3-3 (.500)
    • Cardinals 2-5 (.286)

    Separates Buccaneers.

  6. Head-to-headFalcons, Cardinals

    Not applicable: the tied clubs have not played each other.

  7. Win pct in conference gamesFalcons, Cardinals
    • Falcons 3-3 (.500)
    • Cardinals 2-5 (.286)

    Separates Falcons.

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