East: New England has clinched the East and a first-round bye. It can clinch home field throughout with a win or a Denver loss.
North: Cincinnati has clinched the North. It can clinch a first-round bye with a win and Denver loss, or a Denver loss and Kansas City win.
West: Denver can clinch the West with a victory or a Kansas City loss, and can clinch a first-round bye with a win or losses by Kansas City and Cincinnati. It can clinch home-field advantage throughout with a win and a loss by New England. Kansas City can clinch the West with a win and a Denver loss.
South: Houston can clinch the South with a win or an Indianapolis loss but could also lose and clinch with wins by any of these teams: Cincinnati, New England, New Orleans, the New York Jets or San Diego. That would give the Texans a strength-of-victory tiebreaker over Indianapolis; they could also clinch if they lose and Kansas City and Baltimore win.
Confused yet? Well, how about this? Indianapolis can win the South if it wins, Houston loses, the teams tie in strength-of-victory tiebreaker and Indy clinches the strength-of-schedule tiebreaker with victories by Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Oakland and Pittsburgh.
Wild card: The Jets can clinch with a win or a Pittsburgh loss. Pittsburgh can clinch with a win and a loss by the Jets. The second-place team in the West, either Denver or Kansas City, will be the other wild-card team.
