First-round bye
Denver Broncos
AFC West · +174 diff
5-0
#1 seed · advances straight to the divisional round
Wild Card round
Wild Card · #2 vs #7
HOU 57%
Houston Texans
AFC South · +52 diff · -133 · 57%
4-1
Miami Dolphins
AFC East · +47 diff · +133 · 43%
3-1
Wild Card · #3 vs #6
PIT 56%
Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC North · +229 diff · -129 · 56%
3-1
Cincinnati Bengals
AFC North · +179 diff · +129 · 44%
3-1
Wild Card · #4 vs #5
TEN 89%
Buffalo Bills
AFC East · -22 diff · +815 · 11%
3-1
Tennessee Titans
AFC South · +148 diff · -815 · 89%
4-1
Divisional round
Divisional · #1 vs #5
DEN 90%
Denver Broncos
AFC West · +174 diff · -923 · 90%
5-0
Tennessee Titans
AFC South · +148 diff · +923 · 10%
4-1
Divisional · #2 vs #3
PIT 83%
Houston Texans
AFC South · +52 diff · +482 · 17%
4-1
Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC North · +229 diff · -482 · 83%
3-1
AFC Championship round
AFC Championship · #1 vs #3
DEN 80%
Denver Broncos
AFC West · +174 diff · -390 · 80%
5-0
Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC North · +229 diff · +390 · 20%
3-1
Super Bowl
DEN vs SEA · neutral site
1Denver Broncos
AFC West · +174 diff · +217 · 32%
5-0
2
Seattle Seahawks
NFC West · +293 diff · -217 · 68%
5-0
Projected champion · Seattle Seahawks
Tiebreakers applied
TiebreakPIT over BUF — Points per game: 125.3 points per game
TiebreakCIN over MIA — Points per game: 101.5 points per game
TiebreakKC over JAX — Points per game: 47.4 points per game
TiebreakNYJ over NE — Head-to-head: 1-0 head-to-head
TiebreakBAL over LV — Points per game: 30.8 points per game
Order: season win % → head-to-head → points per game → conference win %.
Bracket updates automatically from the current AFC standings (7 seeds).