How Will NFL Tiebreaker For NFC Wild Card Work? Explained
The NFC East is officially in a state of competition for domination. The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles are tied at 10-3 with four weeks left in the regular season. Both teams are vying to win their division, host a first-round playoff game, and potentially earn a bye if they finish first or second in their respective conferences. The NFL NFC tiebreaker would go as follows.
How Will the NFL Tiebreaker For NFC Wild Card Work? Explained
NFL Tiebreaker No. 1: Head-to-head
These are the teams involved in the Wild Card race with head-to-head tiebreaker advantages going into Week 15:
- Buccaneers over Vikings, Saints (Play in Week 17)
- Falcons over Packers, Saints (Play in Week 18)
- Rams over Seahawks
- Vikings over Falcons, Packers (Play in Week 17), Saints
- Packers over Rams, Saints
Cowboys fans celebrating the win, but realizing they the niners hold tiebreaker now for the #1 seed in the NFC. #NFL #CowboysNation pic.twitter.com/JVVlaOCzLD
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NFL Tiebreaker No. 2: Record within the division
However, as of Saturday, Dec. 16, this is how division record rankings stand.
- Rams (4-1)
- Buccaneers (3-1) AND Falcons (3-1)
- Vikings (2-1)
- Packers (2-2) AND Saints (2-2)
- Seahawks (1-4)
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Eagles-Seahawks Tiebreaker: 38
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NFL Tiebreaker No. 3: Record against common opponents
The record versus common opponents comes next. It’s a complicated web to unravel.
For now, we’ll only mention that the Bucs have a lead over the Falcons in that category and are now leading the NFC South divisional battle.
NFL Tiebreaker No. 4: Record within the conference
Record within the conference comes next. Here’s how the conference record pecking order shakes out:
- Vikings (6-3)
- Buccaneers (5-4)
- Packers (4-4) AND Rams (4-4) AND Seahawks (5-5)
- Falcons (4-5)
- Saints (3-5)
NFL tiebreaker scenarios for Vikings, Packers, Seahawks, more in NFC Wild Cardhttps://t.co/JH6UlxpJEx
— MSN Sports (@MSNSports) December 17, 2023
Remaining NFL tiebreakers
- Strength of victory in all games.
- Strength of schedule in all games.
- Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed in all games
- Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed in all games
- Best net points in common games
- Best net points in all games
- Best net touchdowns in all games
- Coin toss
The Cleveland @Browns have the MOST wins (6) vs teams currently over .500 in the NFL this season. pic.twitter.com/rWZKxc91Ai
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