NFL Playoff Standings: Breaking Down Likeliest Postseason Scenarios

What a Sunday NFL fans have in store for themselves.

Division titles are on the line. Wild-card berths, too. Playoff seeding remains fluid. It's going to be one heck of a finish to the NFL season, and below you'll find a breakdown of the likeliest scenarios that could play out.

Let's quickly review what's at stake.

In the NFC, only the Dallas Cowboys have clinched a division title. The Seattle Seahawks will clinch the NFC West with a win over the St. Louis Rams, while the NFC North and NFC South titles will go to the winners of the Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions and the Atlanta Falcons-Carolina Panthers games, respectively. 

In the AFC, the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts have won their respective divisions, with the Patriots locking up the top overall seed.

The winner of the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals will clinch the AFC North, while the San Diego Chargers will earn the final wild-card bid with a win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

You can see every playoff scenario here.

Rank	Team	W	L	T	DIV	CONF
1	x - Seattle	11	4	0	4-1-0	9-2-0
2	x - Detroit	11	4	0	5-0-0	9-2-0
3	z - Dallas	11	4	0	3-2-0	7-4-0
4	Carolina	6	8	1	3-2-0	5-6-0
5	x - Green Bay	11	4	0	4-1-0	8-3-0
6	x - Arizona	11	4	0	3-2-0	8-3-0
7	Philadelphia	9	6	0	3-2-0	5-6-0
8	San Francisco	7	8	0	1-4-0	6-5-0
9	Atlanta	6	9	0	5-0-0	6-5-0
10	New Orleans	6	9	0	2-3-0	5-6-0
11	Minnesota	6	9	0	0-5-0	5-6-0
12	NY Giants	6	9	0	2-3-0	4-7-0
13	St. Louis	6	9	0	2-3-0	4-7-0
14	Chicago	5	10	0	1-4-0	4-7-0
15	Washington	4	11	0	2-3-0	2-9-0
16	Tampa Bay	2	13	0	0-5-0	1-10-0

In the NFC, the oddsmakers over at Odds Shark have the Packers, Falcons and Seahawks as the favorites, while their computer simulation has all three teams winning.

Not surprisingly, all three of those teams are at home. While Atlanta doesn't have a distinct home-field advantage this season, the Packers are 7-0 at home and Seattle is 15-2 at CenturyLink Field since last season.

It doesn't hurt that the Packers have the likely MVP winner in Aaron Rodgers, while Seattle is the defending Super Bowl champion.

Such results would mean that the Cowboys would host the Lions, while the Falcons would face an Arizona team without Carson Palmer at quarterback and Andre Ellington at running back—the Cardinals would win the tiebreaker over the Lions due to a head-to-head win even if they lost in Week 17 against the San Francisco 49ers.

Despite Atlanta's poor season, it would have a legitimate chance to win that game and would have plenty of confidence knowing it beat Arizona 29-18 in Week 13.

Those are the "likely" results in the NFC. Let's break down the AFC.

Rank	Team	W	L	T	DIV	CONF
1	** - New England	12	3	0	4-1-0	9-2-0
2	z - Denver	11	4	0	5-0-0	9-2-0
3	x - Cincinnati	10	4	1	3-2-0	7-4-0
4	z - Indianapolis	10	5	0	5-0-0	8-3-0
5	x - Pittsburgh	10	5	0	3-2-0	8-3-0
6	San Diego	9	6	0	2-3-0	6-5-0
7	Baltimore	9	6	0	2-3-0	5-6-0
8	Houston	8	7	0	3-2-0	7-4-0
9	Kansas City	8	7	0	2-3-0	6-5-0
10	Miami	8	7	0	3-2-0	6-5-0
11	Buffalo	8	7	0	3-2-0	4-7-0
12	Cleveland	7	8	0	2-3-0	4-7-0
13	NY Jets	3	12	0	0-5-0	3-8-0
14	Jacksonville	3	12	0	1-4-0	2-9-0
15	Oakland	3	12	0	1-4-0	2-9-0
16	Tennessee	2	13	0	1-4-0	2-9-0

The Broncos are going to beat the Oakland Raiders and sew up the No. 2 seed. Anything less would be shocking. The Colts are going to be the No. 4 seed, leaving the Bengals and Steelers battling not only for home-field advantage but also the No. 3 seed.

Pittsburgh has been listed as the favorite both by Odds Shark, and it's likely down to a few factors. The Steelers are at home, for starters, and beat the Bengals in Week 14, 42-21.

Plus, in a pinch, which quarterback would you rather have: Ben Roethlisberger or Andy Dalton?

Yes, you would rather have Roethlisberger.

The last wild-card spot is down to the Chargers and Baltimore Ravens, though technically the Chiefs and Houston Texans are still alive. The Chargers may just leave the door open for the other contenders, however—the Chiefs are favored by Odds Shark.

Kansas City is 5-2 and has already beaten the Chargers—both huge considerations, surely.

That would leave the door open for the Ravens, who need a win and San Diego loss to get into the playoffs. The Ravens are favored, and why wouldn't they be? The Cleveland Browns are a dumpster fire at this point in the season.

Don't be surprised if Baltimore sneaks into the playoffs.

In this scenario, it would be playing hated rival Pittsburgh, while the Bengals and Colts would do battle in the other Wild Card Round.

Any way you slice it, it's going to be one heck of a Sunday and one awesome postseason.