A possible long-shot route: 12 of 20,000 simulations reached it.
Tennessee 11+ wins
Lose the next 11 games and the playoff place is mathematically gone, whatever every other result does.
The races beyond a playoff place, and where they finish.
32th by playoff odds.
Most likely 4th. The division winner takes an automatic berth; everyone else chases 3 league-wide wild cards.
Most likely 16th. The top 7 in the conference make the playoffs.
The next game, what follows it, and what already happened.
Playoff odds after every published update. Dots mark the games with the biggest published swing; each opens its game record.
Every way the regular season can end, measured over 20,000 simulated seasons. The finishes are a complete split of it, so the bar is one whole; open a finish for what has to happen.
Reaches the postseason - stronger green is a better finishMisses it
A possible long-shot route: 12 of 20,000 simulations reached it.
Tennessee 11+ wins
Tennessee 8+ wins
Alongside it: 2 Cleveland v 7 Las Vegas · 4 Buffalo v 5 Baltimore
| Seed | Club | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chargers | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Baltimore | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Denver | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Las Vegas | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| - | Kansas City | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| - | Jacksonville | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| - | Indianapolis | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Tennessee 8+ wins
Alongside it: 2 Kansas City v 7 Cleveland · 4 Indianapolis v 5 Baltimore
75% of this route
25% of this route
| Seed | Club | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | New England | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Indianapolis | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Baltimore | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Cleveland | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| - | Jets | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| - | Buffalo | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| - | Pittsburgh | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| - | Houston | 5 | 12 | 0 |
Tennessee under 7.5 wins
| Seed | Club | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Indianapolis | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Las Vegas | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Cleveland | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Jacksonville | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| - | Cincinnati | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| - | New England | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| - | Tennessee | 4 | 13 | 0 |