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Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:19 PM CST
Football


NFL standings



AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



NYJ 8   5   0   .615 354 292

N.E. 8   5   0   .615 301 276

Miami 8   5   0   .615 269 260

Buffalo 6   7   0   .462 279 275



South

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



x-Tenn.12   1   0   .923 332 184

Indi. 9   4   0   .692 292 253

Houston 6   7   0   .462 306 331

Jax. 4   9   0   .308 251 293



North

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



Pitt. 10   3   0   .769 289 183

Balt. 9   4   0   .692 316 200

Cleve. 4   9   0   .308 222 275

Cin. 1  11   1   .115 154 345



West

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



Denver 8   5   0   .615 316 336

S.D. 5   8   0   .385 324 281

Oakland 3  10   0   .231 179 299

K.C. 2  11   0   .154 233 364



NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



x-NYG 11   2   0   .846 366 226

Dallas 8   5   0   .615 312 280

Phila. 7   5   1   .577 339 263

Wash. 7   6   0   .538 218 246



South

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



Carolina10   3   0   .769 323 254

T.B. 9   4   0   .692 303 238

Atlanta 8   5   0   .615 323 271

N.O. 7   6   0   .538 366 326



North

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



Minn. 8   5   0   .615 307 276

Chicago 7   6   0   .538 304 278

G.B. 5   8   0   .385 355 319

Detroit 0  13   0   .000 219 413



West

W   L   T    Pct  PF  PA



x-Ariz. 8   5   0   .615 372 323

San Fran 5   8   0   .385 286 327

Seattle 2  11   0   .154 237 335

St. Louis 2  11   0   .154 169 394

x-clinched division



TODAY’S GAME



New Orleans at Chicago, 7:15 p.m.



GAMES SUNDAY



Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 12 p.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 12 p.m.

Seattle at St. Louis, 12 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 12 p.m.

San Francisco at Miami, 12 p.m.

Detroit at Indianapolis, 12 p.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 12 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 12 p.m.

Green Bay at Jacksonville, 12 p.m.

Minnesota at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

Denver at Carolina, 3:15 p.m.

N. England at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 3:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:15 p.m.



GAME MONDAY



Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.



Playoff Scenarios



Week 15

AFC



SOUTH DIVISION



TENNESSEE TITANS — Clinched division and first-round bye. Can clinch homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:

1) A win and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR

2) A tie and Pittsburgh loss.



NORTH DIVISION



PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Can clinch the division and a first-round bye with:

1) A win.

Can clinch a playoff spot with:

1) A tie and New England loss or tie OR

2) A tie and Miami loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

3) New England loss and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

4) New England loss and Miami loss or tie OR

5) N.Y. Jets loss and Miami loss.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Can clinch a playoff spot with:

1) A win and New England loss and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

2) A win and New England loss and MIA loss or tie OR

3) A win and Miami loss and N.Y. Jets loss and Indianapolis loss or tie OR

4) A win and Miami loss and N.Y. Jets loss and Indianapolis clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over Miami.



WEST DIVISION



DENVER BRONCOS — Can clinch the division with:

1) A win or tie OR

2) A San Diego loss or tie.



NFC

EAST DIVISION



NEW YORK GIANTS — Clinched division. Can clinch a first-round bye with:

1) A win or tie OR

2) Minnesota loss and Atlanta loss or tie OR

3) Minnesota loss and Carolina win or tie OR

4) Minnesota-Arizona game ends in a tie.



SOUTH DIVISION



TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Can clinch a playoff spot with:

1) A win and Dallas loss or tie OR

2) A win and Philadelphia loss or tie.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Can clinch a playoff spot with:

1) A win and Dallas loss or tie OR

2) A win or tie and Atlanta loss or tie OR

3) A tie and Dallas loss and Philadelphia loss or tie OR

4) Atlanta loss and Dallas loss and Washington loss or tie OR

5) Atlanta loss and Dallas loss and Chicago loss or tie OR

6) Atlanta loss and Philadelphia loss and Washington loss or tie and Chicago loss or tie OR

7) Atlanta loss and Philadelphia loss and Washington loss or tie and Dallas or Carolina clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Chicago.



NORTH DIVISION



MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Can clinch the division with:

1) A win and Chicago loss.



WEST DIVISION



ARIZONA CARDINALS — Clinched division.

 

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