Both the AFC North and NFC South are primed to have division winners who have been playing near .500 football all year long

Who will make NFL playoffs? Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers still in running for NFL postseason.

The NFL’s tiebreaking procedures begin with determining each teams' place within their division, and are then rolled forward to hash out the wild card standings. In it’s simplest terms, here’s a look at how the NFL breaks a tie at the top of a division.

While all but two postseason berths remain unclaimed, battles for the top seed in each conference will also be waged in Week 18.

A few NFL teams already have their sights set on 2026 after falling out of playoff contention in Week 17, and if your favorite team is part of that group, I extend my sympathies. As we enter the final week of the year,