The top four seeds in the AFC are set.
The Kansas City Chiefs were locked in as the one seed while the Buffalo Bills were the two and the Houston Texans fourth. All of this was known heading into Week 18.
What we didn’t know was who was going to be the third seed and all of the wild card positions.
With their Saturday win, the Baltimore Ravens have locked in the three seed. That means the Pittsburgh Steelers will be a wild card team along with the Los Angeles Chargers. We don’t know their order yet.
The Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, or Denver Broncos will be the Bills opponent in the wild card as the seven seed. Stay tuned.
AFC standings during Week 18
1. z-Kansas City Chiefs (15-1) – clinched No. 1 seed
2. y-Buffalo Bills (13-3) – clinched No. 2 seed
3. y-Baltimore Ravens (12-5) – clinched No. 3 seed
4. y-Houston Texans (9-7) – clinched No. 4 seed
5. x-Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6, win over LAC)
6. Los Angeles Chargers (10-6, loss to PIT)*
7. Denver Broncos (9-7)*
8. Miami Dolphins (8-8, 6-5 AFC)*
9. Cincinnati Bengals (8-8, 5-6 AFC)*
10. Indianapolis Colts (7-9) — eliminated
11. New York Jets (4-12, 4-7 AFC, win over JAX) — eliminated
12. Las Vegas Raiders (4-12, 3-8 AFC, win over JAX) — eliminated
13. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-12, 4-7 AFC, loss to NYJ & LV) — eliminated
14. Tennessee Titans (3-13, win over NE) — eliminated
15. New England Patriots (3-13, loss to TEN) — eliminated
16. Cleveland Browns (3-14) — eliminated