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The first determining factor for the playoffs is whether you won your division. Division winners get automatic playoff berths, regardless of their record. Overall records only come into play for tiebreakers.

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No. A team's overall win-loss record is used to determine who makes the playoffs. Divisional win-loss record is a criteria used in breaking some ties when it comes to playoff eligibility but is not the sole criteria used in determining who won a division. If two teams finish tied for first place in a division at the end of the season, divisional win-loss record is the second tie breaker used, after head-to-head win-loss record, to determine the division winner. But a team that won all of their divisional games and lost all of their other games would wind up 6-10 and not make the playoffs. No. The team with the best overall win-loss record in the division wins that division and receives an automatic playoff berth. In the event of a tie between two teams, the team with more head-to-head wins over the other team is declared the winner. If there is still a tie, the team with the better overall division record is declared the winner.

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Ok this is not college they do not rank you in your division based on your divisional record it is all on your overall record. Each division has a winner which gives you six playoff teams then the top two teams that did not win there division from each league make the playoffs

In the NFL, it's impossible to win your division if you don't have the best overall record.

The team with the best overall record does win the division, but if you are close and you win more than the second place teams in other divisions you can make the playoffsin a wild card spot.

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Yes. Six teams from each conference make the playoffs, the four division winners and the two teams with the best won/loss record that did not win their division. If a division winner's record is less than .500 they still make the playoffs. If the record of one of the two teams with the best record that did not win their division is less than .500, they still make the playoffs.

Only three teams with losing records have ever made the NFL playoffs: The Browns and Lions both entered the 1982 playoffs with 4-5 records. (The season was shortened by a players' strike.) In 2010 the Seattle Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7-9 record, becoming the first NFL team to make the playoffs with a losing record in a full season.

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A team could miss the playoffs after winning all their divisional games. Playoffs are decided by record first. If two teams have the same record the tie- breaker is based off their divisional record. After that it goes to conference record and then points allowed.

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No. The first criteria for winning a division title is win loss record. The team that has the best regular season record will win the division title.

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No. A team that outright wins their division always qualifies for post season play.

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Can the Vikings still make the playoffs?

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