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Teams Who Have Clinched: Giants and Cardinals

Teams That Have Been Eliminated: 49ers, Lions, Rams, Seattle

The Giants clinch a first-round bye with:
1) A win at Dallas 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

The Vikings clinch by defeating the Cardinals and a Bears loss ( which they won on Thursday )

The Buccaneers clinch a playoff spot with:
1) A win over Atlanta and Dallas loss or tie OR

2) A win over Atlanta and Philadelphia loss or tie

The Panthers clinch a playoff spot with:
1) A win over Denver and Dallas loss or tie OR

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

3) A tie with Denver 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.

Teams Who Have Clinched: Titans ( 1st Round Bye )

Teams Who Have Been Eliminated: Bengals, Browns, Texans, Jaguars, Chiefs, Raiders

The Broncos clinch with a win or a Chargers loss

The Steelers clinch a 1st Round Bye and the divison with a win

The Colts clinch a playoff spot with:
1) A win over Detroit and New England loss and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

2) A win over Detroit and New England loss and Miami loss or tie OR

3) A win over Detroit and Miami loss and N.Y. Jets loss

The Ravens clinch a playoff spot with:
1) A win over Pittsburgh and New England loss and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

2) A win over Pittsburgh and New England loss and Miami loss or tie OR

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

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

With the loss to the Eagles, the Giants had to watch the Pittsburgh-Dallas game, hoping that Dallas will stumble in which the Giants would win the division with a first round bye. The Steelers made a tremendous comeback, down 10 in the 4th quarter, and took the lead on an interception by Deshea Townsend with 1:40 on the remaining in the game.

The Vikings hold a 1 game lead over Chicago, and have won their last 3 games. The Vikings finish off with a tough schedule against the Cardinals, Falcons and the Giants. The Bears are also up against tough competition in the Saints, Packers and the Texans.

The Bucs and Panthers play an all important game tonight which could settle the South's winner. The Bucs finish off with the Panthers tonight, the Falcons, the Chargers and the Raiders. The Panthers end their season with the Bucs tonight, Broncos, Giants and the Saints. This division could produce the two wild cards, as the Falcons and Saints are all still competing for the wild card spots.

Possibly the worst division in the league, the Cardinals have already clinched the division and theres no other team in the divison who has a chance at the wild card.