The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting AFC games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Broncos (7‑2) |
Raiders (2‑6) |
70 |
| Chargers (6‑3) |
Steelers (5‑3) |
65 |
| Buccaneers (6‑2) |
Patriots (7‑2) |
60 |
| Dolphins (2‑7) |
Bills (6‑2) |
56 |
| Colts (7‑2) |
Falcons (3‑5) |
53 |
| Texans (3‑5) |
Jaguars (5‑3) |
53 |
| Vikings (4‑4) |
Ravens (3‑5) |
16 |
| Jets (1‑7) |
Browns (2‑6) |
11 |