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 | |
| Commanders (3‑8) |
Broncos (9‑2) |
82 |
| Colts (8‑3) |
Texans (6‑5) |
68 |
| Steelers (6‑5) |
Bills (7‑4) |
58 |
| Patriots (10‑2) |
Giants (2‑10) |
55 |
| Titans (1‑10) |
Jaguars (7‑4) |
48 |
| Chargers (7‑4) |
Raiders (2‑9) |
37 |
| Browns (3‑8) |
Forty-Niners (8‑4) |
5 |
| Jets (2‑9) |
Falcons (4‑7) |
4 |
| Dolphins (4‑7) |
Saints (2‑9) |
2 |