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Preseason · 2009 Regular Season · Playoff Race

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Playoff Bracket - Rollover Match Up for times and results. (All Times ET)
AFC			NFL	NFC
Wild Card Jan. 3-4	Divisional Playoffs Jan. 10-11	Conference Championship Jan. 18	Super Bowl XLIII Feb. 1 - Tampa	Conference Championship Jan. 18	Divisional Playoffs Jan. 10-11	Wild Card Jan. 3-4

Indianapolis Colts
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@Houston	1:00pm
Dec 6	Tennessee	1:00pm
Dec 13	Denver	1:00pm
Dec 17	@Jacksonville	8:20pm
Dec 27	N.Y. Jets	4:15pm
Jan 3	@Buffalo	1:00pm

Denver Broncos
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	San Diego	4:15pm
Nov 26	N.Y. Giants	8:20pm
Dec 6	@Kansas City	1:00pm
Dec 13	@Indianapolis	1:00pm
Dec 20	Oakland	4:05pm
Dec 27	@Philadelphia	1:00pm
Jan 3	Kansas City	4:15pm

Cincinnati Bengals
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	@Oakland	4:15pm
Nov 29	Cleveland	1:00pm
Dec 6	Detroit	1:00pm
Dec 13	@Minnesota	1:00pm
Dec 20	@San Diego	4:05pm
Dec 27	Kansas City	1:00pm
Jan 3	@N.Y. Jets	1:00pm

New England Patriots
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	N.Y. Jets	4:15pm
Nov 30	@New Orleans	8:30pm
Dec 6	@Miami	8:20pm
Dec 13	Carolina	1:00pm
Dec 20	@Buffalo	1:00pm
Dec 27	Jacksonville	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Houston	1:00pm

Pittsburgh Steelers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@Baltimore	8:20pm
Dec 6	Oakland	1:00pm
Dec 10	@Cleveland	8:20pm
Dec 20	Green Bay	1:00pm
Dec 27	Baltimore	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Miami	1:00pm

San Diego Chargers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	@Denver	4:15pm
Nov 29	Kansas City	4:05pm
Dec 6	@Cleveland	4:05pm
Dec 13	@Dallas	4:15pm
Dec 20	Cincinnati	4:05pm
Dec 25	@Tennessee	7:30pm
Jan 3	Washington	4:15pm

Houston Texans
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 23	Tennessee	8:30pm
Nov 29	Indianapolis	1:00pm
Dec 6	@Jacksonville	1:00pm
Dec 13	Seattle	1:00pm
Dec 20	@St. Louis	1:00pm
Dec 27	@Miami	1:00pm
Jan 3	New England	1:00pm

Jacksonville Jaguars
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@San Francisco	4:05pm
Dec 6	Houston	1:00pm
Dec 13	Miami	1:00pm
Dec 17	Indianapolis	8:20pm
Dec 27	@New England	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Cleveland	1:00pm

New York Jets
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	@New England	4:15pm
Nov 29	Carolina	1:00pm
Dec 3	@Buffalo (Toronto, Ont.)	8:20pm
Dec 13	@Tampa Bay	1:00pm
Dec 20	Atlanta	1:00pm
Dec 27	@Indianapolis	4:15pm
Jan 3	Cincinnati	1:00pm

Baltimore Ravens
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	Pittsburgh	8:20pm
Dec 7	@Green Bay	8:30pm
Dec 13	Detroit	1:00pm
Dec 20	Chicago	1:00pm
Dec 27	@Pittsburgh	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Oakland	4:15pm

Miami Dolphins
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@Buffalo	1:00pm
Dec 6	New England	8:20pm
Dec 13	@Jacksonville	1:00pm
Dec 20	@Tennessee	1:00pm
Dec 27	Houston	1:00pm
Jan 3	Pittsburgh	1:00pm

Buffalo Bills
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	Miami	1:00pm
Dec 3	N.Y. Jets (Toronto, Ont.)	8:20pm
Dec 13	@Kansas City	1:00pm
Dec 20	New England	1:00pm
Dec 27	@Atlanta	1:00pm
Jan 3	Indianapolis	1:00pm

Oakland Raiders
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	Cincinnati	4:15pm
Nov 26	@Dallas	4:15pm
Dec 6	@Pittsburgh	1:00pm
Dec 13	Washington	4:05pm
Dec 20	@Denver	4:05pm
Dec 27	@Cleveland	1:00pm
Jan 3	Baltimore	4:15pm

Tennessee Titans
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 23	@Houston	8:30pm
Nov 29	Arizona	4:15pm
Dec 6	@Indianapolis	1:00pm
Dec 13	St. Louis	1:00pm
Dec 20	Miami	1:00pm
Dec 25	San Diego	7:30pm
Jan 3	@Seattle	4:15pm

Cleveland Browns
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@Cincinnati	1:00pm
Dec 6	San Diego	4:05pm
Dec 10	Pittsburgh	8:20pm
Dec 20	@Kansas City	1:00pm
Dec 27	Oakland	1:00pm
Jan 3	Jacksonville	1:00pm

Kansas City Chiefs
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@San Diego	4:05pm
Dec 6	Denver	1:00pm
Dec 13	Buffalo	1:00pm
Dec 20	Cleveland	1:00pm
Dec 27	@Cincinnati	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Denver	4:15pm

New Orleans Saints
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 30	New England	8:30pm
Dec 6	@Washington	1:00pm
Dec 13	@Atlanta	1:00pm
Dec 19	Dallas	8:20pm
Dec 27	Tampa Bay	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Carolina	1:00pm

Minnesota Vikings
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	Chicago	4:15pm
Dec 6	@Arizona	4:15pm
Dec 13	Cincinnati	1:00pm
Dec 20	@Carolina	8:20pm
Dec 28	@Chicago	8:30pm
Jan 3	N.Y. Giants	1:00pm

Dallas Cowboys
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 26	Oakland	4:15pm
Dec 6	@N.Y. Giants	4:15pm
Dec 13	San Diego	4:15pm
Dec 19	@New Orleans	8:20pm
Dec 27	@Washington	8:20pm
Jan 3	Philadelphia	1:00pm

Arizona Cardinals
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	@St. Louis	4:05pm
Nov 29	@Tennessee	4:15pm
Dec 6	Minnesota	4:15pm
Dec 14	@San Francisco	8:30pm
Dec 20	@Detroit	1:00pm
Dec 27	St. Louis	4:05pm
Jan 3	Green Bay	4:15pm

Atlanta Falcons
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	Tampa Bay	1:00pm
Dec 6	Philadelphia	1:00pm
Dec 13	New Orleans	1:00pm
Dec 20	@N.Y. Jets	1:00pm
Dec 27	Buffalo	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Tampa Bay	1:00pm

Philadelphia Eagles
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	@Chicago	8:20pm
Nov 29	Washington	1:00pm
Dec 6	@Atlanta	1:00pm
Dec 13	@N.Y. Giants	8:20pm
Dec 20	San Francisco	1:00pm
Dec 27	Denver	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Dallas	1:00pm

New York Giants
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 26	@Denver	8:20pm
Dec 6	Dallas	4:15pm
Dec 13	Philadelphia	8:20pm
Dec 21	@Washington	8:30pm
Dec 27	Carolina	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Minnesota	1:00pm

Green Bay Packers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 26	@Detroit	12:30pm
Dec 7	Baltimore	8:30pm
Dec 13	@Chicago	1:00pm
Dec 20	@Pittsburgh	1:00pm
Dec 27	Seattle	1:00pm
Jan 3	@Arizona	4:15pm

Chicago Bears
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	Philadelphia	8:20pm
Nov 29	@Minnesota	4:15pm
Dec 6	St. Louis	1:00pm
Dec 13	Green Bay	1:00pm
Dec 20	@Baltimore	1:00pm
Dec 28	Minnesota	8:30pm
Jan 3	@Detroit	1:00pm

San Francisco 49ers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	Jacksonville	4:05pm
Dec 6	@Seattle	4:15pm
Dec 14	Arizona	8:30pm
Dec 20	@Philadelphia	1:00pm
Dec 27	Detroit	4:05pm
Jan 3	@St. Louis	1:00pm

Carolina Panthers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@N.Y. Jets	1:00pm
Dec 6	Tampa Bay	1:00pm
Dec 13	@New England	1:00pm
Dec 20	Minnesota	8:20pm
Dec 27	@N.Y. Giants	1:00pm
Jan 3	New Orleans	1:00pm

Seattle Seahawks
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@St. Louis	1:00pm
Dec 6	San Francisco	4:15pm
Dec 13	@Houston	1:00pm
Dec 20	Tampa Bay	4:15pm
Dec 27	@Green Bay	1:00pm
Jan 3	Tennessee	4:15pm

Washington Redskins
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@Philadelphia	1:00pm
Dec 6	New Orleans	1:00pm
Dec 13	@Oakland	4:05pm
Dec 21	N.Y. Giants	8:30pm
Dec 27	Dallas	8:20pm
Jan 3	@San Diego	4:15pm

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 29	@Atlanta	1:00pm
Dec 6	@Carolina	1:00pm
Dec 13	N.Y. Jets	1:00pm
Dec 20	@Seattle	4:15pm
Dec 27	@New Orleans	1:00pm
Jan 3	Atlanta	1:00pm

St. Louis Rams
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 22	Arizona	4:05pm
Nov 29	Seattle	1:00pm
Dec 6	@Chicago	1:00pm
Dec 13	@Tennessee	1:00pm
Dec 20	Houston	1:00pm
Dec 27	@Arizona	4:05pm
Jan 3	San Francisco	1:00pm

Detroit Lions
Remaining games (All Times Eastern)
Date	Opponent	Time
Nov 26	Green Bay	12:30pm
Dec 6	@Cincinnati	1:00pm
Dec 13	@Baltimore	1:00pm
Dec 20	Arizona	1:00pm
Dec 27	@San Francisco	4:05pm
Jan 3	Chicago	1:00pm

Tiebreakers

x-clinched playoff berth
y-denotes division winner
z-denotes first-round bye
*-clinched home-field advantage

During the regular season, the seeds reflect how the playoffs would stand if the season ended up to that point. The NFL playoffs are not based on a pure bracket system. In the divisional playoffs, the No. 1 seed is assured of playing the lowest-seeded Wild Card survivor. There are no restrictions on intra-division games and the higher seed of any matchup will have home-field advantage.

AFC Playoff tiebreakers

Denver is the AFC West Division winner over San Diego based on head to head (1-0).
Denver earns the No. 3 seed over New England based on head to head (1-0).
Pittsburgh earns the No. 5 seed over San Diego based on head to head (1-0)

NFC Playoff tiebreakers

Dallas earns the No. 3 seed over Arizona based on conference record (5-2 over Cardinals' 4-2)
Philadelphia earns the No. 5 seed by beating the N.Y. Giants in their division based on head to head (1-0) and winning the tiebreak over Atlanta and Green Bay based on conference record (4-2 over Falcons' 4-3 and Packers' 4-3)
Atlanta earns the No. 6 seed over Green Bay based on strength of victory (.422 over Packers' .295) after the N.Y. Giants dropped out of tiebreaker based on conference record (3-3 vs. Falcons' 4-3 and Packers' 4-3).

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JoeNFL

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Tiebreakers Starting to Take Shape

I'm getting ready to attack the tiebreakers again for CBSsports.com and NFL/CBS/various teams. NFC is shaping up pretty nicely for some fun with all the 5-4 teams and the AFC is about as good with only one division being a runaway.

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Harpo

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Mistake

If you move the mouse over Green Bay it shows their remaining schedule. They have Dec. 13 listed as a home game against the Bears when, in fact, the Packers hosted the Bears in Week One. They actually travel to Soldier Field on Dec. 13.

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devadoo710

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