In a season when much of the NFL is clustered around break even, the AFC can boast a record number of winning teams headed into Week 15 while the NFC has the most teams ever on the losing side.
Led by four playoff contenders in the ultra-tough AFC North, the AFC has 11 teams with a winning record through 14 weeks. That’s the most ever at this point of the season, topping the previous mark of 10 last reached by the AFC in 2021.
The NFC is on the other side of the equation thanks in part to the the lackluster South division, which is in danger of going a second straight season without a winning team. In all, 11 of the 16 teams in the NFC have losing records, topping the previous high entering Week 15 of nine last done by the NFC in 2020.
The way things stand right now, all four teams in the AFC North are in the thick of the playoff hunt with Baltimore (10-3) having the best record in the conference and Cleveland (8-5) and Pittsburgh (7-6) in wild-card position. Cincinnati (7-6) is just on the outside because of tiebreakers.
There has never been a season when every team in a division finished with a winning record. The last time a division got four teams into the playoffs came in 1998 when every AFC East team other than Indianapolis did it.
The NFC South is on the opposite side with Tampa Bay, Atlanta and New Orleans all tied at 6-7 and Carolina standing at an NFL-worst 1-12.
The Buccaneers won the division with an 8-9 record last season, marking the fourth time that every team in a division finished with a losing mark. It also happened in the 2020 NFC East, the 2014 NFC South and the 2010 NFC West.
Much of the league is clustered around six or seven wins, with six teams in the AFC tied at 7-6 and six teams in the NFC at 6-7. The Vikings are the lone 7-6 team in the NFC. The 13 teams with six or seven wins are the most through 13 games in NFL history, topping the previous mark of 10 last reached in 2018.
Led by four playoff contenders in the ultra-tough AFC North, the AFC has 11 teams with a winning record through 14 weeks. That’s the most ever at this point of the season, topping the previous mark of 10 last reached by the AFC in 2021.
The NFC is on the other side of the equation thanks in part to the the lackluster South division, which is in danger of going a second straight season without a winning team. In all, 11 of the 16 teams in the NFC have losing records, topping the previous high entering Week 15 of nine last done by the NFC in 2020.
The way things stand right now, all four teams in the AFC North are in the thick of the playoff hunt with Baltimore (10-3) having the best record in the conference and Cleveland (8-5) and Pittsburgh (7-6) in wild-card position. Cincinnati (7-6) is just on the outside because of tiebreakers.
There has never been a season when every team in a division finished with a winning record. The last time a division got four teams into the playoffs came in 1998 when every AFC East team other than Indianapolis did it.
The NFC South is on the opposite side with Tampa Bay, Atlanta and New Orleans all tied at 6-7 and Carolina standing at an NFL-worst 1-12.
The Buccaneers won the division with an 8-9 record last season, marking the fourth time that every team in a division finished with a losing mark. It also happened in the 2020 NFC East, the 2014 NFC South and the 2010 NFC West.
Much of the league is clustered around six or seven wins, with six teams in the AFC tied at 7-6 and six teams in the NFC at 6-7. The Vikings are the lone 7-6 team in the NFC. The 13 teams with six or seven wins are the most through 13 games in NFL history, topping the previous mark of 10 last reached in 2018.
