These playoff races are oh, so easy to decipher, aren't they? No ties at the top of divisions and two clear-cut wild-card teams in each conference.

Real easy _ except for this: There are two more weeks on the schedule and enough teams on the playoff fringe to create a wild scramble for the remaining berths.

Here's what we do know: San Diego, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Minnesota and Arizona are division champions. The Colts and Saints have clinched first-round byes, and the Chargers are on the verge of doing so. titans

The Eagles own at least a wild-card spot, and if they beat Denver on Sunday and Dallas loses to Washington, the NFC East is Philadelphia's.

Cincinnati needs a win Sunday against Kansas City to clinch the AFC North. New England gets the AFC East by beating Jacksonville. Both of those division leaders also can clinch if their nearest pursuers, Baltimore in the North and Miami in the East, fall Sunday.

Through 14 games, the wild-card holders are Dallas and Green Bay in the NFC, with no tiebreakers necessary. In the AFC, it's Baltimore and Denver, the only 8-6 teams in the conference. There are several scenarios through which the Ravens, Broncos, Cowboys and Packers could grab those wild cards this weekend.

So now let's muddle things. A lot.

Not in the NFC, where only the New York Giants also remain viable. But in the AFC, there's potential for all six 7-7 clubs to get in, and one of them _ Miami _ could still win its division.

"We're still in this race," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said. "The best chance we have is we have to win two games. We still have a pulse. We'll prepare that way."

Heading into Week 15, Jacksonville owns the No. 7 seed, for whatever that's worth considering the Jaguars must go to New England. The Patriots need a win to considerably ease their load on the final weekend _ and they still could be the second seed in the AFC. The Jaguars finish at Cleveland.

Jacksonville gets that edge, which could be significant at season's end, because the NFL first uses division tiebreakers to clarify the wild-card competition. The Jaguars have a better head-to-head record with Houston and Tennessee, both also 7-7. Miami swept the Jets and has that division edge.

Then, with Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Miami remaining among the 7-7 teams, the Jags have the best conference mark.

In order, the other rankings for the 7-7 clubs are Miami, New York, Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Houston. The Jets and Titans have particularly difficult matchups this weekend: New York is at undefeated Indianapolis on Sunday, while Tennessee hosts San Diego on Christmas night.