The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills have been two of the NFL's top franchises in recent years. So unsurprisingly, those two teams became the first in the league to clinch a playoff berth during Week 13 of the 2024 season.
The rest of the 14-team playoff field still needs to be decided with five weeks to go in the regular season. A lot could change throughout the standings over that span.
At the top of the AFC standings, the Chiefs and the AFC East champion Bills are battling for the No. 1 seed, which comes with the conference's lone bye.