Who do Bills play in playoffs? Buffalo's opponent and seed scenarios

Today is the day the Buffalo Bills find out their playoff opponent. There are six potential teams Buffalo could face entering Sunday's games.

The Bills can finish as the No. 5, No. 6 or No. 7 seed in the AFC, and the only seed locked in the conference is the AFC North champion, but it's still unknown if it'll be the Pittsburgh Steelers or Baltimore Ravens.

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Three different AFC East teams — the Denver Broncos, New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars — are in play for the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 seed and the Jaguars could fall as low as No. 7 if the Texans win the AFC South.

Here's how to determine who the Bills will play in wild-card round in the postseason.

Who will the Bills play in the playoffs?

There are six possible opponents:

• Denver Broncos

• New England Patriots

• Jacksonville Jaguars

• Pittsburgh Steelers

• Baltimore Ravens

Bills playoff scenarios

Baltimore Ravens or Pittsburgh Steelers

• Bills win (vs. Jets) AND Texans loss (vs. Colts)

Denver Broncos

• Bills win (vs. Jets) AND Broncos loss (vs. Chargers) AND Patriots loss (vs. Dolphins) AND Texans win (vs. Colts) AND Jaguars win (vs. Titans)

• Bills win (vs. Jets) AND Broncos loss (vs. Chargers) AND Jaguars win (vs. Titans) AND Texans loss (vs. Colts)

Houston Texans

• Bills win (vs. Jets) AND Broncos loss (vs. Chargers) AND Patriots loss (vs. Dolphins) AND Texans win (vs. Colts) AND Jaguars loss (vs. Titans)

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Bills loss (vs. Jets) AND Broncos win (vs. Chargers) AND Patriots loss (vs. Dolphins) AND Texans win (vs. Colts) AND Jaguars win (vs. Titans)

New England Patriots

• Bills loss (vs. Jets) AND Patriots win (vs. Dolphins) AND Broncos win (vs. Chargers)

• Bills win (vs. Jets) AND Patriots loss (vs. Dolphins) AND Broncos win (vs. Chargers) AND Jaguars win (vs. Titans) AND Texans win (vs. Colts)

Current AFC playoff picture

1. z - Denver Broncos (13–3)

2. x - New England Patriots (13-3)

3. x - Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4)

4. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7)

5. x - Houston Texans (11–5)

6. y - Los Angeles Chargers (11-5)

7. y - Buffalo Bills (11-5)

9. Baltimore Ravens (8-8)

11. e - Kansas City Chiefs (6-10)

12. e - Cincinnati Bengals (6-10)

13. e - Cleveland Browns (4-12)

15. e - New York Jets (3-13)

x - clinched playoff berth

y - clinched wild card

z - clinched division

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e - eliminated

NFL playoff schedule

Wild-Card Round

• Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30 p.m.

• Saturday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.

• Sunday, Jan. 11, 1 p.m.

• Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30 p.m.

• Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:15 p.m., NBC/Peacock

• Monday, Jan. 12, 8:15 p.m., ESPN/ABC

Divisional Round

• Saturday, Jan. 17, 4:30 p.m.

• Saturday, Jan. 17, 8:15 p.m.

• Sunday, Jan. 18, 3 p.m.

• Sunday, Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Conference Championships

• Sunday, Jan. 25: AFC Championship Game, 3 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

• Sunday, Jan. 25: NFC Championship Game, 6:30 p.m., FOX

Super Bowl 60

• Sunday, Feb. 8: 6:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Who do Bills play in playoffs? Buffalo's opponent and seed scenarios