Record 27 Teams Remain In Playoff Hunt With 3 Weeks To Go

AP -- While no team has clinched a postseason spot in the jam-packed AFC, there never have been more teams alive in the playoff hunt this late in a season. There are a record-tying 27 teams still with at least a sliver of a chance for a playoff spot with three weeks left in the season.

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The only team that has clinched a spot is the NFC North champion Green Bay Packers. No team has clinched in the AFC, marking just the sixth time since the eight-division format started in 2002 that no team in a conference had clinched the playoffs with three weeks left.