The end of the regular season means that 20 teams have nothing to look forward to other than next year.
Those 20 teams can start planning for the offseason with the knowledge of where they’ll be selecting in the 2013 draft. The order for the non-playoff teams has been set and we’ve got it below for your perusal. The 12 playoff teams are on the list, although their final spot in the proceedings will be subject to the rules laid out under the list of teams.
1. Chiefs (2-14)
2. Jaguars (2-14)
3. Raiders (4-12)
4. Eagles (4-12)
5. Lions (4-12)
6. Browns (5-11)
7. Cardinals (5-11)
8. Bills (6-10)
9. Jets (6-10)
10. Titans (6-10)
11. Chargers (7-9)
12. Dolphins (7-9)
13. Buccaneers (7-9)
14. Panthers (7-9)
15. Saints (7-9)
16. Rams (7-8-1)
17. Steelers (8-8)
18. Cowboys (8-8)
19. Giants (9-7)
20. Bears (10-6)
21. Bengals (10-6)
22. Redskins (10-6) - Pick traded to Rams
23. Vikings (10-6)
24. Colts (11-5)
25. Ravens (10-6
26. Seahawks (11-5)
27. Packers (11-5)
28. 49ers (11-4-1)
29. Texans (12-4)
30. Patriots (12-4)
31. Falcons (13-3)
32. Broncos (13-3)
(A) The winner of the Super Bowl will select last and the other Super Bowl participant next-to-last, regardless of their regular-season record.
(B) The Championship Game participants not advancing to the Super Bowl will select 29th and 30th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
(C) The Divisional Playoff participants not advancing to the Championship Games will select 25th through 28th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
(D) The Wild Card participants not advancing to the Divisional Playoffs will select 21st through 24th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
(E) Non-playoff clubs will select first through 20th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
If ties exist in any grouping except (A) above, they will be broken by strength of schedule (i.e., figuring the aggregate won-lost-tied percentage of each involved club’s regular-season opponents and awarding preferential selection order to the club which faced the schedule of teams with the lowest aggregate won-lost-tied percentage).
UPDATE 1/7 12:48 p.m. ET: The list has been updated to reflect the results of Wild Card weekend.