1968 Season — Final Standings (NFL & AFL)
Final regular-season standings. Baltimore's dominant 13-1 season and NFL Championship win over Cleveland set up Super Bowl III, where Joe Namath's AFL champion New York Jets pulled off a 16-7 upset that forced a permanent reassessment of the AFL's competitiveness — arguably the single most important game of the pre-merger era. The AFL needed its first-ever divisional tiebreaker game to settle an identical 12-2 tie between Oakland and Kansas City in the West (Oakland won 41-6) before the Jets beat the Raiders for the AFL title. Expansion team Cincinnati Bengals, under founding coach Paul Brown, debuted in the AFL West at 3-11. New Orleans and the New York Giants swapped NFL divisions (Century/Capitol) between 1967 and 1968, a scheduling realignment rather than a relocation.
NFL — Capitol Division
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DCDallas Cowboys | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | - |
| — | NYGNew York Giants | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 5 |
| — | WRWashington Redskins | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 7 |
| — | PEPhiladelphia Eagles | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 10 |
NFL — Century Division
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CBCleveland Browns | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | - |
| — | SLCSt. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 0.5 |
| — | NOSNew Orleans Saints | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 5.5 |
| — | PSPittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 11 | 1 | .154 | 7.5 |
NFL — Coastal Division
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BCBaltimore Colts | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | - |
| — | LARLos Angeles Rams | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 2.5 |
| — | SF4San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 6 | 1 | .538 | 5.5 |
| — | AFAtlanta Falcons | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 11 |
NFL — Central Division
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MVMinnesota Vikings | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | - |
| — | CBChicago Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 1 |
| — | GBPGreen Bay Packers | 6 | 7 | 1 | .462 | 1.5 |
| — | DLDetroit Lions | 4 | 8 | 2 | .333 | 3 |
AFL — Eastern Division
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYJNew York Jets | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | - |
| — | HOHouston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 4 |
| — | MDMiami Dolphins | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 5.5 |
| — | BPBoston Patriots | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 7 |
| — | BBBuffalo Bills | 1 | 12 | 1 | .077 | 9.5 |
AFL — Western Division
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OROakland Raiders | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | - |
| 2 | KCCKansas City Chiefs | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | - |
| — | SDCSan Diego Chargers | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 3 |
| — | DBDenver Broncos | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 7 |
| — | CBCincinnati Bengals | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 9 |
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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