The regular season is over. Twelve teams are headed to the playoffs, while the other 20 will get a jumpstart on offseason business. Who had the easiest or toughest paths to their season-ending outcomes?
Here's a rundown of the final 2017 Power Rankings as voted on by the ESPN power panel -- a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities -- with a look at every team's strength of schedule based on opponents' winning percentage.
ESPN Stats & Information's John McTigue contributed the following information.
Methodology: These rankings are based on which teams voters think would win head-to-head matchups.