NFL Draft order 2016: Dolphins in top ten heading into final week

The NFL Draft is over four months away, but the final order will be set in just four days. The Miami Dolphins head into Week 17 of the season with a 5-10 record, putting them in the top ten in draft picks for next year's selection process.  Two weeks ago, the Dolphins were sitting in the ninth position at 5-8, then last week, after another loss, they fell to the eighth position. Where do they stand now? Exactly where the trend says they should: seventh after another loss.

The full draft order is below, working through the first 20 picks based on the current record for each team, with the worst record claiming the first overall pick. The 12 projected Playoff teams then make up the final 12 positions, which will be determined by the order in which they lose in the Playoffs, with the eventual Super Bowl champion selecting 32nd. Teams with identical records are ordered based on strength of schedule, then conference record, then division record. Finally, the league will use a coin toss at the NFL Scouting Combine to determine who gets the better pick if everything else is equal. The teams with the same record then rotate in each round. For example, the Titans with the first overall pick would pick second in the second round, with the Cleveland Browns moving forward to the first pick. Both teams have 3-12 record at this point.

The Dolphins find themselves in a group of three teams at 5-10, sitting between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens. Jacksonville picks sixth, as of right now, with the Dolphins seventh and the Ravens eighth. In the second round, the Dolphins will move up to the sixth position, the Ravens seventh, and the Jaguars eighth.

The full draft order, via Dan Kadar from SB Nation, heading into the final slate of games is:

1. Tennessee Titans: 3-12 (.492 strength of schedule)
2. Cleveland Browns: 3-12 (.533 SOS)
3. San Diego Chargers: 4-11 (.525 SOS)
4. Dallas Cowboys: 4-11 (.529 SOS)
5. San Francisco 49ers: 4-11 (.550 SOS)
6. Jacksonville Jaguars: 5-10 (.471 SOS)
7. Miami Dolphins: 5-10 (.475 SOS)
8. Baltimore Ravens: 5-10 (.504 SOS)
9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 6-9 (.483 SOS)
10. New York Giants: 6-9 (.492 SOS)
11. New Orleans Saints: 6-9 (.508 SOS)
12. Philadelphia Eagles: 6-9 (.513 SOS)
13. Detroit Lions: 6-9 (.538 SOS)
14. Chicago Bears: 6-9 (.546 SOS)
15. Indianapolis Colts: 7-8 (.500 SOS)
16. Buffalo Bills: 7-8 (.508 SOS)
17. Oakland Raiders: 7-8 (.513 SOS)
18. St. Louis Rams: 7-8 (.525 SOS)
19. Atlanta Falcons: 8-7 (.471 SOS)
20. Pittsburgh Steelers: 9-6 (.508 SOS)

Projected to make the playoffs:

21. Washington: 8-7 (.471 SOS)
22. Houston Texans: 8-7 (.496 SOS)
23. Seattle Seahawks: 9-6 (.504 SOS)
24. New York Jets: 10-5 (.438 SOS)
25. Kansas City Chiefs: 10-5 (.496 SOS)
26. Green Bay Packers: 10-5 (.508 SOS)
27. Minnesota Vikings: 10-5 (.513 SOS)
28. Denver Broncos: 11-4 (.504 SOS)
29. Cincinnati Bengals: 11-4 (.475 SOS)
30. Arizona Cardinals: 13-2 (.469 SOS)
31. New England Patriots: 12-3 (.463 SOS) - PICK FORFEITED
32. Carolina Panthers: 14-1 (.442 SOS)