EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Ravens understand the importance of Saturday’s rematch against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s another big game, almost certainly the biggest of their season.

But the stakes? The fact that a loss would doom their AFC North title defense?

“I don’t think anyone is thinking about that,” left tackle Ronnie Stanley said after Sunday’s 35-14 win over the New York Giants. “I think we’re thinking about, ‘We just need to win this game.’ No matter what, we’re just looking at it like a playoff game — win or go home — so I think it’s kind of the same mentality. I don’t think we try to get caught up too much in the what-ifs here and there.”

With just three weeks left in the regular season, playoff permutations are shrinking rapidly. But the AFC North crown could be decided as soon as Saturday inside M&T Bank Stadium.

Pittsburgh (10-4) would wrap up the division and secure a Top 4 playoff seed by beating the Ravens (9-5). Even if the Steelers went on to lose in Week 17 (at home vs. the Kansas City Chiefs) and Week 18 (at home vs. the Cincinnati Bengals) and the Ravens won their final two games (a Week 17 road game against the Houston Texans and a Week 18 home game against the Cleveland Browns), Pittsburgh would have the decisive head-to-head tiebreaker, courtesy of its season sweep.

A Ravens win Saturday, however, would keep their own hopes alive of a tiebreaker-free division title. If the Ravens won their next three games, they’d finish the regular season 12-5. Win on Saturday and split their next two games, and they’d be 11-6. The Steelers would fall to 10-5 with a loss Saturday, with plausible paths to defeat in their final two games.

But what happens if the Ravens win Saturday and finish the regular season with the same record as Pittsburgh? That’s where things get complicated. The NFL has established 12 tiebreakers in the event that two divisional teams finish with the same record, starting with head-to-head winning percentage and ending with a coin toss.

The Ravens and Steelers, mercifully, shouldn’t need more than five or six tiebreakers. Here’s how they’re faring in each.

1. Head-to-head record

The Ravens can’t get to the more interesting tiebreakers without a win Saturday. They lost in Pittsburgh in Week 11, 18-16.

2. Winning percentage in AFC North games

The Ravens are 2-2 in AFC North play. If they beat the Steelers and then the Browns in Week 18, they’d finish the season 4-2.

The Steelers are 3-1 in the division, meaning losses to the Ravens and to the Bengals in Week 18 would give the Ravens the edge here. But Pittsburgh already won in Cincinnati in Week 13, 44-38.

3. Winning percentage in common games

Outside of division play, the Ravens and Steelers will have faced eight common opponents: the Chiefs, Giants, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles.

The Ravens are 5-3 against those common opponents, with no games remaining. The Steelers are 5-2, with the Week 17 home game remaining against Kansas City.

4. Winning percentage in conference games

The Ravens are 5-4 in AFC play, with three conference games remaining: Saturday against the Steelers, Week 17 against the Texans and Week 18 against the Browns.

The Steelers are 7-2 in AFC play, with three games also remaining: Saturday against the Ravens, Week 17 against the Chiefs and Week 18 against the Bengals.

5. Strength of victory

Strength of victory is determined by calculating the winning percentage of opponents a team has defeated. The Ravens, for now, have the clear advantage. The eight teams they’ve beaten — they defeated Cincinnati twice — have a combined winning percentage of .516; the Steelers’ mark is just .420.

6. Strength of schedule

Another tiebreaker where the Ravens should have the upper hand. Ravens opponents have a combined winning percentage of .538; Steelers opponents have a combined winning percentage of just .438.