Like the previous two seasons, the Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. From
1933 through , if two teams were tied for the division lead at season's end, an unscheduled tiebreaker playoff was conducted. Starting in , a tiebreaking system was implemented in which head-to-head record, then net points in head-to-head competition, followed by the team that had less recently played in a title game were the tiebreakers. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-lost record was the same (This tiebreaker was only needed once in the three years it was in existence, when in 1967 the
Rams and
Colts tied for the Coastal Division title (and best record in the league) but the Rams advanced to the playoffs based on their 1–0–1 record vs. the Colts.). The 1969 division races were largely uneventful. All four division winners assumed first place by week five and never relinquished it. The closest races were in the Central and Coastal, where the Vikings and Rams won their divisions by 2½ games, but the Rams had clinched with four games to play and the Vikings with three games to play. As home field in playoffs was rotated and not determined by a teams' record at that time, the division winners had nothing to play for and the last month of the season was uneventful, save for the Rams' quest for a perfect record, which ended in L.A. in a week 12 loss to the Vikings, 20–13. The other story of note was
Vince Lombardi's return to coaching, taking over the
Washington Redskins after a one-year hiatus in
Green Bay; he led the Redskins to a 7–5–2 finish, their first winning record in
fifteen years. It was his only season in Washington, as he died of cancer the following September. • indicates more than one team with record ==Final standings==