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NFL playoffs kick off next weekend; here’s the complete schedule

AP photo by Matt Ludtke / Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon (25) intercepts a pass in front of Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet during an NFC North matchup on Dec. 7 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 28-21 that night, but the Bears won the rematch two weeks later at Chicago's Soldier Field. The NFC North rivals will meet for the third time this season when they face off next Saturday in the NFL playoffs.
AP photo by Matt Ludtke / Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon (25) intercepts a pass in front of Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet during an NFC North matchup on Dec. 7 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 28-21 that night, but the Bears won the rematch two weeks later at Chicago's Soldier Field. The NFC North rivals will meet for the third time this season when they face off next Saturday in the NFL playoffs. AP photo by Matt Ludtke / Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon (25) intercepts a pass in front of Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet during an NFC North matchup on Dec. 7 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 28-21 that night, but the Bears won the rematch two weeks later at Chicago's Soldier Field. The NFC North rivals will meet for the third time this season when they face off next Saturday in the NFL playoffs.

The calendar has flipped to 2026, and now the NFL’s 2025 regular season is over, too, with Sunday’s finales setting the field for the playoffs.

The march toward Super Bowl LX begins next weekend, with six games over three days as 12 of the 14 playoff qualifiers will be in action. Only the top seed in each conference — the Denver Broncos in the AFC and the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC — received a first-round bye. They’ll also have home-field advantage through the postseason until the Super Bowl, which is set for Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.

The Philadelphia Eagles, who repeated as NFC East Division champions this season, will now begin their quest to repeat as NFL champs as well.

Here’s the postseason schedule, with seeds, dates, times and where to watch.


NFL PLAYOFFS

All Times Eastern

Wild-card round

Saturday, Jan. 10

NFC: No. 5 L.A Rams (12-5) at No. 4 Carolina Panthers (8-9), 4:30 p.m. (Fox)

NFC: No. 7 Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) at No. 2 Chicago Bears (11-6), 8 p.m. (Amazon Prime Video)

Sunday, Jan. 11

AFC: No. 6 Buffalo Bills (12-5) at No. 3 Jacksonville Jaguars (13-4), 1 p.m. (CBS)

NFC: No. 6 San Francisco 49ers (12-5) at No. 3 Philadelphia Eagles (11-6), 4:30 p.m. (Fox)

AFC: No. 7 L.A Chargers (11-6) at No. 2 New England Patriots (14-3), 8 p.m. (NBC, Peacock)

Monday, Jan. 12

AFC: No. 5 Houston Texans (12-5) at No. 4 Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7), 8 p.m. (ABC, ESPN)

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Divisional round

Saturday, Jan. 17 and Sunday, Jan. 18

AFC: Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 Denver Broncos (14-3), TBD

NFC: Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 Seattle Seahawks (14-3), TBD

AFC: Two remaining seeds at higher seed, TBD

NFC: Two remaining seeds at higher seed, TBD

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Conference title games

Sunday, Jan. 25

AFC: Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed, TBD

NFC: Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed, TBD

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Super Bowl LX

Sunday, Feb. 8

At Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

Conference champions, 6:30 p.m. (NBC, Peacock)