2027 NFL Playoff Bracket
The 2027 NFL playoff bracket will be available after the conclusion of the 2026 NFL season, on Sunday, January 03, 2027. Here’s how the 2027 NFL Playoff format will run through Super Bowl LXI.
How 2027 NFL playoff bracket will work?
In the 2026-2027 NFL season, there are four division best record from each conference (AFC and NFC) will be seeded 1 through 4 and three wild-card qualifiers will be seeded 5, through 7. The No. 2 division winner will host the lowest-seeded wild-card team, the No. 3 division winner will host the No. 2 wild-card team, and the No. 4 division winner will host the top-seeded wild-card team.
The team with the best record in each conference will earn the No. 1 seed, receiving a first-round bye and facing the lowest remaining seed in the Divisional Playoffs, while the second-lowest remaining seed will play against the second-highest remaining seed.
Wild Cards – AFC and NFC Conference have the same rules
No. (2) hosts No. (7)
No. (3) hosts No. (6)
No. (4) hosts No. (5)
Divisional Playoffs Rounds: AFC and NFC Conference
Top seeds will host lowest seeds from the Wild Cards winners.
AFC and NFC Conference Championship
Top divisional winner will host the AFC and NFC Conference Championship
Super Bowl LXI: Sunday, Feb. 14
AFC and NFC Conference Champion will meet up for the league championship game, Super Bowl LXI will be played on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California.
Past NFL playoffs bracket
Note: This is the current NFL playoffs bracket format but subject to change.