2026 NFL Playoff Picture: Who’s in and out?
The 2026 NFL playoffs will begin on January 10, 2026, and expected to be concluded with the Super Bowl LX game on February 8 at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California where the AFC champion will play against the NFC champion.
Playoff Picture
The top-scoring 14 teams of 32 will be qualify for the playoffs from two AFC and NFC conferences to compete in the postseason round. In order to the NFL doesn’t changes playoff system No. 1 seed from each AFC and NFC conference will earn the divisional playoff with home-field advantage and the rest of the 12 non-division winners wild card teams host based on their overall won-lost-tied record will be clinched 2–7. Second-seeded hosts seventh seed, third hosts the sixth seed and fourth hosts the fifth seed.
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
| 1 | (East winner) | (East winner) |
| 2 | (West winner) | (West winner) |
| 3 | (North winner) | (North winner) |
| 4 | (South winner) | (South winner) |
| 5 | (wild card) | (wild card) |
| 6 | (wild card) | (wild card) |
| 7 | (wild card) | (wild card) |
Bracket
Wild Card playoffs Schedule and Results
Saturday, January 10, 2026
AFC: TBA vs TBA
AFC: TBA vs TBA
Sunday, January 11, 2026
AFC: TBA vs TBA
NFC: TBA vs TBA
NFC: TBA vs TBA
Monday, January 12, 2026
NFC: TBA vs TBA
Divisional playoffs scenarios
Saturday, January 17, 2026
AFC: TBA vs TBA
NFC: TBA vs TBA
Sunday, January 18, 2026
NFC: TBA vs TBA
AFC: TBA vs TBA
Conference Championships
Sunday, January 25, 2026
NFC Championship: TBA vs TBA
AFC Championship: TBA vs TBA
Super Bowl LX
Date: February 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Super Bowl LIX: TBA vs TBA
TV rights
CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and Amazon Prime Video televised the playoffs and NBC broadcasted Super Bowl LX.