2025–26 NFL playoffs

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2025–26 NFL playoffs
DatesJanuary 10 – February 8, 2026
Season 2025
Teams14
Games played13
Super Bowl LX site
Defending champions Philadelphia Eagles
NFL playoffs
← 2024–25

The National Football League playoffs for the 2025 season will begin on January 10, 2026, and will conclude with Super Bowl LX on February 8 at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Contents

This will be the first postseason since 2014 not to feature the Kansas City Chiefs. Additionally, it marks the first postseason since 1998 not to feature Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, or Patrick Mahomes.

Format

This section is an excerpt from 2025 NFL season § Postseason.[ edit ]

The 2025 playoffs are scheduled to begin with the Wild Card Round from January 10–12, 2026, with three games played in each conference. In the Divisional round, scheduled for January 17–18, the top seed in the conference will play the lowest remaining seed and the other two remaining teams will play each other. The winners of those games advance to the Conference Championship games scheduled for January 25. Super Bowl LX is scheduled for February 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Playoff scenarios

As of December 22, 2025 (end of Week 16), the following teams have qualified for the playoffs:

AFC
NFC

The following teams can clinch during Week 17: [8] Scenarios involving ties omitted for simplicity.

AFC
NFC

Media coverage

Broadcasting rights of the Wild Card round is split between the NFL's existing broadcasters: CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and Amazon Prime Video. CBS has one game this season, which is an AFC contest which it is guaranteed annually, Fox will air two games, an NFC Wild Card game which is guaranteed annually, as well as a second game as part of a rotation with CBS and NBC since 2020. [9] NBC's Wild Card game airs on Sunday night, [10] [11] [12] while ESPN's Wild Card game airs on Monday night, with a simulcast on ABC and the Manningcast on ESPN2. [13] This will be the second season that Prime Video exclusively streams a Wild Card game. [14] [15] It is currently unknown if CBS's sister network Nickelodeon will air an alternate broadcast for any of CBS's playoff games nor if Tubi will simulcast any of Fox’s playoff games.

This will be the third season that ESPN/ABC, Fox, CBS and NBC each air one divisional playoff game. [16]

CBS and Fox has the rights for the AFC Championship Game and NFC Championship Game, respectively. [9]

NBC will televise Super Bowl LX under the annual rotation of Super Bowl broadcasters. [17]

ESPN Deportes, Fox Deportes, Telemundo and Universo air all ESPN/ABC, Fox and NBC games in Spanish respectively.

Peacock, Paramount+, Fox One, and the ESPN DTC service will stream all NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN/ABC games, respectively, [9] The league's streaming service NFL+ stream every postseason game on mobile devices only, regardless of broadcaster.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Grant (December 14, 2025). "Broncos clinch second straight postseason berth with win over Packers". NFL.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  2. ↑ Gordon, Grant (December 21, 2025). "Mike Vrabel, Drake Maye lead Patriots back to playoffs for first time since 2021". NFL.com. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Gordon, Grant (December 22, 2025). "Bills, Chargers, Jaguars clinch playoff berths thanks to Colts' loss". NFL.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Grant (December 14, 2025). "Rams clinch NFL's first playoff berth, head to postseason for third year in a row". NFL.com. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ Gordon, Grant (December 18, 2025). "Seahawks clinch first playoff berth in post-Pete Carroll era with win over Rams". NFL.com. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ Gordon, Grant (December 20, 2025). "Eagles repeat as NFC East champions; snap 21-year streak without consecutive division winners". NFL.com. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Kownack, Bobby; Gordon, Grant (December 21, 2025). "Bears, Niners clinch spots in NFC playoffs following Lions' loss to Steelers". NFL.com. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Week 17 Playoff Scenarios". NFL.com. December 23, 2025. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 "ViacomCBS and NFL Reach New Long-Term Multiplatform Rights Agreement Through the 2033 Season". businesswire.com. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  10. ↑ Lewis, Jon (May 15, 2023). "Peacock shocker: Streamer gets exclusive NFL playoff game". Sports Media Watch. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ "NBCUniversal and NFL Reach 11-Year Extension & Expansion for Sunday Night Football, Primetime TV'S #1 Show". NBC Sports Pressbox. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  12. ↑ Toonkel, Joe Flint and Jessica (May 15, 2023). "Peacock to Carry One NFL Playoff Game Exclusively Next Season". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  13. ↑ "ESPN to broadcast Super Wild Card Weekend's Monday night game for next five years". National Football League. October 13, 2021. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  14. ↑ Flint, Joe (February 9, 2024). "Amazon's Prime Video Gets Exclusive NFL Playoff Game Next Season". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  15. ↑ Alper, Josh (March 26, 2024). "Amazon will be home to an annual Wild Card game starting in 2025". Pro Football Talk . Archived from the original on April 1, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  16. ↑ Volner, Derek (March 18, 2021). "The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and National Football League Reach Landmark Long-Term Agreement". ESPN Press Room U.S. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  17. ↑ Hayes, Dade (May 16, 2023). "Super Bowl Spanish-Language Rights Claimed By TelevisaUnivision In U.S.; Company Tells Upfront Buyers Its Vix Streaming Service Has Passed 30 Million Users". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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