Jan. 20, 2026, 8:12 a.m. ET
The final weekend of football in January has arrived, and it is time for the NFL Playoff Conference Championship Round. This Sunday, four teams will walk onto the gridiron, and two teams will walk away with a spot in Super Bowl LX. Here’s all the information you need on the matchups headed into the Conference Championship contests this coming weekend.
No. 2 New England Patriots @ No. 1 Denver Broncos – 3 p.m. EST, CBS
The weekend will kick off with a clash between the two top seeds in the AFC, as the second-seed New England Patriots make the trek out west to Empower Field at Mile High to battle the Denver Broncos. Both teams enter with just three losses on the season.
The Patriots are looking to use another strong performance by MVP candidate Drake Maye to earn their first trip to the Super Bowl since the 2018 season. Meanwhile, the Broncos are looking to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2015 season. Still, they will have to make it happen without starting quarterback Bo Nix, who broke his ankle on the penultimate play of the team’s Divisional Round win. Backup Jarrett Stidham will start in his place.
The final game on Sunday will determine the NFC’s Super Bowl representative, as NFC West rivals the Seahawks and the Rams clash for the third time this season, this showdown coming at Lumen Field in Seattle.
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The Rams won the first meeting in Week 11 with a two-point victory, while the Seahawks emerged as the victors in Round 2 with a walk-off two-point conversion attempt to win the game by one point in overtime. The Rams are led by their own MVP candidate in veteran signal caller Matthew Stafford. They are looking for their second Super Bowl appearance in four years after winning Super Bowl LVI, while the Seahawks seek their first Super Bowl trip since capping the 2014 season with a Super Bowl XLIX loss to the Patriots.