The NFL will decide its Super Bowl LX participants on Sunday, and each of the remaining four teams has at least one former Auburn player on its active roster.

After two Super Bowls without a former Auburn player getting on the field, the Tigers are assured of having an alumnus come out of the 2025 season as an NFL champion.

With 72, Alabama had more former players appear in NFL regular-season games than any other college program in 2025. But the Crimson Tide is not assured of having a Super Bowl winner this season after having four alumni play for the Philadelphia Eagles in their 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX to cap the 2024 NFL campaign.

Even though there are 10 Alabama alumni on the active rosters of the four remaining teams, one of the Super Bowl LX contenders does not have a former Alabama player – the Los Angeles Rams.

In the first 59 Super Bowls, 50 Alabama alumni and 40 Auburn alumni have played.

Two other Alabama colleges are in the running for Super Bowl status this season.

Los Angeles cornerback Darious Williams will not increase UAB’s Super Bowl roster, which includes four players. Williams played in the Rams’ 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13, 2022.

Troy has two former players on the New England Patriots’ active roster. Cornerback Marcus Jones and safety Dell Pettus will be trying to join eight other Trojans who have played in the Super Bowl.

Jones and Pettus also are former Alabama high school standouts, among the nine remaining on the active rosters of the four Super Bowl LX contenders. This will be the 19th consecutive Super Bowl with at least one Alabama high school alumnus eligible to play. As with Auburn, there is at least one high school player from Alabama on the active roster of each of the remaining teams.

The four teams vying to become the Super Bowl LX champion have 21 players from Alabama high schools and colleges on their active rosters.

There also are four players with Alabama football roots on the remaining postseason teams’ practice squads. Each team is allowed to elevate two practice-squad players to active status for each game.

There are two state players on injured reserve who are not eligible to play.

The players with Alabama football roots on the rosters of the playoff teams include:

AFC

Denver Broncos

Kris Abrams-Draine, cornerback, Spanish FortBo Nix, quarterback, Pinson Valley, AuburnQue Robinson, outside linebacker, Jackson-Olin, AlabamaInjured reserve: Drew Sanders, linebacker, AlabamaJarrett Stidham, quarterback, AuburnPatrick Surtain II, cornerback, Alabama

New England Patriots

Christian Barmore, defensive tackle, AlabamaCarlton Davis, cornerback, AuburnCJ Dippre, tight end, AlabamaAnfernee Jennings, linebacker, Dadeville, AlabamaMarcus Jones, cornerback, Enterprise, TroyDell Pettus, safety, Sparkman, TroyPractice squad: Jeremiah Webb, wide receiver, South Alabama

NFC

Los Angeles Rams

Jarquez Hunter, running back, AuburnRoger McCreary, cornerback, Williamson, AuburnDarious Williams, cornerback, UAB

Seattle Seahawks

Injured reserve: A.J. Finley, safety, St. Paul’s EpiscopalDerick Hall, linebacker, AuburnJosh Jobe, cornerback, AlabamaPractice squad: Velus Jones Jr., running back, SaralandAmari Kight, offensive tackle, Thompson, AlabamaJalen Milroe, quarterback, AlabamaRobbie Ouzts, fullback, AlabamaNehemiah Pritchett, cornerback, Jackson, AuburnJarran Reed, nose tackle, AlabamaPractice squad: Jamie Sheriff, linebacker, South AlabamaPractice squad: Bubba Thomas, nose tackle, South Alabama

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Sunday’s conference-championship games will decide the participants for Super Bowl LX, which is scheduled to kick off at 5:40 p.m. CST Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

The schedule for the conference-championship games of the NFL playoffs includes (with all times Central and point spreads from BetMGM):

Sunday, Jan. 25

AFC: No. 2 New England Patriots (16-3) at No. 1 Denver Broncos (15-3), 2 p.m. (CBS) Line: Patriots by 4.5NFC: No. 5 Los Angeles Rams (14-5) at No. 1 Seattle Seahawks (15-3), 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Line: Seahawks by 2.5

Here’s how those teams got to Sunday’s title contests:

Wild-Card Weekend

Saturday, Jan. 10

NFC: No. 5 Los Angeles Rams 34, No. 4 Carolina Panthers 31NFC: No. 2 Chicago Bears 31, No. 7 Green Bay Packers 27

Sunday, Jan. 11

AFC: No. 6 Buffalo Bills 27, No. 3 Jacksonville Jaguars 24NFC: No. 6 San Francisco 49ers 23, No. 3 Philadelphia Eagles 19AFC: No. 2 New England Patriots 16, No. 7 Los Angeles Chargers 3

Monday, Jan. 12

AFC: No. 5 Houston Texans 30, No. 4 Pittsburgh Steelers 6

Divisional Weekend

Saturday, Jan. 17

AFC: No. 1 Denver Broncos 33, No. 6 Buffalo Bills 30, overtimeNFC: No. 1 Seattle Seahawks 41, No. 6 San Francisco 49ers 6

Sunday, Jan. 18

AFC: No. 2 New England Patriots 28, No. 5 Houston Texans 16NFC: No. 5 Los Angeles Rams 20, No. 2 Chicago Bears 17, overtime