{"id":630291,"date":"2025-12-26T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/630291\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:47:12","slug":"chicago-bears-playoff-scenarios-can-bears-clinch-nfc-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/630291\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears playoff scenarios: Can Bears clinch NFC North?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Bears<\/a> are officially in the NFL playoffs<\/a>, but very little else is settled with two weeks remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

The Bears (11-4) still can finish with nearly every seed between No. 1 and No. 7, depending on the outcomes of their games at San Francisco and at home vs. Detroit.<\/p>\n

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Here is a look at the NFC playoff scenarios for the Bears with two games remaining<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Bears playoffs: Is Chicago in?<\/p>\n

Yes. With an 11-4 record, the Chicago Bears<\/a> are guaranteed a spot in the seven-team NFC bracket, their first playoff appearance since 2020.<\/p>\n

Can the Bears clinch NFC North?<\/p>\n

Yes. The Bears need one more victory \u2014 or one loss by the Green Bay Packers (9-5-1) \u2014 to clinch the NFC North and earn at least a top-three seed. It would be Chicago’s first division title since 2018. The Packers host the Ravens<\/a> and are at Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Can the Bears get the top seed?<\/p>\n

Yes. If the Bears win their final two games and the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> (12-3) lose one game, either at Carolina or at San Francisco. It would be Chicago’s first time with the No. 1 seed since 2006, en route to a Super Bowl appearance.<\/p>\n

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Who will the Bears play in the playoffs?<\/p>\n

If Bears get No. 1 seed: The Bears would get a bye with the top seed, so they would not play the first week of the postseason.<\/p>\n

If Bears get No. 2 seed: The Bears can clinch at least the No. 2 seed this weekend with a win at San Francisco and a Philadelphia loss to Buffalo. No. 2 is their most likely landing spot, which likely means a third meeting with the Packers.<\/p>\n

If Bears get No. 3 seed: Their most likely opponents would be the highest finishing wild card team among the NFC West teams like the LA Rams or San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Here are the Bears odds to earn each of the NFC’s seeds, according to data from For The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carolina 8-7 OR Tampa Bay 7-8<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Chicago Bears playoff scenarios: Can Bears clinch NFC North, get top seed?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears are officially in the NFL playoffs, but very little else is settled with two weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,146,7,41,4099,233,91448,6,242,169,1161,261,8646],"class_list":{"0":"post-630291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicagobears","12":"tag-detroit","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-green-bay","15":"tag-la-rams","16":"tag-minnesota","17":"tag-nfc-playoff-scenarios","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-philadelphia","20":"tag-ravens","21":"tag-san-francisco","22":"tag-seattle-seahawks","23":"tag-the-green-bay-packers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115786655172194350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}