{"id":656753,"date":"2026-01-05T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/656753\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:28:11","slug":"see-nfl-2026-playoff-bracket-wild-card-weekend-teams-and-game-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/656753\/","title":{"rendered":"See NFL 2026 playoff bracket, Wild Card weekend teams and game times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jacksonville Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence credits teammates for success<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence has set numerous records this season, but he chose to credit his teammates, not himself after the Titans win.<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Jaguars clinched the AFC South title after defeating the Tennessee Titans.Quarterback Trevor Lawrence set a new franchise record with three touchdowns in the final regular season game.The NFL playoffs begin with Wild Card weekend, followed by the Divisional Round, Conference Championships, and the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s regular season is officially in the books, and that means it\u2019s playoff time! The Jacksonville Jaguars closed out their 2025<\/a> season in style on January 4, 2026, crushing the Tennessee Titans 41-7<\/a>. With the win, they clinched the AFC South title, earned the No. 3 seed in the playoffs, and will host a Wild Card game at home. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence was unstoppable, tossing three touchdowns to set a new franchise record and cap off an eight-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Here’s a breakdown of the 2026 NFL playoff bracket<\/a> and where you can catch all the Wild Card action this weekend.<\/p>\n

2026 NFL playoff bracket: Teams, game times and where to watch<\/p>\n

To keep track of who plays whom, here’s an early NFL playoff bracket with all times Eastern.<\/p>\n

Jaguars playoff fever: How can fans get tickets for Jaguars-Bills Wild Card game?<\/a><\/p>\n

How does the NFL playoff format work?<\/p>\n

After this weekend’s games, the records of the remaining four teams in each conference\u00a0determined how the divisional championships<\/a>\u00a0set up:<\/p>\n

The No. 1 seeds \u2014 the Denver Broncos<\/a> in the AFC and the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in the NFC \u2014 will host the lowest-seeded teams that advanced from the Wild Card games.The next-highest remaining seeds will host the other Wild Card winners.<\/p>\n

For context, the NFL postseason is a four-round tournament: it kicks off with Wild Card Weekend, moves to the Divisional Round, then the Conference Championships, and finally concludes with the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

When and where to watch the 2026 NFL wild-card weekend games<\/p>\n

All times listed Eastern:<\/p>\n

Bills vs. Jaguars: Game time, location, and how to watch<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> will take on the Buffalo Bills<\/a> in the AFC Wild Card round, hosting the matchup at EverBank Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 11.<\/p>\n

You can catch all the action live on CBS or stream it on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

See photos from the Jaguars\u2019 final home game of the 2025-26 NFL season2026 NFL Playoffs: What\u2019s next after Wild Card weekend? Divisional Round preview<\/p>\n

After Wild Card weekend, divisional rounds will begin with two games on Saturday and two on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 17: Two games – 4:30 and 8:15 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 18: Two games – 3 and 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Contributing: Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY and \u00a0Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence credits teammates for success Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence has set numerous records this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[115,1466,821,3689,247,265,825,822,215,232,214,53,861,874,324,862,231,258,3690,441,816,7699,7,3688,20842,212,125,213,2126,2941,243,828,820,830,677,679,248,826,267,88,6,35196,84,245,537,359,530,238,237,261,327,815,9,266,678,3691,526,394,527,2940,314,693,2132,776,2125,1199],"class_list":["post-656753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-playoffs","tag-afc","tag-afc-south","tag-affiliate","tag-ai","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-american-football-conference","tag-arts","tag-bills","tag-broncos","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-cbs","tag-cbs-corp","tag-conference","tag-corp","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-enabled","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-fl","tag-football","tag-highlights","tag-hub","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jaguars","tag-know","tag-lawrence","tag-live","tag-live-sporting-events","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-national","tag-national-football-conference","tag-national-sports","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-playoffs","tag-positive","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-south","tag-sporting","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-story","tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-titans","tag-trevor","tag-trevor-lawrence","tag-ttp","tag-ttp-what-we-know","tag-u0026","tag-we","tag-what"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656753","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=656753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}