{"id":670564,"date":"2026-01-12T04:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/670564\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:49:13","slug":"nfl-playoff-field-divisional-round-weekend-schedule-seahawks-to-host-49ers-broncos-to-host-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/670564\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL playoff field, divisional round weekend schedule: Seahawks to host 49ers, Broncos to host Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first weekend of the NFL playoffs<\/a> is officially underway. While there is a little to still be decided in the AFC, the NFC is ready for the next round.<\/p>\n

The Seattle Seahawks secured the top seed in the division, which allowed them to watch wild-card weekend from home. They\u2019ll now get to host the San Francisco 49ers next weekend in the divisional round, a rematch of their thrilling Week 18 battle that clinched the NFC West. The Chicago Bears will host the Los Angeles Rams in the other NFC game.<\/p>\n

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The Denver Broncos narrowly beat out the New England Patriots for the first-round bye in the AFC, though that conference won\u2019t have all of its divisional round matchups finalized until after the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers close out wild-card weekend on Monday night. The Broncos will get the Buffalo Bills, who beat the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon, regardless while the Patriots will get the winner of the Texans-Steelers matchup.<\/p>\n

Times for the four divisional matchups will be announced on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know with the divisional round of the playoffs looming.<\/p>\n

NFC playoff field<\/p>\n

1. Seattle Seahawks (14-3)
2. Chicago Bears (12-6)
5. Los Angeles Rams (13-5)
6. San Francisco 49ers (13-5)<\/p>\n

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AFC playoff field<\/p>\n

1. Denver Broncos (14-3)
2. New England Patriots (15-3)
4. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7)
5. Houston Texans (12-5)
6. Buffalo Bills (13-5)<\/p>\n

NFL divisional round scheduleNFC matchups<\/p>\n

6. San Francisco 49ers at 1. Seattle Seahawks
When: Saturday, Jan. 17 | 4:30 p.m. OR 8 p.m. ET
Location: Lumen Field | Seattle
TV: TBD<\/p>\n

5. Los Angeles Rams at 2. Chicago Bears
When: Sunday, Jan. 18 | 3 p.m. OR 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Soldier Field | Chicago
TV: TBD<\/p>\n

AFC matchups<\/p>\n

6. Buffalo Bills at 1. Denver Broncos
When: Saturday, Jan. 17 | 4:30 p.m. OR 8 p.m. ET
Location: Empower Field at Mile High | Denver
TV: TBD<\/p>\n

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5. Houston Texans\/4. Pittsburgh Steelers at 2. New England Patriots
When: Sunday, Jan. 18 | 3 p.m. OR 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, Mass.
TV: TBD<\/p>\n

NFL wild-card round results<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 10
Los Angeles Rams 34, Carolina Panthers 31
Chicago Bears 31, Green Bay Packers 27<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 11
Buffalo Bills 27, Jacksonville Jaguars 24
San Francisco 49ers 23, Philadelphia Eagles 19
New England Patriots 16, Los Angeles Chargers 3<\/p>\n

Monday, Jan. 12
5. Houston Texans at 4. Pittsburgh Steelers
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Acrisure Stadium | Pittsburgh
TV: ESPN\/ABC<\/a>
Tickets: Gametime<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first weekend of the NFL playoffs is officially underway. While there is a little to still be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[53,260,391,258,7,345,253,125,262,58,249,6,84,109,57,252,261,1743],"class_list":["post-670564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-denver-broncos","tag-football","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston-texans","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-the-afc"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115880326837230799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670564","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=670564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}