{"id":800344,"date":"2026-03-08T12:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/800344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:36:56","slug":"nfl-playoff-schedule-bracket-wild-card-game-times-seedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/800344\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL playoff schedule bracket, wild-card game times, seedings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NFL playoff schedule<\/a> has been released as Week 18 for the 2025 regular season winds down.<\/p>\n

We know the NFL playoff bracket, as well, with the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in the NFC and Denver Broncos<\/a> in the AFC earning the 1-seeds, a first-round bye and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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The six-game “Wild Card Weekend” begins Saturday, Jan. 10, with an NFC game between the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> and Carolina Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The NFL wild-card logo is seen on the field prior to a game between the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills in the AFC playoff game at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 15, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything you need to know about the NFL playoffs this year:<\/p>\n

NFL wild-card schedule<\/p>\n

Here is the schedule on the 2025-26 NFL “Wild Card Weekend,” which starts Saturday. All times Eastern.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 10<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.: 5-seed Los Angeles Rams at 4-seed Carolina Panthers, Fox.<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 11<\/p>\n

8 p.m.: 7-seed Los Angeles Chargers at 2-seed New England Patriots, NBC.<\/p>\n

Monday, Jan. 12<\/p>\n

8:15 p.m.: 5-seed Houston Texans<\/a> at 4-seed Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN\/ABC.<\/p>\n

NFC playoff bracket<\/p>\n

Here is the NFC playoff bracket for the 2025-26 postseason:<\/p>\n

1. Seattle Seahawks: 14-3<\/p>\n

3. Philadelphia Eagles: 11-6<\/p>\n

4. Carolina Panthers: 8-9<\/p>\n

5. Los Angeles Rams: 12-5<\/p>\n

6. San Francisco 49ers: 12-5<\/p>\n

7. Green Bay Packers: 9-7-1<\/p>\n

AFC playoff bracket<\/p>\n

Here is the AFC playoff bracket for the 2025-26 postseason:<\/p>\n

2. New England Patriots: 14-3<\/p>\n

3. Jacksonville Jaguars: 13-4<\/p>\n

4. Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-7<\/p>\n

7. Los Angeles Chargers: 11-6<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds<\/p>\n

Here are the Super Bowl 60 odds, provided by BetMGM<\/a> as of Sunday night:<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Eagles: +800<\/p>\n

New England Patriots: +900<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Jaguars: +1400<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers: +2000<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers: +2800<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers: +10000<\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers: +15000<\/p>\n

Does the NFL reseed in the playoffs?<\/p>\n

Yes, the NFL does reseed in the playoffs. After the wild-card round, the lowest-seeded remaining team plays at 1-seed in the divisional round in each conference. The NFL is the only American sports league of the four major sports that reseeds in the postseason.<\/p>\n

When do NFL playoffs start?<\/p>\n

The wild-card round is Saturday-Monday, Jan. 10-12. There are two games Saturday, three Sunday and one on “Monday Night Football.” There is a night game on each day.<\/p>\n

NFL playoffs schedule<\/p>\n

Wild-card round:\u00a0Jan. 10-12.<\/p>\n

Divisional round:\u00a0Jan. 17-18.<\/p>\n

Conference championships:\u00a0Jan. 25.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 60:\u00a0Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: NFL playoff schedule bracket, wild-card game times, seeds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NFL playoff schedule has been released as Week 18 for the 2025 regular season winds down.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[53,260,391,258,7,345,253,125,262,58,249,6,84,109,57,252,261,95037],"class_list":{"0":"post-800344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-buffalo-bills","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-green-bay-packers","14":"tag-houston-texans","15":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","16":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","17":"tag-los-angeles-rams","18":"tag-new-england-patriots","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-nfl-playoffs","21":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","22":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","23":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","24":"tag-seattle-seahawks","25":"tag-wild-card-weekend"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116193595393509173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800344","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=800344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}