{"id":909552,"date":"2026-06-04T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/909552\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:00:31","slug":"nfl-playoff-schedule-2026-updated-bracket-tv-channels-after-afc-nfc-championship-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/909552\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL playoff schedule 2026: Updated bracket & TV channels after AFC, NFC championship games"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL playoff schedule 2026: Updated bracket & TV channels after AFC, NFC championship games<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just two teams remain alive in the fight for the Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n

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It was a widely differing path to conference championship weekend for the Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, Denver Broncos<\/a>, New England Patriots<\/a> and Los Angeles Rams<\/a>. While the two No. 1 seeds were alive, Seattle’s path had been about defensive dominance, while Denver’s season took an unexpected turn when Bo Nix<\/a> was ruled out for the season after a divisional-round win over the Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Patriots relied on their hard-nosed defense and Drake Maye<\/a>‘s blossom into stardom to return to the AFC Championship Game, while the Rams snuck by in both of their two playoff wins, seeking a second Super Bowl in five years.<\/p>\n

Now, the AFC and NFC champions have been crowned, with the Patriots and Seahawks advancing to Super Bowl 60.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full schedule and everything you need to know to watch the rest of the 2026 NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n

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NFL playoff bracket 2026\"\"NFL playoff schedule 2026Wild-card round<\/p>\n

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

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Rams 34, Panthers<\/a> 31<\/p>\n

Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Bears 31,\u00a0Packers<\/a> 27<\/p>\n

Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

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

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Bills 27, Jaguars<\/a> 24<\/p>\n

Jacksonville, FL<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

49ers<\/a> 23, Eagles 19<\/p>\n

Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Patriots 16, Chargers<\/a> 3<\/p>\n

Foxboro, MA<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

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

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Texans<\/a> 30,\u00a0Steelers<\/a> 6<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Divisional Round<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 17<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Broncos 33, Bills 30 (OT)<\/p>\n

Denver<\/a>, CO<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Seahawks 41, 49ers 6<\/p>\n

Seattle, WA<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 18<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Patriots 28, Texans 16<\/p>\n

Foxborough, MA<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Rams 20,\u00a0Bears 17 (OT)<\/p>\n

Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Championship round<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 25<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Patriots 10,\u00a0Broncos 7<\/p>\n

Denver, CO<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Seahawks 31, Rams 27<\/p>\n

Seattle, WA<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Super Bowl<\/p>\n

Sunday, Feb. 8<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Location<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV Channel<\/p>\n

Patriots vs. Seahawks<\/p>\n

Santa Clara, Ca.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

NBC<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 60 matchupSeahawks vs. Patriots<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 60 will be a rematch of the big game from February 2015: Seahawks vs. Patriots.<\/p>\n

New England<\/a> took down the Broncos in Denver on Sunday afternoon in some snow, not needing much offensively to claim a 10-7 victory in the AFC Championship Game. Drake Maye is heading to the Super Bowl in his second NFL season, while Mike Vrabel has guided New England back to the Super Bowl in his first season as head coach.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Seahawks are heading to the Super Bowl behind Sam Darnold<\/a>‘s excellent play at quarterback and an elite defense. Seattle took down the Rams 31-27 in the NFC Championship Game, narrowly escaping its divisional foe to reach the franchise’s fourth-ever Super Bowl appearance.<\/p>\n

Just over a decade after Pete Carroll’s decision to not run the ball with Marshawn Lynch<\/a> haunted the Seahawks, with Malcolm Butler<\/a>‘s interception sealing a Patriots title, the Seahawks will have an opportunity for long-awaited redemption.<\/p>\n

When is Super Bowl 60 in 2026?<\/p>\n

Location: Levi’s Stadium\u00a0in Santa Clara, California<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 60 is set to be held on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

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The Patriots and Seahawks will descend upon the west coast for the home of the 49ers<\/a> nearly a week ahead of time as they prepare to fight for the Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL playoff schedule 2026: Updated bracket & TV channels after AFC, NFC championship games originally appeared on The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[220,423,215,925,241,231,258,833,7,213,12526,58,28784,311,1167,249,6,84,428,236,1878,261,426,505,222,45392],"class_list":["post-909552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-playoffs","tag-49ers","tag-afc-championship-game","tag-bills","tag-bo-nix","tag-chargers","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-drake-maye","tag-football","tag-jaguars","tag-location","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-malcolm-butler","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-packers","tag-panthers","tag-sam-darnold","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-steelers","tag-super-bowl","tag-texans","tag-tv-channel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116690552345954111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909552","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=909552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}