NFL playoff format explainer: Your guide to each round of the NFL postseason

It's a wide open race in the NFL postseason over the next five weeks to determine a Super Bowl champion. Here's your guide to the NFL playoff format.

NFL Playoff Picture 2025-26, Bracket Clinching and Elimination Scenarios for Week 18

The NFL postseason field is nearly set, with two spots up for grabs and seeding to be determined heading into the final ...
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NFL playoff picture: Week 18 scenarios and projected Wild Card Round matchups

Two playoff byes, four division titles and 13 of the 14 postseason seeds will be secured in Week 18. Ali Bhanpuri breaks down ...

What is the NFL playoff format? How the NFL playoffs work for the 2025-26 postseason

The NFL playoffs are one week away and most of the field is set entering Week 18. Here's what to know about the postseason format and bracket.

Projecting each NFL playoff team’s odds to win Super Bowl, with wild-card matchup analysis

The Broncos and Seahawks have next week off, but 12 NFL wild-card teams will be fighting to keep their Super Bowl dreams ...
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NFL playoff predictions: Winners for every game, from Wild Card Weekend through Super Bowl LX

NFL.com's editors predict the entire playoff race, picking winners for all 13 games, including Super Bowl LX. Which teams ...

NFL playoff picture week 17: Falcons' upset of Rams is bad news for Buccaneers

y − 1. Denver Broncos (13-3), AFC West champions: After surviving the Chiefs on Christmas night, win in Week 18, and Denver gets the top seed … but can't in Week 17. The Bolts' loss Saturday wrapped ...