Schedule, bracket, format in the 2024-25 postseason

The NFL playoff field is set.

Fourteen teams have reached the postseason and 12 of them will play in the official Super Wild Card Weekend. The top seed in the AFC and NFC receives a bye in the first round.

Here’s what you should know about the playoff format for the 2024-25 playoffs.

How many teams make the NFL playoffs?

Fourteen teams, seven in each conference, reach the postseason.

The number of playoff teams varied from just two teams (from 1933 to 1966) to as many as 16 teams (1982). The NFL expanded from 12 to 14 playoff teams in 2020.

NFL playoff format

The NFL playoffs are single-elimination games.

The four division champions from each conference make the playoffs and are seeded 1-4 according to the record. The three remaining teams in each conference with the best record qualify for the postseason as wild card teams and are seeded Nos. 5-7.

If a wild card team has a better record than a division winner, it will still receive a lower seed of 5, 6 or 7.

The No. 1 seed in each conference receives a first-round bye and plays all conference playoff games at home.

Will they be reseeded in the NFL playoffs?

The playoff round will not be reset, but the postseason is not a fixed round like the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.

The wild card round games are: No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5, with the higher seed hosting the lower seed.

In the divisional round, the number 1 seed hosts the lowest remaining seed and the other two winners play each other, with the higher seed playing host. The higher seeded team hosts the conference championship. The Super Bowl is played at a predetermined location. Super Bowl 59 will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

When are the rounds of the NFL playoffs?

Wildcard round: 11th-13th January
Divisional round: 18-19 January
Conference Championships: January 26th
Super Bowl 59: February 9th

NFL playoff series

AFC

Kansas City Chiefs (15-2)
Buffalo Bills (13-4)
Baltimore Ravens (12-5)
Houston Texans (10-7)
Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)
Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)
Denver Broncos (10-7)

NFC

Detroit Lions (15-2)
Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7)
Los Angeles Rams (10-7)
Minnesota Vikings (14-3)
Washington Commanders (12-5)
Green Bay Packers (11-6)

Wildcard Round Playoff Schedule

AFC

Saturday, January 11th

No. 5 Los Angeles at No. 4 Houston, 4:30 p.m., CBS
No. 6 Pittsburgh and No. 2 Baltimore, 8 p.m. Prime Video

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Schedule, bracket, format in the 2024-25 postseason

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