NFL Playoff Schedule 2026 – Times, Dates, TV Channel

The 2025-26 NFL Football is the 106th edition of an American football league. The NFL regular season will begin on Sep 4, 2025, and the end date is Jan 4, 2026. The defending champion will be playing the regular season’s first game. The 2026 NFL Playoffs season will start on Jan 11-13, Divisional round games on Jan, 18-19, and the 2025 NFL Super Bowl game will be fixed on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana. NBC will broadcast the Super Bowl LX at 6:30 PM ET.

2026 NFL Playoff TV Schedule

Wild Card Round: January 10-12, 2026
Divisional Round: January 17-18, 2026
Conference Championship Game: Jan 25
Super Bowl LX: Sunday, Feb 8, 2026

Wild Card Round

Saturday, January 10

AFC MatchupTime (ET)TV
Seed No. 4 vs. No. 54:30 PMNBC
Seed No. 3 vs. No. 68:00 PMNBC

Sunday, January 11

NFC MatchupTime (ET)TV
Seed No. 2 vs. No. 74:30 PMNBC
Seed No. 3 vs. No. 68:00 PMNBC

Monday, January 12

MatchupTime (ET)TV
Seed No. 2 vs. No. 7 (AFC)4:30 PMNBC
Seed No. 4 vs. No. 5 (NFC)8:00 PMNBC

Divisional Playoffs Round

DateMatchupTime (ET)TV
Sat, Jan. 17No. 1 seed vs lowest seed (AFC)4:30 PMNBC
Sat, Jan. 17No. 1 seed vs lowest seed (NFC)8:00 PMCBS
Sun, Jan. 18TBA3:00 PMCBS
Sun, Jan. 18TBA6:00 PMFOX

Conference Championship

Sunday, January. 25

MatchupTime (ET)TV
TBA3:00 PMCBS
TBA6:30 PMFOX

When is the Super Bowl 2026?

DateMatchupTime (ET)TVLocation
Sun, Feb 9, 2026AFC vs NFC champion6:30 PMNBCLevi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA

How does it work?

y — Clinched division
w — Clinched wild card
x — Clinched playoff berth
z — Clinched first-round bye and home-field advantage