NFL football playoff schedule 2026: Wild Card Weekend wrapped up on Sunday, and the divisional round slate is basically locked. You’ve got the matchups. You’ve got the dates. You even have the time windows. But the NFL is still holding the actual kickoff times and TV assignments until after the final wild-card game on Monday night.Here’s the clean picture right now, based on reporting from NFL.com and team sites: Seattle hosts San Francisco. Denver hosts Buffalo. Chicago hosts the Los Angeles Rams. New England waits for the Steelers-Texans winner.
NFL Football Playoff Schedule 2026 for the Divisional Round: Dates and Time Windows
Monday, Jan. 12 (Wild Card finale)
- Houston Texans at
Pittsburgh Steelers , 8:15 p.m. ET (winner goes to New England next)
Saturday, Jan. 17 (Divisional Round)
Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos, 4:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. ET (Network TBD)- San Francisco 49ers at
Seattle Seahawks , 4:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. ET (Network TBD)
Sunday, Jan. 18 (Divisional Round)
- Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears, 3 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. ET (Network TBD)
- Steelers/Texans at
New England Patriots , 3 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. ET (Network TBD)
NFL Football Playoff Schedule 2026 After the Divisional Round: Championship Sunday and Super Bowl LX
Sunday, Jan. 25
AFC Championship , 3 p.m. ET (CBS)- NFC Championship, 6:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
Sunday, Feb. 8
- Super Bowl LX, 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC at Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.)
That’s the spine of it. Four divisional games on Jan. 17-18. Two conference title games on Jan. 25. Then Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara. The only thing still floating is the exact kickoff order and TV homes for divisional weekend, and the final AFC seed line until Texans-Steelers ends.
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