NFL Playoffs
Dates: January 10-26, 2025
BBC coverage: Live text coverage of every match on the BBC Sport website and app, and live radio commentary of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds.
The NFL play-off games are set and in three weeks we will know the two teams that will face each other in Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans on February 9.
The play-offs begin with Wildcard Weekend from January 11-13, with matches played over three consecutive weekends.
The top seeds in each conference – the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC and the Detroit Lions in the NFC – receive a first-round bye.
For everyone else, knockout football starts now!
NFL playoff schedule and kickoff times
AFC = American Football Conference, NFC = National Football Conference (top seed in parentheses)
Generic weekend
Saturday January 11
Sunday January 12
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AFC – Denver Broncos (7) vs. Buffalo Bills (2), 6:00 p.m. GMT
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NFC – Green Bay Packers (7) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (2), 9:30 p.m. GMT
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NFC – Washington Commanders (6) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3), 01:00 GMT (Monday morning)
Monday January 13
Divisional round
Saturday January 18
Sunday January 19
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Third match, 8:00 p.m. GMT
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Fourth match, 11:30 p.m. GMT
(Match-ups to be confirmed)
Championship round
Sunday January 26
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NFC Championship Game, 8:00 p.m. GMT
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AFC Championship Game, 11:30 p.m. GMT
How are the NFL playoffs going?
A total of 14 teams participate in the NFL play-offs, seven from each conference, in which 12 single-elimination games are played over three weekends to decide who will reach the Super Bowl.
The teams in each conference are separated until the Super Bowl, and in each round the highest remaining seed plays at home against the lowest seed.
The top seeds in each conference – the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC and the Detroit Lions in the NFC – receive a bye into the first round, known as Wildcard Weekend, in which six Matches are played with seeds two through seven.
The winners then join the top seeds in the divisional round, and the four winners meet there in the conference championships – effectively the Super Bowl semifinals, as the two winners earn the right to represent their conference in the great match.
When is the Super Bowl?
Super Bowl 59 will take place on February 9 (kickoff 11:30 p.m. GMT) in New Orleans at the Superdome, which has hosted more Super Bowls than any other stadium (seven).
It will be the first time since 2013 that the game will be played in New Orleans and the 11th overall – a joint record with Miami.
