What Is The 2022 Nfl Playoff Schedule?
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The NFL has released the dates and times for the Wild Card round of the 2022 playoffs. Here’s a look at the schedule.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. From 1930 to 1966, the NFL playoffs generally only included the league championship game, pitting the winners of the Eastern and Western divisions against each other. In 1967, a four-team playoff system was implemented in which the winners of each of the four divisions (American, Capitol, Central, and Eastern) would meet in pre-determined games. This system remained in place until 1970, when the NFL merged with the American Football League (AFL).
What is the 2022 NFL Playoff Schedule?
TBD
How the NFL Playoff Schedule is Determined
The NFL playoff schedule is determined by a predetermined set of rules. These rules are put in place so that each team has an equal chance to make the playoffs. The NFL playoff schedule is not based on the standings of teams at the end of the regular season.
What Happens if Two Teams Tie in the Standings?
If two teams have the same record, the tiebreaker rules will be used to determine which team gets the higher seed. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head record, meaning if one team swept the season series or won both games, that team would get the higher seed. If head-to-head record is identical, the next tiebreaker is division record. If two teams are still tied, it goes to conference record.
How Many Teams Make the Playoffs?
In a typical NFL season, six teams from each conference make the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1-4 based on their record, and the two wild-card teams are seeded 5-6.
Seeds and Home-Field Advantage
The NFL’s playoff format is simple. The top seed in each conference gets a bye week and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The second seed also gets a bye week. The remaining seeds are matched up for the first round of the playoffs, which is known as the Wild Card round. After that, it’s a single-elimination tournament all the way to the Super Bowl.
In total, there are six rounds of playoffs:
– Wild Card round (six teams compete)
– Divisional round (four teams compete)
– Conference Championship games (two teams compete)
– Super Bowl (one team wins).
The four conference champions — two from the AFC and two from the NFC — earn a spot in the playoffs. The conference championship games are played on Sunday afternoon, with the AFC game typically kicking off at 3 p.m. ET and the NFC game at 6:30 p.m. ET. The winners of those games advance to the Super Bowl, which is held on Sunday evening one week later.
Conclusion
So there you have it, the 2022 NFL Playoff schedule. All of the games will take place on January 7-8, with the AFC and NFC Wild Card games being played on Saturday and the divisional round games being played on Sunday. The Conference Championships will take place on January 14-15, with the AFC Championship Game being played on CBS and the NFC Championship Game being played on FOX. The Super Bowl will be played on February 5, 2022 at a yet to be determined site.
