What NFL Teams Are Still In The Playoffs?
It’s down to the wire and four teams are still in the running for the Lombardi trophy. Who will make it to the big game?
NFL Teams
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. While twelve teams qualify for the playoffs, only six teams remain by the end of the Wild Card round. These six teams compete in the Divisional round, with the winners of each game advancing to the Conference Championships. The Conference Champions then compete in the Super Bowl, the final game of the NFL season.
AFC teams
There are four AFC teams still in the playoffs as of January 12th, 2020. They are the Baltimore Ravens, the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New England Patriots.
NFC teams
As of right now, the four NFC teams in the playoffs are the New Orleans Saints, the Los Angeles Rams, the Chicago Bears, and the Dallas Cowboys.
NFL Playoffs
The NFL Playoffs are underway and there are only a few teams remaining. The New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, and New Orleans Saints are all still in the running for the Super Bowl. Who will be the last team standing?
AFC playoffs
In the AFC, the top seed is currently occupied by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have had an incredible season, led by their young superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The other teams in the playoff hunt are the New England Patriots, the Houston Texans, the Los Angeles Chargers, and the Baltimore Ravens. These team will all be fighting for a chance to go to the Super Bowl and take on either the NFC champion or the Wild Card team.
NFC playoffs
As of the 2019 NFL season, the NFC has 16 teams divided into two conferences of four divisions.
The current divisional alignment began in 2002, when the league realigned into eight divisions, four in each conference. The four division winners and two wild card teams (the two teams with the best records who are not division winners) from each conference advance to the playoffs.
In the current NFL playoff format, each conference’s two division winners are seeded 1 and 2, based on their overall won-lost-tied record. The next two teams (based on record) are seeded 5 and 6 as wild cards. The divisions are irrelevant when it comes to seedings; a team can travel to play any team except a team from its own division in its conference in any round except the first.
If two teams have identical records, head-to-head competition is used as the tiebreaker for all rounds except wild card, which is decided by a coin toss.
Super Bowl
With the regular season and Wild Card games now complete, we know the eight teams that will be playing in the Divisional Round of the 2020 NFL Playoffs. In the AFC, the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens will host the lowest remaining seed, the Tennessee Titans, while the second-seeded Kansas City Chiefs will host the Houston Texans. In the NFC, the Green Bay Packers will host the Seattle Seahawks, and the New Orleans Saints will host the Minnesota Vikings.
AFC vs. NFC
The American Football Conference (AFC) playoffs are one of two types of postseason playoffs used by the National Football League (NFL) to determine their champion. The AFC Championship Game, played annually between the winners of the AFC’s two divisional playoff rounds, is one of the most prestigious events in professional football. The winning team receives the Lamar Hunt Trophy, named after the founder of the AFC.
The National Football Conference (NFC) playoffs are the other type of postseason playoffs used by the NFL. The NFC Championship Game, played annually between the winners of the NFC’s two divisional playoff rounds, is also one of professional football’s most prestigious events. The winning team receives the George Halas Trophy, named after one of the co-founders and long-time owner/coach of the NFL’s Chicago Bears.
