2025 Nfl Playoff Picture Nfl Playoff

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 1, 2025, 3:54 PM

The top-scoring 14 teams of 32 qualified for the playoffs from two AFC and NFC conferences to compete in the postseason round. The No. 1 seed from each AFC and NFC conference earned the divisional playoff with home-field advantage and the rest of the 12 non-division winners wild card teams host based on their overall won-lost-tied record are... Second-seeded hosts seventh seed, third hosts the sixth seed and fourth hosts the fifth seed. AFC: Houston Texans 32, Los Angeles Chargers 12AFC: Baltimore Ravens 28, Pittsburgh Steelers 14 AFC: Buffalo Bills 31, Denver Broncos 7NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 22, Green Bay Packers 10NFC: Washington Commanders 23, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20

NFC: Los Angeles Rams 27, Minnesota Vikings 9 AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 23, Houston Texans 14NFC: Washington Commanders 45, Detroit Lions 31 With two weeks left in the NFL season, the playoff field is mostly set: Ten teams have clinched playoff berths and four more are still available. Here’s how the NFL playoff picture looks heading into Week 17: 1. Broncos (12-3) If they win out, they’re the No.

1 seed in the AFC. 2. Patriots (12-3) Would lose the common-games tiebreaker to the Broncos. 3. Jaguars (11-4) The clear favorites in the AFC South. 4.

Steelers (9-6) In the driver’s seat in the AFC North. More than half of the NFL's 14 playoff spots were clinched in Week 16. Four spots in the NFC were clinched by the Seahawks, Eagles, Bears and 49ers. Over in the AFC, the Patriots clinched on Sunday night. Then, with the Colts' loss on Monday night, the Jaguars, Chargers and Bills all clinched a spot. The Broncos control their own destiny to clinch the No.

1 seed in the AFC, while the Seahawks and 49ers also do in the NFC. Here's where things stand after Week 16. In the hunt: Indianapolis Colts (8-7), Baltimore Ravens (7-8) 🏈 5 AFC playoff spots available • 2 NFC playoff spots available 14 teams make the NFL playoffs each season – 7 from the AFC and 7 from the NFC. Each conference’s playoff bracket includes four division winners (seeded 1-4) and three wild card teams (seeded 5-7).

The top seed in each conference earns a first-round bye. Playoff seeding is determined by win-loss record, with tiebreakers applied when necessary. The four division winners are seeded 1-4 based on their records, regardless of wild card team records. Seeds 5-7 go to the three non-division winners with the best records. Tiebreakers include head-to-head results, division record, common games, conference record, and strength of victory. “In The Hunt” refers to the seven teams in each conference that currently hold playoff positions.

If the regular season ended today, these teams would qualify for the postseason. However, with games remaining, these positions can change weekly based on game results and tiebreakers. “On The Bubble” describes teams currently outside the playoff picture but still mathematically alive for a postseason berth. These teams (typically seeds 8-16) need to win games and have other results fall their way to climb into a playoff spot before the regular season ends. The 2025 NFL season is entering the home stretch. As we march further into Week 13 after Thanksgiving's tripleheader, only five full weeks of regular-season action remain until the start of the playoffs.

That means, while the postseason picture is far from finalized, the race for playoff berths -- and top seeding -- is well underway. Some preseason favorites like the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles are well on their way to the dance. Others, like the reigning AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and defending AFC South champion Houston Texans, are on the outside looking in. Meanwhile a slew of surprise contenders, from the New England Patriots to the Denver Broncos to the Chicago Bears, are currently challenging for the right to an early-playoff bye. Where, exactly, do all the playoff contenders sit? Which teams would be in the postseason if the schedule were halted today?

And which clubs still have a shot to sneak into the mix down the stretch? Below is an updated rundown of the entire playoff picture, complete with remaining schedules for primary contenders: This is the NFL playoff picture as it stands, with the following teams tabbed for postseason spots: Remaining schedule: vs. Giants, vs. Bills, @ Ravens, @ Jets, vs.

Dolphins Welcome to The Athletic’s 2025 NFL Playoff Picture Simulator, where you’ll find everything you need to know about the NFL standings. From the No. 1 seed in each conference to the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft, you can explore all the ways your favorite team’s season could end. The tables above represent a view of the standings if the season ended today, along with our best guess for the final playoff picture (with teams ordered by projected win totals, and ties accounting...

Below, you’ll find much more detailed estimates for all 32 NFL teams. All these estimates are powered by Austin Mock’s NFL Projection Model and helped us create a visual guide of every possible scenario for Week 17. You can read more about this tool and how it works right here, and send in your questions to AskAustin@theathletic.com. About the simulator: We estimate odds by randomly simulating the remainder of the season thousands of times and counting how often each team makes the playoffs, gets the No. 1 seed, the No. 1 draft pick and so on.

We estimate each team’s probability of winning each remaining game using a statistical forecast that incorporates a host of data, including team records, roster changes, weather, game location and more advanced measures like expected... By Ryan Best, David Haye, Elliot Jordan, Junghye Kim, Austin Mock, Matt Myers, Thomas Oide, Laura Pelton, Yuriko Schumacher and Oliver Viehweger Adapted from The New York Times’s NFL Playoff Simulator. It’s been a long 2025 NFL season so far with twists, turns, shocking injuries, surprising contenders and disappointing years from preseason favorites. As we come off another intriguing week of action across the league and approach the end of the season, the playoff picture is becoming more and more clear. With just two weeks of the NFL regular season left, who’s in, who’s out and who still has a shot at making a postseason run for a spot in Super Bowl LX and a...

(All teams listed by current seeding in each conference) 1. Denver Broncos (12-3, 1st AFC West): The Broncos still have to play the Patrick Mahomes-less Kansas City Chiefs on the road before hosting the Los Angeles Chargers at Mile High, so the No. 1 seed is not at all locked up. What 14 teams are positioned to make the NFL playoffs in the 2025 regular season, from the eight division winners to six total wild cards? What would the seeding look like in the race for Super Bowl 60?

Here are the answers in Sporting News' latest look at how the postseason field is coming together in both conferences going into the Sunday night and Monday night games of Week 16. 1. Denver Broncos, 12-3 (first place, AFC West) The Broncos, who have clinched a playoff berth, lead the Patriots by only a common-games tiebreaker for the top playoff seed after their tough Sunday home loss against the Jaguars, whom they lead by... The Broncos still lead the Chargers by one game in the division title race.

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