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2025 Nfl Playoff Picture Week 13 Updated Postseason Bracket After

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2025 nfl playoff picture week 13 updated postseason bracket after

Week 13 in the NFL is in the books, and the playoff race is heating up. Surprising contenders and intriguing potential matchups are beginning to fill out the bracket, giving fans a taste of what this year’s path to Super Bowl 60 could look like. With so much still to be decided, the NFL playoff picture is shifting weekly, but let’s take a peek at where things stand now. Here’s a look at the current NFL postseason bracket, plus a look at which teams are rising and falling in PFSN’s NFL Playoff Predictor. Perhaps no team in the NFL has had as confusing of a 2025 season as the Panthers. That hasn’t always been a bad thing, though, and it certainly wasn’t a bad thing on Sunday.

They improved to 7-6 with a surprise victory over the Rams, intercepting MVP candidate Matthew Stafford two times. The Panthers are still trailing the Buccaneers in the NFC South, but they’re right on their tail. Whether or not they actually win the division, a key win over a Super Bowl contender like Los Angeles will help out Carolina’s chances of making the postseason, as a division champion or as... MORE: Latest 7-Round 2026 NFL Mock Draft QB Drake Maye has led the New England Patriots to an 11-2 record in 2025. Maddie Meyer / Getty Images

The Athletic has live coverage of Cowboys vs. Lions on “Thursday Night Football.” Chicago might be The Second City, but its Bears are second to no one — not in the NFC, at least. After running through the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, the Bears watched as the Los Angeles Rams dropped a stunner to the Carolina Panthers, catapulting Chicago to the top of the... How long will the Bears stay there? It’s possible their reign lasts only a week, as they visit the Green Bay Packers next week in a battle for the NFC North lead.

Over in the AFC, the Indianapolis Colts have quickly gone from competing for the top seed in the conference to now fighting for their playoff lives. After falling to the Houston Texans on Sunday, the Colts have dropped three of their past four games and slipped from the AFC’s No. 1 seed (Week 10) to the No. 6 seed with the streaking Jacksonville Jaguars usurping them in the AFC South. A momentous division showdown between the two teams looms next weekend. Let’s take a look at what else happened around the NFL in Week 13.

NFL standings: Updated AFC, NFC playoff pictures after Week 13 of 2025 season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. 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 after Week 13. POWER RANKINGS:Patriots jump Rams as new No.

1; Eagles, Colts, Chiefs keep fading 2. New England Patriots 11-2 (first place, AFC East) Who is in position to make the NFL playoffs entering the NFL Week 13 schedule? What would NFL postseason matchups be right now? See the updated NFL playoff picture and NFL postseason standings after NFL Week 12.

There were some big changes from the NFL playoff picture last week (last week's rank in parentheses). No teams have clinched berths in the postseason, and only one team has been eliminated from postseason contention after NFL Week 12 games. There are eight NFL divisions, four in the NFC and four in the AFC, with each division winner earning a playoff berth in each conference, along with the three non-division winners with the best... The top seeds in each conference get a bye into the second round. The Carolina Panthers kept their playoff hopes alive with an upset win of the NFC's No. 1 seed, the Los Angeles Rams, in the headline game of the Week 13 early slate.

The upset win knocked the Rams back to the second seed, allowing the Chicago Bears to rise to the top spot in the conference. What do the rest of the NFC and AFC playoff brackets look like after a pivotal schedule of games? Find out with this look at the whole picture. 1. Denver Broncos (10-2, West; Wins tie break over New England based on best win percentage in common games.) The Patriots and Bears are currently the No.

1 seed in the NFC. Who saw that coming? We look at the Patriots, Bears and everyone else in the NFL playoff race below, with standings updated through all games played in Week 13: 1. Patriots (11-2) Best record in the NFL. 2.

Broncos (10-2) If they win out, they're the No. 1 seed in the AFC, as they would own the tiebreaker over the Patriots. 3. Jaguars (8-4) Lead the AFC South thanks to a better record than the Colts against common opponents. 4. Ravens (6-6) Own the common games tiebreaker over the Steelers.

We have 11 of the 14 playoff spots sealed in the NFL entering Week 17, and there's a chance that all of them are filled by Sunday at dinner time. Here's where things stand after the Christmas Day tripleheader, which saw the Packers clinch a playoff spot via the Lions' loss and the Broncos maintain their lead atop the AFC: In the hunt: Indianapolis Colts (8-7), Baltimore Ravens (7-8) The AFC North could be decided this week. The Steelers can clinch with either a Ravens loss to the Packers on Saturday night or by beating the Browns on Sunday. A similar scenario is in place for the final AFC wild-card spot.

If the Texans beat the Chargers on Saturday, they are in. If not, the Colts host the Jaguars on Sunday. If Indianapolis wins and Houston loses, the two teams will face off in a loser-goes-home matchup for the final AFC playoff spot. The 2025 NFL season has officially reached its home stretch. As we ready for this weekend, only five full weeks of regular-season action remain until the start of the playoffs. The postseason picture is far from finalized, but it's really taking shape -- including in the fight for top seeding -- thanks to late-year contests.

The current field features a bevy of unexpected heavyweights, including the Denver Broncos, who survived a thriller on "Sunday Night Football" for their ninth straight win; the Chicago Bears, who overpowered the reigning champion... Where, exactly, do all the playoff contenders sit entering Week 14? 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. Bills, at Ravens, at Jets, vs. Dolphins Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL's ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting Sunday afternoon and then moving forward for the... And, when the holidays roll around, we'll be watching then, too). What just happened?

What does it mean? What are the pertinent factors (and, perhaps, tiebreakers) prominently in play as each conference's seven-team bracket begins to crystallize? All will be explained and analyzed up to the point when the postseason field is finalized on Sunday, Jan. 4. Here's where things stand with Week 13 complete: 1.

Chicago Bears (9-3), NFC North leaders: With back-to-back victories over winning adversaries − in conjunction with the Rams' stunning loss Sunday − the Bears have now rocketed to the top of the conference. Chicago's 6-2 record in NFC games sends LA (4-3) down a spot. Remaining schedule: at Packers, vs. Browns, vs. Packers, at 49ers, vs. Lions

2. Los Angeles Rams (9-3), NFC West leaders: Carolina snapped their NFC-high six-game winning streak in rainy Charlotte, a loss that dropped LA out of the conference's top spot. Remaining schedule: at Cardinals, vs. Lions, at Seahawks, at Falcons, vs. Cardinals

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