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Nfl Week 18 Schedule Steelers Ravens To Clash For Afc North Title

Bonisiwe Shabane
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A winner-take-all rivalry clash between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens at Acrisure Stadium will serve as Week 18's headliner next week on Sunday Night Football. The winner of Ravens-Steelers moves on as AFC North champions and the AFC's No. 4 seed in the playoffs, while the loser goes home. Baltimore has won the division in each of the past two seasons. Pittsburgh's last division crown dates back to 2020. Aaron Rodgers and Co.

had a chance to end that drought Sunday, but they couldn't defeat the Cleveland Browns. The NFL announced its full schedule for the regular-season finale. Action begins Saturday with a tilt between the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers with major playoff implications in the NFC South. The Seattle Seahawks also visit the San Francisco 49ers that day in a battle for the 1-seed in the NFC. Here is the full schedule: Here's the NFL's playoff picture heading into Week 18.

The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers will meet in Week 18 with the AFC North title at stake. Scott Taetsch / Getty Images Week 18 of the NFL season surely will not be a relaxing end to a grueling regular season. Far from it. Four division titles are still up for grabs, with at least two — and possibly three — to be decided in winner-take-all matchups. The two conferences’ No.

1 seeds and the playoff byes that come with them remain in play. And, yes, even the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft is in question. That left the league with tough decisions for how it would configure the Week 18 schedule, including which game would be featured in the coveted “Sunday Night Football” finale on NBC. However, the league didn’t have to wait for the conclusion of Monday night’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons to make its selections. The 2025 NFL regular season will end in the Steel City.

Every year, the NFL waits as long as possible before releasing the Week 18 schedule and that announcement finally came on Sunday night. The final week of the NFL season will kick off on Saturday with a doubleheader and then close out on Sunday night with the Ravens and Steelers battling in Pittsburgh. That will be the 272nd and final game of the 2025 season and the winner will clinch the AFC North title along with the final playoff spot in the AFC. The Steelers and Ravens met back in Week 14 with Pittsburgh topping Baltimore, 27-22. The biggest game of the weekend will arguably be happening on Saturday with the Seahawks hitting the road to face the 49ers in a massive NFC West showdown. There will be a lot on the line in that game with the winner taking home the NFC West title and the No.

1 overall seed in the NFC. That means the winner will get a bye in the opening round of the playoffs while the loser will be forced to hit the road for the wild card round. In the early game on Saturday, the Buccaneers will be hosting the Panthers in a game that could decide the NFC South. If the Panthers win, they'll clinch the division title. However, the same can't be said for Tampa Bay. If the Bucs win, they'll also need the Falcons to lose to the Saints on Sunday to clinch the division (A Bucs win combined with a Falcons win would create a three-way tie at...

The No. 1 seed in the AFC will be decided on Sunday. The Broncos will be hosting the Chargers at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS and if they win that game, they'll clinch the top seed. However, if the Broncos lose, the Patriots could sneak in and steal the top seed by beating the Dolphins. The NFL on Sunday night announced its full Week 18 schedule for Saturday, Jan.

3, and Sunday, Jan. 4, and the regular season will come to a close in Pittsburgh. The Baltimore Ravens (8-8) and Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) will square off for the AFC North title and the conference's No. 4 seed in the playoffs on Sunday Night Football. Week 18 action kicks off with a Saturday doubleheader, however, which features the Carolina Panthers at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC, and the Seattle Seahawks at the San Francisco 49ers at 8 p.m.

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Jacksonville can clinch the AFC South with a win. The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Baltimore Ravens in a win-and-in game for the AFC North title on Sunday Night Football on Jan. 4. GENTRY ESTES: An entertaining game, but Titans let a win slip away Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 3:30 p.m. CT on ABC and ESPN

The NFL's Week 18 schedule is finally here. The penultimate week of regular-season action clarified which few pieces of the playoff puzzle still have to fall in place. With that coming into focus, the league was able to determine a setup for every team's finale. The Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will meet on Saturday afternoon to determine the likely winner of the NFC South (barring the Atlanta Falcons winning out). Then, the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers will clash Saturday night with the NFC's No. 1 seed on the line.

The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers will close out the season on Sunday night to decide the AFC North title. Here's a look at the NFL Week 18 schedule with times and dates for all 16 showdowns: Week 18 of the 2025 NFL regular season is set, with Ravens-Steelers closing out the schedule with AFC North on the line The final slate of games for the 2025 NFL regular season is set. With two division titles up for grabs, and the No. 1 seeds in both the AFC and the NFC yet to be determined, several critical games are on tap for Week 18.

In the AFC, both the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots are alive in the chase for the No. 1 seed, while the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens are meeting for the second time this season, this time with the AFC North title on the line. Over in the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks are hoping to lock up the top seed with a win, while the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will meet with the NFC South title... Here is the full Week 18 schedule, with some thoughts on the stakes for the bigger games: Baltimore and Pittsburgh meet Sunday with the AFC North title and a playoff spot on the line. Every scenario explained.

The race to clinch the AFC North title and a spot in the 2025 playoffs took another twist in Week 17 as the Baltimore Ravens’ victory over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday was... Baltimore’s 41-24 triumph over the Packers moved them to 8-8 for the season and put pressure on the Steelers before their matchup with the Browns. The Ravens and Steelers will play for the AFC North crown next week!Who Ya Got!? pic.twitter.com/hllzlYRGXQ Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers could not respond, slumping to a shocking 13-6 loss at home to struggling Cleveland. The defeat leaves Pittsburgh at 9-7 and sets the stage for a dramatic showdown.

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