NFL Playoff Bracket 2027
The 2027 NFL playoff bracket is the 14-team field for the 2026-27 season, with a bye for each conference's 1 seed. This page fills the current seeds into a printable sheet and lets you pick every later winner.
2027 playoff format
The postseason field is 14 teams, seven from the AFC and seven from the NFC. In each conference the four division winners are seeds 1 through 4, ordered by record. The three wild cards are seeds 5, 6, and 7. A wild card is not placed above a division winner.
The 1 seeds have a bye. They do not play on Wild Card weekend. Their first game is the Divisional round. Wild Card weekend is six games, three in each conference, and the higher seed hosts:
- 2 hosts 7
- 3 hosts 6
- 4 hosts 5
After each round the remaining teams are re-seeded by their original seed, so the highest seed still alive plays the lowest. The AFC champion plays the NFC champion in Super Bowl LXI. Current seeds are on the NFL playoff picture, and the opening games alone are on the wild card bracket.
2027 playoff dates
These dates are from the NFL's published 2026-27 important dates. That list does not include kickoff times, so none are shown here.
| Round | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wild Card | January 16-18, 2027 | Six games. Each conference's 1 seed is on a bye. |
| Divisional round | January 23-24, 2027 | Four games. The 1 seeds enter here. |
| Conference championships | January 31, 2027 | AFC Championship and NFC Championship. |
| Super Bowl LXI | February 14, 2027 | SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California. |
Super Bowl LXI is February 14, 2027 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Printable 2027 NFL playoff bracket
Wild Card slots and the two byes use the current public standings. Ties on this site are simplified, so a seed can differ from the official NFL order. Records are wins, losses, and ties. Blank lines are for the winners you write in.
AFC
Bye
Wild Card
#2 hosts #7
#3 hosts #6
#4 hosts #5
Divisional
Conference championship
NFC
Bye
Wild Card
#2 hosts #7
#3 hosts #6
#4 hosts #5
Divisional
Conference championship
Super Bowl LXI
Fill in the 2027 bracket
Click a team to advance it. The bracket re-seeds after every round. Rename any seed if you want a different field, then reset to chalk to restore the current seeds and clear the picks. Printing uses the sheet above, not this on-screen bracket. To build the same bracket without the dates, use the custom NFL bracket maker.
Make Your Picks
AFC
Wild Card
Divisional
Conf. Championship
Champion
NFC
Wild Card
Divisional
Conf. Championship
Champion
Super Bowl
Predicted Champion
Edit Seed Names
Share Your Bracket
Reset to chalk restores the starting seeds and clears every pick. Share keeps the current seed names and picks in the link.
Bracket mode: teams are re-seeded each round so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed.
This tool predicts the playoff bracket only, not the full regular-season playoff picture.
FAQ
- How many teams are in the 2027 NFL playoff bracket?
- Fourteen. Seven AFC teams and seven NFC teams. The four division winners in each conference are seeds 1 through 4, and three wild cards are seeds 5 through 7.
- Which seeds get a first-round bye?
- The 1 seed in each conference. Those two teams skip Wild Card weekend and enter in the Divisional round. Seeds 2 through 7 play in the Wild Card.
- When is Wild Card weekend and Super Bowl LXI?
- The NFL lists Wild Card weekend as January 16-18, 2027, and Super Bowl LXI as February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Kickoff times are not on that dates list.
- Are these the official NFL seeds?
- Team names and records come from the current public standings when that feed loads. This site breaks ties with a short list, not the full NFL procedure, so a seed can differ from the official order. If the feed is down, the sheet shows seed numbers and hides records.
- Can I fill the bracket in on screen and also print it?
- Yes. The sheet is prefilled with the current Wild Card teams and the two byes, with blank lines for later rounds. The on-screen bracket lets you click a winner in each game. Printing uses the sheet.