NFL Playoff Bracket 2026 | Free Printable PDF Bracket, Schedule & TV Info

The 2026 NFL playoff field is set with 12 of 14 postseason teams facing off on Wild Card Weekend. Our NFL playoff bracket includes a free printable PDF bracket with the 14-team field along with the schedule and TV info. You can also follow all of our NFL playoff predictions for every wild-card matchup this weekend.

🖨️ Printable NFL playoff bracket 2026

Download our free printable NFL playoff bracket or click on the bracket image below to fill out your own bracket for the 2026 NFL playoffs.

🏈 NFL playoff picture 2026: Final standings, bracket seeding

Here's a look at the full NFL playoff bracket based on conference standings and playoff seeding entering the first round of the postseason.

Note that the No. 1 seed in each conference has a first-round bye and will host the worst-seeded team remaining in the NFL Divisional Round, while the other two surviving teams from the wild-card round will face off on the other side of the bracket.

🔴 AFC playoff picture

1. Denver Broncos (14-3)
2. New England Patriots (14-3)
3. Jacksonville Jaguars (13-4)
4. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)
5. Houston Texans (12-5)
6. Buffalo Bills (12-5)
7. Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)

🔵 NFC playoff picture

1. Seattle Seahawks (14-3)
2. Chicago Bears (11-6)
3. Philadelphia Eagles (11-6)
4. Carolina Panthers (8-9)
5. Los Angeles Rams (12-5)
6. San Francisco 49ers (12-5)
7. Green Bay Packers (9-7-1)

📅 NFL playoff schedule 2026: Dates, times, matchups & TV info

See the latest NFL odds and our expert NFL picks for every playoff matchup.

NFL Wild Card Round schedule

Saturday, Jan. 10

• Rams (-10.5) at Panthers, 4:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
• Packers (-1.5) at Bears, 8 p.m. ET (Prime Video)

Sunday, Jan. 11

• Bills (-1.5) at Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
• 49ers at Eagles (-4.5), 4:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
• Chargers at Patriots (-3.5), 8 p.m. ET (NBC)

Monday, Jan. 12

• Texans (-3) at Steelers, 8 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN)

NFL Divisional Round schedule

Saturday, Jan. 17

• TBD vs. TBD, 4:30 p.m. ET (TBD)
• TBD vs. TBD, 8 p.m. ET (TBD)

Sunday, Jan. 18

• TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. ET (TBD)
• TBD vs. TBD, 6:30 p.m. ET (TBD)

NFL Conference Championship schedule

Sunday, Jan. 18

• AFC Championship, 3 p.m. ET (CBS)
• NFC Championship, 6:30 p.m. ET (FOX)

Super Bowl 2026 schedule

Sunday, Feb. 8

• AFC vs. NFC, 6:30 p.m. ET (NBC)

📝 How to fill out an NFL playoff bracket: Tips, strategy, advice

Filling out an NFL playoff bracket is one of the most fun ways to keep up with the action, but it can be confusing to understand how it works if you haven't done it before.

With seven teams making the postseason from each conference, one team receives a first-round bye while the other six play in the wild-card round. The No. 1 seed will then face the worst-seeded team among the three winners from the first round with the other two teams facing off accordingly. For example, if the No. 7 seed wins in the first round, it will automatically face the No. 1 seed; similarly, the No. 2 seed will always face the No. 3, No. 4, or No. 5 seed based on which is the best remaining team after the opening round.

Unlike filling out a March Madness bracket or even a College Football Playoff bracket, upsets are fairly uncommon in the NFL playoffs - especially later in the postseason, when rest and home-field advantage play a significant role in which teams represent each conference in the Super Bowl. Consider that roughly half of all Super Bowl winners have been No. 1 seeds since seeding began in 1975, and that advantage has only grown since the second bye week was eliminated starting in 2020.

So when filling out your NFL playoff bracket, it'd be wise to consider at least one No. 1 seed in the Super Bowl with an upset or two in the early rounds. Elite coaches and quarterbacks tend to elevate their teams in the postseason, though with so many fresh faces in the 2026 NFL playoff bracket, it could truly be anyone's time to make a run.

🔮 NFL playoff bracket predictions

We'll be making our full NFL playoff bracket predictions for every game on Friday. Bookmark this page and check back later in the week for our game-by-game predictions for every matchup in the 2026 NFL playoffs, including the Super Bowl winner and score predictions for every single game in the NFL postseason.