NFL playoff schedule: Dates, times, TV channels, live streams for every 2026 postseason game

By | January 3, 2026

The NFL playoffs have arrived, and all eyes are on the road to Super Bowl 60.

This three-week gauntlet will see 14 teams enter, and only one will remain to call themselves champions.

With Super Bowl 60 set to be held at Levi’s Stadium, the San Francisco 49ers will look to become the third team in the past six seasons to win a Super Bowl at their home stadium. 

Here’s the full schedule and everything you need to know to watch the NFL playoffs: 

NFL playoff schedule 2026

Wild-card round

Saturday, Jan. 10

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
TBD 4:30 p.m. TBD
TBD 8 p.m. TBD

Sunday, Jan. 11

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
TBD 1 p.m. TBD
TBD 4:30 p.m. TBD
TBD 8:15 p.m. NBC, Peacock

Monday, Jan. 12

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
TBD 8:15 p.m. ESPN, ABC, ESPN appFubo

Divisional round

Saturday, Jan. 17

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
TBD 4:30 p.m. TBD
TBD 8:15 p.m. TBD

Sunday, Jan. 18

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
TBD 3 p.m. TBD
TBD 6:30 p.m. TBD

Conference championships

Sunday, Jan. 25

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
AFC Championship 3 p.m. CBS, Paramount+, Fubo
NFC Championship 6:30 p.m. Fox, Fubo

Super Bowl 60

Sunday, Feb. 8

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Live stream
TBD 6:30 p.m. NBC, Peacock

NFL playoff teams 2026

AFC playoff teams

  • Broncos
  • Patriots
  • Jaguars
  • Texans
  • Chargers
  • Bills
  • Steelers or Ravens

NFC playoff teams

  • Seahawks
  • 49ers
  • Bears
  • Eagles
  • Rams
  • Packers
  • Panthers or Buccaneers

When is Super Bowl 60 in 2026?

  • Date: Sunday, Feb. 8
  • Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
  • Location: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara

Super Bowl 60 is set to be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

This marks Levi’s Stadium’s second time hosting the Super Bowl. The last time was Super Bowl 50 in 2016.

How to watch NFL playoff games on TV, live stream

The NFL playoff games will air on many of the same networks that broadcast regular-season games.

CBS, Fox, and NBC will broadcast the most games, while ESPN and ABC will combine to broadcast the “Monday Night Football” wild-card game. NBC holds the rights to Super Bowl 60 on Sunday, Feb. 8.  

Streamers will be able to watch the games in a variety of ways. Prime Video will feature exclusive national coverage of a single wild-card game, while the ESPN app will carry the ESPN wild-card game, Paramount+ will have the CBS games, and Peacock will stream the NBC games.

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