When do the NFL playoffs start? Matchups, game times, TV info leading up to Super Bowl 57
For the 18th consecutive season, the NFL will not have a repeat Super Bowl champion. In fact, since the New England Patriots won back-to-back titles following the 2003 and 2004 seasons, only three teams have won multiple times. The Pats alternated victories in Super Bowls 49, 51 and 53; the Pittsburgh Steelers prevailed in Super Bowl 40 and 43; and the New York Giants came out on top in Super Bowls 42 and 46.
Who'll be next to wear the crown? Let's chart the path 14 fortunate franchises will need to navigate to end up playing for a ring in Super Bowl 57 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12, 2023.
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How many teams make the NFL playoffs?
A total of 14 teams qualify for the postseason – the four division winners, plus three wild card teams in each conference.
NFL playoffs format
The wild card matchups are: No. 7 seed at No. 2 seed, No. 6 at No. 3, No. 5 at No. 4.
The teams with the best overall records in each conference (No. 1 seeds) receive a bye in the wild card round and will host the lowest remaining seed in the divisional round.
The winners within each respective conference will face each other in the conference championships with those winners battling in the Super Bowl.
What is the NFL playoff schedule?
The playoffs for the 2022 NFL regular season kick off Jan. 14-16, 2023, with three days of wild-card games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The divisional round takes place the following weekend, followed by the conference championship games. The Super Bowl will be played two weeks after the conference title games.
WILD CARD ROUND
Saturday, Jan. 14
Sunday, Jan. 15
Monday, Jan. 16
DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, Jan. 21
Sunday, Jan. 22
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, Jan. 29
NFC: San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles, 3 p.m. ET (FOX)
AFC: Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs, 6:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
SUPER BOWL 57
Sunday, Feb. 12
AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
When is Super Bowl 57?
Super Bowl LVII will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
The Phoenix area has hosted a Super Bowl three times before – Super Bowl 30 (Jan. 28, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe) and twice at the venue in Glendale formerly known as University of Phoenix Stadium, Super Bowl 42 (Feb. 3, 2008) and 49 (Feb. 1, 2015).
The last time the game was played in Glendale, the Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 28-24, in a game best remembered for Malcolm Butler's game-saving interception in the final seconds (... and Katy Perry's halftime performance with the infamous "Left Shark.")
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2023 NFL playoff schedule: TV times, matchups on road to Super Bowl 57
