16 teams will qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The format is a set bracket that is largely division-based with wild cards. The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in ...

Format, how 14 teams qualify, seeding, matchups, bye weeks, and path to Super Bowl. Breakdown for 2025-26 season.

NFL Week 14 delivered major shifts in the playoff race, with new AFC and NFC leaders emerging and wild-card battles tightening as teams fight for postseason positioning. Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season ...

Will the people in charge of the CFP continue to make reactive tweaks to address smaller issues, or go bigger?

The 2025 NFL playoff picture became clearer Sunday night, with the Kansas City Chiefs' chances of making the postseason and a fourth, consecutive Super Bowl seemingly dashed by the Houston Texans. The ...

Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia, and Texas Tech earned the top four seeds, with Georgia favored to win the national title. The writer argues for expanding the playoff to 16 teams and eliminating ...

It's beginning to look a lot like the postseason. The playoff picture is still a month away from being finalized, but that doesn't mean that plenty of teams across the NFL aren't dreaming big during ...

The AFC is packed tighter than canned cranberry sauce that pops out in the shape of dog food. Welcome to NFL Week 13. No team in the NFL clinched a playoff spot this week. Five teams have been ...

The NFL's 2025 playoff picture is beginning to take hold. In the NFC, there are clear-cut teams that are out of the hunt -- the New York Giants (2-10) became the first team to be officially eliminated ...

The Cowboys only have one game left against a team currently above them in the NFC standings (Detroit in Week 14), limiting their opportunities to gain immediate ground in the wild-card race. But IF ...