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2025 Nfl Playoff Picture Bracket Schedule After Week 13 Msn

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2025 nfl playoff picture bracket schedule after week 13 msn

The Carolina Panthers kept their playoff hopes alive with an upset win of the NFC's No. 1 seed, the Los Angeles Rams, in the headline game of the Week 13 early slate. The upset win knocked the Rams back to the second seed, allowing the Chicago Bears to rise to the top spot in the conference. What do the rest of the NFC and AFC playoff brackets look like after a pivotal schedule of games? Find out with this look at the whole picture. 1.

Denver Broncos (10-2, West; Wins tie break over New England based on best win percentage in common games.) Week 13 in the NFL is in the books, and the playoff race is heating up. Surprising contenders and intriguing potential matchups are beginning to fill out the bracket, giving fans a taste of what this year’s path to Super Bowl 60 could look like. With so much still to be decided, the NFL playoff picture is shifting weekly, but let’s take a peek at where things stand now. Here’s a look at the current NFL postseason bracket, plus a look at which teams are rising and falling in PFSN’s NFL Playoff Predictor. Perhaps no team in the NFL has had as confusing of a 2025 season as the Panthers.

That hasn’t always been a bad thing, though, and it certainly wasn’t a bad thing on Sunday. They improved to 7-6 with a surprise victory over the Rams, intercepting MVP candidate Matthew Stafford two times. The Panthers are still trailing the Buccaneers in the NFC South, but they’re right on their tail. Whether or not they actually win the division, a key win over a Super Bowl contender like Los Angeles will help out Carolina’s chances of making the postseason, as a division champion or as... MORE: Latest 7-Round 2026 NFL Mock Draft What 14 teams are positioned to make the NFL playoffs in the 2025 regular season, from the eight division winners to six total wild cards?

What would the seeding look like in the race for Super Bowl 60? Here are the answers in Sporting News' latest look at how the postseason field is coming together in both conferences after Week 13. POWER RANKINGS: Patriots jump Rams as new No. 1; Eagles, Colts, Chiefs keep fading 1. New England Patriots 11-2 (first place, AFC East)

The Patriots, who have their bye in Week 14, have one more win than the Broncos and have a half-game lead for the top seed after beating the Giants on Monday night. They lead the Bills by 2.5 games in the quest to win the division. When we look back at the 2025 regular season, we may be pointing to Week 14 as the pivotal moment that sculpted the playoff picture. Coming into the weekend, the slate had the promise of being an inflection point with multiple divisional matchups on deck between clubs in the thick of the playoff race. That included Steelers-Ravens duking it out for first place in the AFC North, along with Bears-Packers squaring off at Lambeau Field in an NFC North duel, and Colts-Jaguars jockeying for position atop the AFC... And those games did not disappoint.

Pittsburgh and Green Bay both pulled off wins to jump back into first place in their respective division. Meanwhile, Jacksonville held its spot atop the AFC South after taking down Indy, but the headline from that contest was Daniel Jones leaving the game due to an Achilles injury. That further shakes up the playoff picture in the AFC. With Week 14 complete, let's take a look at this latest snapshot and see who would be in and out of the playoffs. On top of the standings, we'll also run through the entire playoff picture, including the remaining schedules for each primary contender. This is the NFL playoff picture as it stands, with the following teams tabbed for postseason spots:

Updated: December 8, 2025 at 11:58 pm EST The 2025-26 NFL regular season kicked off on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The regular season will conclude after all Week 18 games are played on January 4, 2026. The 2026 NFL playoffs are scheduled to begin January 10 with Super Wildcard Weekend. The 2026 Super Bowl will be played Sunday, February 8, 2026. USE CODE SBD1500 & GET $1,500 BACK IN BONUS BETS

BET $5 & GET $150 IN BONUS BETS WITH CODE DIME365 BET $5 & GET $200 IN BONUS BETS IF YOUR BET WINS Week 14 Standings • Updated After Thursday Night Football If the season ended today, these teams would make the playoffs Outside looking in if season ended today These teams have been eliminated from playoff contention

If the season ended today, these teams would make the playoffs As every year, December is the "hottest month" in the NFL, and now is no exception, when a few weeks before the end of the regular season the scenarios for the playoffs are varied... In both conferences, every victory - and every slip-up - is more important than ever. While some franchises are looking to secure their ticket to Super Bowl LX, others are clinging to their last chances to stay alive in the postseason race This is what the 2025-26 NFL Playoff Picture looks like, with the bracket, standings and most important scenarios in the AFC and NFC heading into the end of the season. 2.

New England Patriots (11-2, AFC East) 3. Jacksonville Jaguars (9-4, AFC South) Damien Woody explains how the Chiefs' season is essentially over after Sunday night's loss to the Texans. (0:41) We're officially through Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season, the playoff picture and the road to Super Bowl LX are starting to come into view.

Which teams have the best chances to make the 14-team playoff field? Which still have work to do to ultimately get in? No one has clinched yet ... but a few teams are getting close. We used ESPN's Football Power Index to project the rest of the season, looking at the playoff picture for both conferences. We included updated odds for every team to make the postseason, clinch its division and even make the Super Bowl.

And we also have projected seeds. Jump to: AFC picture | NFC picture AFC seeds | NFC seeds The Chiefs are out of contention for the AFC West title for the first time in 10 seasons. In order to earn a playoff berth, they'll have to be a wild-card team, which ESPN's FPI currently gives them only an 11% chance of doing. The Texans, meanwhile, saw their chances surge with their win on Sunday night and have the sixth-easiest remaining strength of schedule in the AFC.

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