Nfl Standings Updated Afc Nfc Playoff Pictures After Week 13 Of 2025

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nfl standings updated afc nfc playoff pictures after week 13 of 2025

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. The Patriots and Bears are currently the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Who saw that coming?

We look at the Patriots, Bears and everyone else in the NFL playoff race below, with standings updated through all games played in Week 13: 1. Patriots (11-2) Best record in the NFL. 2. Broncos (10-2) If they win out, they’re the No. 1 seed in the AFC, as they would own the tiebreaker over the Patriots.

3. Jaguars (8-4) Lead the AFC South thanks to a better record than the Colts against common opponents. 4. Ravens (6-6) Own the common games tiebreaker over the Steelers. 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.) The NFL playoff picture will be impacted in Week 13 on Nov.

30 following some key AFC games. Houston and Indianapolis face off in an AFC South showdown as both the Jaguars (at Tennessee) and Texans hope to gain a game on the Colts. Steelers vs. Bills will impact both the AFC wild card and AFC North dynamic in the late afternoon window. Here is the NFL playoff picture in Week 13, with the standings updated throughout Sunday, Nov. 30:

UPDATED THROUGH SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON GAMES QB Drake Maye has led the New England Patriots to an 11-2 record in 2025. Maddie Meyer / Getty Images The Athletic has live coverage of Cowboys vs. Lions on “Thursday Night Football.” Chicago might be The Second City, but its Bears are second to no one — not in the NFC, at least.

After running through the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, the Bears watched as the Los Angeles Rams dropped a stunner to the Carolina Panthers, catapulting Chicago to the top of the... How long will the Bears stay there? It’s possible their reign lasts only a week, as they visit the Green Bay Packers next week in a battle for the NFC North lead. Over in the AFC, the Indianapolis Colts have quickly gone from competing for the top seed in the conference to now fighting for their playoff lives. After falling to the Houston Texans on Sunday, the Colts have dropped three of their past four games and slipped from the AFC’s No. 1 seed (Week 10) to the No.

6 seed with the streaking Jacksonville Jaguars usurping them in the AFC South. A momentous division showdown between the two teams looms next weekend. Let’s take a look at what else happened around the NFL in Week 13. Week 13 continued to shake up the NFL playoff race with a new leader atop the NFC. The Pats are leading the AFC after defeating the Giants Monday night. With the playoff race tightening fast and with just a few weeks left, every game is starting to feel like a must-win.

Check out the NFL Playoff Picture if the playoffs were to start today: Here is how the NFL playoff picture stands ahead of Giants-Patriots, as the Bears move to the top spot in the NFC Week 12 of the 2025 NFL season delivered some of the biggest surprises of the campaign to date. As a result, the playoff picture certainly looks different than it did a week ago. We have a new team atop the NFC standings, a new team atop the AFC South, and if the playoffs were to begin this weekend, several preseason Super Bowl favorites would be watching the... Here is the current state of play in the NFC:

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 Week 14 Standings • Updated After Thursday Night Football If the season ended today, these teams would make the playoffs

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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, ...

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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. The Patriots and Bears are currently the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Who saw that coming?

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We look at the Patriots, Bears and everyone else in the NFL playoff race below, with standings updated through all games played in Week 13: 1. Patriots (11-2) Best record in the NFL. 2. Broncos (10-2) If they win out, they’re the No. 1 seed in the AFC, as they would own the tiebreaker over the Patriots.

3. Jaguars (8-4) Lead The AFC South Thanks To A

3. Jaguars (8-4) Lead the AFC South thanks to a better record than the Colts against common opponents. 4. Ravens (6-6) Own the common games tiebreaker over the Steelers. 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

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.) The NFL playoff pict...