Printable 2026 NFL Playoff Bracket PDF – Make Your Picks Here
By Sascha Paruk in NFL News
Updated: January 5, 2026 at 10:18 am ESTPublished:
- Get SBD’s printable NFL playoff bracket and make your picks for Super Bowl 60
- See the full 2026 NFL playoff schedule
- Download the 2026 printable NFL playoff bracket, below
It took all 272 regular-season games but the 2026 NFL playoff bracket has finally been solidified. The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens to claim the final spot in the 14-team bracket (seven AFC teams, seven NFC teams). There is no bye week before the postseason, meaning the first 2026 NFL playoff game is just six days away (Saturday, January 10th).
Below, find SBD’s printable playoff bracket, which you can download and fill out at your leisure. Under the bracket, find further details on how the NFL playoff bracket works (i.e. re-seeding), an overview of the 2026 NFL playoff schedule and, lastly, tools/tips for making your NFL playoff picks.
Printable NFL Playoff Bracket
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How Does the NFL Playoff Bracket Work?
The NFL playoff bracket includes seven teams from the NFC and seven teams from the AFC, with the winner of each conference meeting in Super Bowl 60. The top team from each conference (this year, the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC and Denver Broncos in the AFC) receive a bye to the divisional round. The six remaining teams in each conference play in three Wild-Card Round games in order to set up the eight-team Divisional Round.
Teams are re-seeded in the Divisional Round, so the Seahawks will host the worst-remaining seed in the NFC in the Divisional Round and the Broncos will host the worst-remaining seed in the AFC.
The better seed will host each matchup until the Super Bowl, which will take place at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco on Sunday, February 8th, 2026.
NFL Playoff Schedule for 2026
The 2026 NFL playoffs will start on Saturday, January 10th, with a pair of Wild-Card games. Wild-Card weekend will wrap up on Monday, January 12th, before the Divisional Round on the next Saturday/Sunday (January 17th and 18th).
The semifinals will take place on January 25th. The conference champs will then get a bye week before the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 8th, 2026.
Tools to Make NFL Playoff Bracket Picks
SportsBettingDime is replete with tools and pages that will help all bettors – sharps and newbs – make informed picks in their NFL playoff bracket:
- the Super Bowl odds page lists the up-to-the-minute odds for all teams in contention for the Lombardi Trophy
- the NFL team-trend pages list the NFL ATS records and NFL over under trends for all 32 teams
- the NFL public betting percentages show how the public is betting every game of the regular season and postseason
- our beginner guides on NFL betting strategies and how to bet on NFL point spreads
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
