We’re into Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season, the playoff picture and the street to Super Bowl LX are beginning to come into sight. Good groups have turn out to be nice, dangerous groups hold discovering methods to shock us, and the race for wild-card spots is simply getting wilder. Which groups have the most effective probabilities to make the 14-team playoff discipline? Which nonetheless have work to do to in the end get in?
We used ESPN’s Football Power Index to undertaking the remainder of the season, wanting on the playoff image for each conferences. We included up to date odds for each crew to make the postseason, clinch its division and even make the Tremendous Bowl. And we even have projected seeds.
Here is all the things you want proper now.
Final replace: Dec. 5 at 7:45 a.m. ET
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AFC picture | NFC picture
AFC seeds | NFC seeds
Projecting the AFC playoff discipline
The Titans and Raiders are formally eradicated from playoff rivalry, which makes the AFC South and AFC West three-horse races forward of Week 14. Within the South, the Texans pulled off a giant Week 13 win over the Colts in C.J. Stroud‘s first recreation again from a concussion (and moved to a four-game win streak), whereas the Jaguars loved a fantastic efficiency from Trevor Lawrence (229 passing yards and two passing touchdowns) beating Tennessee 25-3.
The Chiefs‘ loss to the Cowboys on Thanksgiving plummeted their playoff probabilities, one week after they tried to proper the ship with an overtime win over Indy. They now get the Texans in Week 14.
Projecting the NFC playoff discipline
The Lions kicked off Week 14 with a win over the Cowboys on Thursday, pushing them to 8-5 and enhancing their possibilities of making the playoffs. However it’s the Bears using excessive on high of the NFC, after Chicago beat the reigning champion Eagles in Week 13.
In the meantime, the NFC West race retains getting tighter, because the Rams fell to the Panthers in a wild game, with Matthew Stafford throwing two interceptions after throwing simply two through the first 12 weeks of the season. The 49ers and Seahawks each pulled out dominating wins in opposition to the Browns and Vikings, respectively, because the Niners head into their bye and the Seahawks put together for the fourth-hardest remaining schedule within the NFC.
The Saints and Cardinals had been eradicated from playoff rivalry in Week 13, becoming a member of the Giants.
Projecting the AFC playoff seedings
It seems the race for the No. 1 seed will come right down to the Patriots and Broncos, however issues get attention-grabbing from there.
Projecting the NFC playoff seedings
The Bears could be the 1-seed within the NFC within the standings, however our projections say 4 groups have a greater likelihood of in the end getting the first-round bye.
NFL playoff schedule
Jan. 10-12, 2026: Wild-card round
Jan. 17-18: Divisional round
Jan. 25: AFC and NFC championship games
Feb. 8: Super Bowl LX (in Santa Clara, California)
