NFL Playoff Schedule 2027: Wild Card, Divisional, Championship Dates and Super Bowl LXI

The 2026-27 National Football League (NFL) playoffs begin with Wild Card Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 16 through Monday, Jan. 18, 2027, and finish with Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, Feb. 14, according to the league’s important dates list. The regular season ends in Week 18 on Jan. 9-10. This page gives each round with its weekday and the days between them, and links a printable with blank lines for the matchups.

NFL playoff dates by round, 2027

Round	Dates	Weekdays	Status
Week 18 (regular season ends)	Jan. 9-10, 2027	Saturday and Sunday	Dates set by the NFL
Wild Card Weekend	Jan. 16-18, 2027	Saturday to Monday	Matchups set after Week 18
Divisional Playoffs	Jan. 23-24, 2027	Saturday and Sunday	Matchups set after Week 18
American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Games	Jan. 31, 2027	Sunday	Matchups set after Week 18
Super Bowl LXI	Feb. 14, 2027	Sunday	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California

Dates: NFL, 2026-27 National Football League important dates. Weekdays computed by Fresh Calendars.

The league lists no kickoff times or TV windows for any playoff game yet. Those are not yet announced and are set after Week 18, so they are not in this table.

How many days are there between the playoff rounds?

Counting from the league’s dates, the playoffs span 35 days from the end of Week 18 on Sunday, Jan. 10 to Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14. The gaps between rounds, computed from the NFL’s dates:

• Wild Card Weekend (last day Monday, Jan. 18) to the Championship Games on Jan. 31: 13 days.
• Championship Games on Jan. 31 to Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14: 14 days.

Wild Card Weekend ends on a Monday because the weekend runs Jan. 16-18, and Monday, Jan. 18 is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mark them on a January 2027 printable calendar, and the Super Bowl falls on the February 2027 printable calendar.

Where and how is Super Bowl LXI shown?

The NFL schedules Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2027. The Walt Disney Company said on Oct. 7, 2026 that Disney+ will livestream the game on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2027, with the traditional game presentation airing on ESPN and ABC. Our Super Bowl LXI date, channel and halftime story has the rest of the game-day details.

What about the Pro Bowl?

The NFL says the 2027 Pro Bowl class will be honored during the traditional Pro Bowl weekend in Los Angeles, with the roster revealed in late December. No date for that weekend has been announced, so it is not on the schedule above.

Print the NFL playoff schedule for 2027

The free printable, “NFL Playoffs 2027 Schedule”, lists the five dates above with a blank line for each round’s matchups, which the league sets after Week 18. Pair it with the printable NFL schedule for 2026-2027 for the regular season, or with the Week 11 pick-em sheet.