2018 Official Rules Summary 1. $5.00 per week per entry over 17 weeks of the regular season and $5.00 for the playoffs. ($90.00 total for season). No limit on the number of entries per person each week. Weekly Payoff: 70% of the pot for First Place each week 30% of the pot for Second Place each week $20.00 for Third Place each week (payouts rounded to the nearest $0.25) 2. $15.00 per week ($270.00 total) held from each pot for the Most Total Points at the end of the season including the playoffs. Players with multiple entries for any given week must declare which entry will apply to their season total points for that week. Players with multiple entries each week for the entire season must declare which entry applies to each of their season total points each week. If no official declaration has been made by a player, an entry will be chosen at random. Total Points Payoff: $120.00 Most Total Points without having won a First or Second Place during the regular season or playoffs $100.00 Most Total Points (all players eligible except $120.00 winner) $50.00 2nd Most Total Points (all players eligible except $120.00 and $100.00 winners) 3. Regular season tie breaker (weeks 1 thru 16) is Total Points scored by both teams in the Monday Night Game or last game for each week. Regular season tie breaker week 17 is Total Points scored by both teams in Sunday's Game 16. First tie breaker for the playoffs is Total Points scored by both teams in the Superbowl. Second tie breaker for the playoffs is Total Net Yards both teams combined in the Superbowl. Closest to the actual total will determine the winner. 4. With the exception of the 3 Thanksgiving Day games on week 12, the remaining Thursday night games will be optional again this season. There are optional Thursday night games on weeks 1 thru 11 and 13 thru 15 this season. This means you can either skip the Thursday night games or you have the option of including them in your picks. For example, week 1 has a Thursday night game this season. You have the option of either skipping the Thursday game and receiving minus 1 point or you can include the Thursday game in your picks as we have done in the past. This gives you the opportunity to place a higher number on the Thursday games. If you choose to include the Thursday night games, you must turn in your money and all your picks for that week 30 minutes prior to the start of the that game to be eligible. There is no option to skip the Saturday games on week 15 or early Sunday morning 'UK' games on weeks 7 and 8 this season. 5. You must turn in your money and your picks 30 minutes prior to the start of the first game each week to be eligible. The deadline on weeks with Thursday or Saturday games (Weeks 1-16) is also 30 minutes prior to the start of the first game. The only exception being if you elect to skip one of the optional Thursday night games, your money and your picks are due 30 minutes prior to the start of the first weekend game to be eligible. Entries must be turned in online using the pick entry software on the webpage to be eligible. 6. Final results and payouts for each week will be available on the following Tuesday. Players can view picks and updates on the website during the weekend games. Updates to the files will be available 1-2 hours after completion of the morning games, afternoon games, Sunday night game, and Monday night game. Web Address: http://home-kppercin.com/ EMail Address: kpercin@comcast.net
How to Play 1. Online entries require name and Email address. There are optional lines for your Pick 1 Team and Pick the Loser entries for each week if applicable. 2. Regular Season (weeks 1 thru 17): Pick your winners for all of the NFL games that week. Number your picks from 1-16 if 16 games are played that week (Weeks 1-3 and 13-17). Number them from 1-15 if only 15 games are played that week (Weeks 4-6 and 12). Number them from 1-14 if only 14 games are played that week (Weeks 7, 8 and 10). Number them from 1-13 if only 13 games are played that week (Weeks 9 and 11). You must use each number in the sequence only once and place that number on the line next to your winner. For online entries, simply mouse click on your winners and use the drag down menu to number the games. You will be given points for correctly choosing the winner of a game. No points are given for tie games. On weeks with 13 games (Weeks 9, 11) there are 91 points possible, weeks with 14 games (Weeks 7, 8,and 10) have 105 points possible, weeks with 15 games (Weeks 4-6 and 12) have 120 points possible, and weeks with 16 games (Weeks 1-3 and 13-17) have 136 points possible. 3. Playoffs (thru Superbowl LIII): Once the playoff match-ups are determined (after week 17) pick your winners for all the NFL playoff games using the bracketed sheet provided. Number your picks from 6-16 (11 games). You will be given 15 bonus points for the playoffs (1 thru 5) also making them worth 136 points. Detailed playoff information explaining how the brackets are determined and about possible realignment after the wild card round (if you pick the wild card team with the second best record to advance) is provided. Updated playoff sheets (with team names) will be available at the end of the regular season, however completing the sheet provided is all that is required. 4. The entries with the three highest point totals for each week will win First, Second, and Third Place respectively. $15.00 per week ($270.00 total) will be held from each pot for the three players meeting the Most Total Points at the end of the season requirements. 5. Regular season tie breaker (weeks 1 thru 16) is Total Points scored by both teams in the Monday Night Game or last game each week. Regular season tie breaker week 17 is Total Points scored by both teams in Sunday's Game 16. First tie breaker for the playoffs is Total Points scored by both teams in the Superbowl. Second tie breaker for the playoffs is Total Net Yards both teams combined in the Superbowl. Closest to the actual total will determine First, Second, or Third place. Don't forget to make a guess at the tie breaker. A no guess means you predicted the total score of the game or total net yards to be zero. 6. When submitting your weekly picks online, the software provides help to ensure that your picks are filled out correctly. Entries must be turned in online using the pick entry software provided on the webpage. Previously, if you turned in a sheet (via fax, Email, or voice mail) that was filled out incorrectly and the mistake was not corrected prior to the start of the first game, the following system was used to determine your score for the week: a) Use a number twice and you will automatically lose the higher of either the number that was used twice or the missing number. b) Miss a number and you will automatically lose that number. c) Pick both teams in any one game and you will automatically lose both point values. d) Multiple errors are grounds for disqualification and your $5.00 will be refunded. This format ensured that an entry filled out incorrectly could not achieve a perfect score even if all the games are picked correctly. However, the entry remained in the running that week and accumulated points for Most Total Points at the end of the season.
WEEK 1 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday September 06, 2018 1 Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles Sunday September 9, 2018 2 Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens 3 Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts 4 Houston Texans at New England Patriots 5 Jacksonville Jaguars at New York Giants 6 Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns 7 San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints 9 Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins 10 Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers 11 Dallas Cowboys at Carolina Panthers 12 Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos 13 Washington Redskins at Arizona Cardinals 14 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers Monday September 10, 2018 15 New York Jets at Detroit Lions 16 Los Angeles Rams at Oakland Raiders 16
WEEK 2 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday September 13, 2018 1 Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals Sunday September 16, 2018 2 Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons 3 Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints 4 Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans 5 Indianapolis Colts at Washington Redskins 6 Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers 7 Los Angeles Chargers at Buffalo Bills 8 Miami Dolphins at New York Jets 9 Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers 10 Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams 12 Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers 13 Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos 14 New England Patriots at Jacksonville Jaguars 15 New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Monday September 17, 2018 16 Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears
WEEK 3 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday September 20, 2018 1 New York Jets at Cleveland Browns Sunday September 23, 2018 2 Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings 3 Cincinnati Bengals at Carolina Panthers 4 Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens 5 Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins 6 Indianapolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles 7 New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons 8 New York Giants at Houston Texans 9 Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins 10 San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs 11 Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars 12 Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams 13 Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals 14 Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks 15 New England Patriots at Detroit Lions Monday September 24, 2018 16 Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
WEEK 4 (15 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 15; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday September 27, 2018 1 Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams Sunday September 30, 2018 2 Buffalo Bills at Green Bay Packers 3 Cincinnati Bengals at Atlanta Falcons 4 Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys 5 Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts 6 Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots 7 New York Jets at Jacksonville Jaguars 8 Philadelphia Eagles at Tennessee Titans 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears 10 Cleveland Browns at Oakland Raiders 11 Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals 12 New Orleans Saints at New York Giants 13 San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Chargers 14 Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers Monday October 01, 2018 15 Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos OPEN DATE: Carolina Panthers Washington Redskins
WEEK 5 (15 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 15; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday October 04, 2018 1 Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots Sunday October 07, 2018 2 Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers 3 Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns 4 Denver Broncos at New York Jets 5 Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions 6 Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs 7 Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals 8 New York Giants at Carolina Panthers 9 Tennessee Titans at Buffalo Bills 10 Oakland Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers 11 Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers 12 Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks 13 Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles 14 Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans Monday October 08, 2018 15 Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints OPEN DATE: Chicago Bears Tampa Bay Buccaneers
WEEK 6 (15 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 15; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday October 11, 2018 1 Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants Sunday October 14, 2018 2 Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings 3 Carolina Panthers at Washington Redskins 4 Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins 5 Indianapolis Colts at New York Jets 6 Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders 7 Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans 8 Los Angeles Chargers at Cleveland Browns 9 Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons 11 Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos 12 Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans 13 Jacksonville Jaguars at Dallas Cowboys 14 Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots Monday October 15, 2018 15 San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers OPEN DATE: Detroit Lions New Orleans Saints
WEEK 7 (14 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 14; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday October 18, 2018 1 Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals Sunday October 21, 2018 2 Tennessee Titans at Los Angeles Chargers *** Game 2 is a 'UK' game: 9:30 am est / 7:30 am mst game time *** 3 Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts 4 Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles 5 Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs 6 Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Detroit Lions at Miami Dolphins 8 Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars 9 Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets 10 New England Patriots at Chicago Bears 11 New Orleans Saints at Baltimore Ravens 12 Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins 13 Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers Monday October 22, 2018 14 New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons OPEN DATE: Green Bay Packers Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers Seattle Seahawks
WEEK 8 (14 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 14; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday October 25, 2018 1 Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans Sunday October 28, 2018 2 Philadelphia Eagles at Jacksonville Jaguars *** Game 2 is a 'UK' game: 9:30 am est / 7:30 am mst game time *** 3 Baltimore Ravens at Carolina Panthers 4 Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers 5 Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs 6 New York Jets at Chicago Bears 7 Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals 9 Washington Redskins at New York Giants 10 Indianapolis Colts at Oakland Raiders 11 Green Bay Packers at Los Angeles Rams 12 San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals 13 New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings Monday October 29, 2018 14 New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills OPEN DATE: Atlanta Falcons Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Chargers Tennessee Titans
WEEK 9 (13 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 13; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday November 01, 2018 1 Oakland Raiders at San Francisco 49ers Sunday November 04, 2018 2 Chicago Bears at Buffalo Bills 3 Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens 4 Atlanta Falcons at Washington Redskins 5 Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings 6 Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns 7 New York Jets at Miami Dolphins 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers 9 Houston Texans at Denver Broncos 10 Los Angeles Chargers at Seattle Seahawks 11 Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints 12 Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots Monday November 05, 2018 13 Tennessee Titans at Dallas Cowboys OPEN DATE: Arizona Cardinals Cincinnati Bengals Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles
WEEK 10 (14 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 14; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday November 08, 2018 1 Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday November 11, 2018 2 Arizona Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs 3 Buffalo Bills at New York Jets 4 Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts 5 New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans 6 Washington Redskins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns 8 Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears 9 Miami Dolphins at Green Bay Packers 10 New Orleans Saints at Cincinnati Bengals 11 Los Angeles Chargers at Oakland Raiders 12 Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams 13 Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles Monday November 12, 2018 14 New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers OPEN DATE: Baltimore Ravens Denver Broncos Houston Texans Minnesota Vikings
WEEK 11 (13 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 13; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday November 15, 2018 1 Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks Sunday November 18, 2018 2 Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions 3 Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens 4 Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons 5 Houston Texans at Washington Redskins 6 Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears 7 Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants 9 Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts 10 Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers 11 Oakland Raiders at Arizona Cardinals 12 Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars Monday November 19, 2018 13 Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Rams OPEN DATE: Buffalo Bills Cleveland Browns Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets San Francisco 49ers
WEEK 12 (15 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 15; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday November 22, 2018 1 Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions *** Game 1 has a 12:30 pm est / 10:30 am mst game time *** 2 Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys 3 Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Sunday November 25, 2018 4 Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals 5 Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills 6 Miami Dolphins at Indianapolis Colts 7 New England Patriots at New York Jets 8 New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles 9 Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Ravens 10 Seattle Seahawks at Carolina Panthers 11 San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Chargers 13 Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos 14 Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Monday November 26, 2018 15 Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans OPEN DATE: Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Rams
WEEK 13 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday November 29, 2018 1 New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys Sunday December 02, 2018 2 Arizona Cardinals at Green Bay Packers 3 Baltimore Ravens at Atlanta Falcons 4 Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins 5 Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Chicago Bears at New York Giants 7 Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans 8 Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals 9 Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars 10 Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers 11 Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions 12 Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders 13 New York Jets at Tennessee Titans 14 Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots 15 San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks Monday December 03, 2018 16 Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles
WEEK 14 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday December 06, 2018 1 Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans Sunday December 09, 2018 2 Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers 3 Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs 4 Carolina Panthers at Cleveland Browns 5 Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans 6 Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears 7 New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins 8 New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 New York Giants at Washington Redskins 10 New York Jets at Buffalo Bills 11 Cincinnati Bengals at Los Angeles Chargers 12 Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers 13 Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals 14 Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys 15 Pittsburgh Steelers at Oakland Raiders Monday December 10, 2018 16 Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks
WEEK 15 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Thursday December 13, 2018 1 Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs Saturday December 15, 2018 2 Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos *** Game 2 has a 4:30 pm est / 2:30 pm mst game time *** 3 Houston Texans at New York Jets Sunday December 16, 2018 4 Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts 5 Miami Dolphins at Minnesota Vikings 6 Oakland Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals 7 Tennessee Titans at New York Giants 8 Washington Redskins at Jacksonville Jaguars 9 Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons 10 Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills 11 Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears 12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Baltimore Ravens 13 Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers 14 New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers 15 Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Rams Monday December 17, 2018 16 New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
WEEK 16 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Sunday December 23, 2018 1 Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers 2 Jacksonville Jaguars at Miami Dolphins 3 New York Giants at Indianapolis Colts 4 Washington Redskins at Tennessee Titans 5 Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers 6 Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots 7 Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns 8 Green Bay Packers at New York Jets 9 Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles 10 Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions 11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys 12 Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers 13 Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals 14 Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints 15 Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks Monday December 24, 2018 16 Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
WEEK 17 (16 GAMES) Number your picks 1 thru 16; Place the numbers on the lines next to your winners Sunday December 30, 2018 1 Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints 3 Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings 4 Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers 5 Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens 6 Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants 7 Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers 8 Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans 9 Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans 10 Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills 11 New York Jets at New England Patriots 12 Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs 13 Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins 14 Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks 15 Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos 16 San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams SUNDAY GAME 16
NFL Playoffs 2018/19 Name: National Football Conference January 5 and 6 January 12 and 13 January 20 February 3 NFC Wild Card Games NFC Divisional NFC Conference Superbowl LIII Playoffs Championship Complete the NFL playoff bracket thru the Superbowl. Number the games 6 thru 16 and place each value on the line provided (11 Games; 136 points possible) (1) NFC Division Winner (1 thru 5 are 15 bonus points) Best Record in NFC (5) NFC Wild Card Team Game 5 Winner of Game 5 Best Record of Wild Cards Winner of Game 2 if (6) seed Game 1 NFC Wild Card Team wins; else Winner of Game 1 (4) NFC Division Winner 4th Best Record of Division Winners (2) NFC Division Winner 2nd Best Record of Division Winners Game 9 Winner of Game 9 (6) NFC Wild Card Team Winner of Game 6 2nd Best Record of Game 6 Wild Card Teams Winner of Game 2 if (3) seed NFC Division Winner wins; Game 2 else Winner of Game 1 Game 11 Winner of Game 11 (3) NFC Division Winner Superbowl LIII 3rd Best Record of (1) AFC Division Winner Champions Division Winners Best Record in AFC (5) AFC Wild Card Team Game 7 Winner of Game 7 Best Record of Wild Cards Winner of Game 4 if (6) seed Game 3 AFC Wild Card Team wins; else Winner of Game 3 (4) AFC Division Winner 4th Best Record of Division Winners (2) AFC Division Winner 2nd Best Record of Division Winners Game 10 Winner of Game 10 (6) AFC Wild Card Team Winner of Game 8 2nd Best Record of Game 8 Wild Card Teams Winner of Game 4 if (3) seed AFC Division Winner wins; Game 4 else Winner of Game 3 First Tie Breaker: Total Points Superbowl LIII (both teams) Second Tie Breaker: (3) AFC Division Winner Total Net Yards Superbowl LIII 3rd Best Record of (both teams) Division Winners January 5 and 6 January 12 and 13 January 20 February 3 AFC Wild Card Games AFC Divisional AFC Conference Superbowl LIII 15 Playoffs Championship check American Football Conference
NFL Playoff Information Selection of Clubs 1. Four Division Champions from each conference: Seed (1) Best Record in the Conference (1st round Bye) (2) 2nd Best Record of Division Winners (1st Round Bye) (3) 3rd Best Record of Division Winners (Plays 6 seed Wild Card Team) (4) 4th Best Record of Division Winners (Plays 5 seed Wild Card Team) 2. Two Wild Card clubs (Division non-champions with the two best records) from each conference. All wild cards may come from the same division. Clubs eliminated in divisional champion tie breakers are eligible if their records qualify them. Seed (5) Best Record of Wild Card Teams (Plays 4 seed Division Winner) (6) 2nd Best Record of Wild Card Teams (Plays 3 seed Division Winner) Pairings and Priority 1. Wild Card Games: Two Wild Card teams (Division non-champions with two best records) from each conference and the Division Champions with the third and fourth best record in each conference will enter the first round of the playoffs. The Division Champion (3) with the third best record in each conference will play host to the Wild Card team (6) with the second best record. The Wild Card team (5) with the best record will play host to the Division winner (4) with the fourth best record. There are no restrictions on intra-division games. 2. Divisional playoffs: In each conference, the two Division Champions with the first and second best records during the regular season will play host to the Wild Card game winners. The Division Champion (1) with the best record in each conference is assured of playing the surviving Wild Card game winner with the poorest record. Thus re-alignment of the brackets is possible for the Divisional playoffs if the Wild Card team (6) with the second best record beats the Division Champion (3) with the third best record in the Wild Card games of either conference. If the second Wild Card team (6) beats the third Division Champion (3) they must play the Divisional Champion with the best record in that conference in the Divisional playoffs. There are no restrictions on intra-division games. 3. Championship games: The home teams will be the surviving playoff winners with the best records during the regular season. A Wild Card team cannot play host unless two Wild Card teams are in the game, in which case the Wild Card team that was seeded highest in the first round of the playoffs will be the home team.