Bracket

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January 4 - Dolphin Stadium January 11 - Heinz Field
6 Baltimore
3 Miami January 18 -
2 Pittsburgh
See Re-seeding below
AFC
January 3 - Qualcomm Stadium
January 10 - LP Field
5 Indianapolis AFC Championship
4 San Diego February 1 - Raymond James Stadium
1 Tennessee
Wild Card playoffs
Divisional playoffs
January 4 - University of Phoenix Stadium
January 11 - Giants Stadium
5 Atlanta Super Bowl XLIII
4 Arizona January 18 -
1 N.Y. Giants
See Re-seeding below
NFC
January 3 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
January 10 - Bank of America Stadium
6 Philadelphia NFC Championship
3 Minnesota
2 Carolina
  • Re-seeding: Home field is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket system. The outcome of the games between the sixth and third seeds in each conference determine where the Wild Card winners will play in the next round. When a third seed wins, they next travel to the second seed. When the sixth seed wins, they travel to the first seed. The winner between the fifth and fourth seeds will play the remaining second round host team in that conference.
  • Conference Championship home field goes to the higher seed remaining.