NFL Divisional Round Viewing Guide: Schedule, Game Times, How To Watch

The next round of the NFL's postseason schedule is officially locked in.

Eight teams are left in Super Bowl contention in the aftermath of Wild Card Weekend. In the AFC, the Baltimore Ravens will host the Houston Texans in one Divisional Round matchup, while the defending-champion Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Buffalo Bills.

On the NFC side, the San Francisco 49ers will face off with the Green Bay Packers before the Detroit Lions host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Divisional Round action kicks off at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and runs through Sunday evening. Here's what fans should know ahead of the next four playoff games.

AFC, NFC Divisional Round Playoff Matchups

Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens: The No. 4 seed Texans dismantled the Cleveland Browns to the tune of a 45-14 thumping to kick off Wild Card Weekend. C.J. Stroud, coming off a 274-yard, three-touchdown playoff debut, and the Texans now hit the road for a meeting with the top-seeded Ravens and MVP favorite Lamar Jackson, who is still seeking his first trip to an AFC Championship Game.

The Ravens beat the Texans 25-9 in the season-opener.

Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers: This classic NFC matchup was set up by Green Bay pummeling the Dallas Cowboys and their former coach, Mike McCarthy, inside AT&T Stadium. Jordan Love diced up Dan Quinn's defense, while the Packers intercepted Dak Prescott twice and sacked him four times.

The No. 7 seed Packers were the only road team to win in the first round of the playoffs—meaning they are the only non-division winner remaining—and they'll have to do so again to advance, this time against the NFC's No. 1 seed 49ers.

San Francisco is looking to get back to the conference championship game, where its season ended a year ago in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in which quarterback Brock Purdy go down with an injury.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions: Consider this a matchup between two quarterbacks—Baker Mayfield and Jared Goff—who were ditched by their original teams after being selected No. 1 overall only to find new homes and trips back to the postseason.

The No. 4 seed Bucs are coming off a decisive 32-9 win over the defending NFC champion Eagles, while the third-seeded Lions beat their former QB Matthew Stafford and the Rams, 24-23, in the franchise's first home playoff game in three decades.

The Lions beat the Bucs 20-6 in the regular season.

Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills: NFL fans will be in for a treat if this Chiefs-Bills game can live up to their previous playoff encounter. The Chiefs won in overtime last go-around, a Divisional Round game after the 2021 season, but this encounter will take place in Buffalo. And yes, it will be Patrick Mahomes' first true road game in the playoffs of his NFL career.

The No. 2 seed Bills beat the Steelers 31-17 on Monday in the aftermath of a snowstorm. And the third-seeded Chiefs put together perhaps their most complete performance of the season in a 26-7 win over the Miami Dolphins.

The Bills beat the Chiefs 20-17 in December.

Divisional Round Schedule, Game Times

Saturday, January 20

Texans at Ravens—4:30 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+)

Packers at 49ers—8:15 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, January 21

Bucs at Lions—3 p.m. ET (NBC)

Chiefs at Bills—6:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

NFL Playoff Bracket Entering Divisional Round

The winning squads from divisional weekend will advance to the conference championship games. The highest-seeded team in each conference will host those contests next weekend with trips to the Super Bowl on the line.

If the 49ers advance, they will have home-field advantage over either the Bucs or Lions next Sunday, while if the Packers pull an upset, they will travel to either Tampa Bay or Detroit for the conference title game.

In the AFC, the Ravens will host the AFC Championship Game if they beat the Texans, but Houston would face the Bills-Chiefs winner on the road should the Texans advance.

Here's a look at the full postseason bracket, as shared by the NFL on X, formerly Twitter.

Full NFL Playoff Schedule

The AFC Championship Game is first up on this season's conference-championship weekend schedule and will be played at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 28. It will air on CBS. As the winning team collects the Lamar Hunt Trophy on a celebratory stage, the NFC Championship Game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

The 58th Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET. The biggest game on the sports calendar is in Las Vegas this year and will air on CBS.

Who is Favored to Win the Super Bowl?

The 49ers (+175) are the betting favorites to win the Super Bowl, according to DraftKings Sportsbook, going into the second weekend of playoff action. The top seed in the other conference, the Ravens (+290) have the next-best odds, followed by the Bills (+500) in a distant third place. Kansas City (+700) and Detroit (+900) are next in line.

The Bucs (+2500), Packers (+2500), and Texans (+2800) have long-shot chances at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, per DraftKings.

All four home teams are favored in this weekend's games as of Tuesday afternoon. The 49ers have the biggest predicted advantage as 9.5-point favorites over the underdog Packers, while the closest betting line is Buffalo's 2.5-point edge over Kansas City.