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Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
Since 2002, each conference has 16 teams and is further divided into four geographic divisions of four teams each. As of 2025, qualification into the playoffs works as follows: [2] The four division champions from each conference (the team in each division with the best overall record) are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
No. 2 Buffalo Bills (13-3, AFC East winners) vs. No. 7 Denver Broncos (9-7, wild card No. 3) Buffalo's Week 17 win over the New York Jets clinched the No. 2 seed in the conference.
No. 3 Baltimore Ravens (12-5, AFC North winners) vs. No. 6 seed Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7, wild card No. 1) The Ravens clinched the AFC North yet by beating the Cleveland Browns on Saturday.
No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills (13-3, AFC East winners) vs. No. 7 seed Denver Broncos (9-7, wild card No. 3) Buffalo is locked into the No. 2 seed after its Week 17 win over the New York Jets.
At the end of each season, the four division winners and three wild cards (non-division winners with best regular season record) in the AFC qualify for the playoffs. The AFC playoffs culminate in the AFC Championship Game, with the winner receiving the Lamar Hunt Trophy. The AFC champion then plays the NFC champion in the Super Bowl.
Buffalo Bills (11-3, AFC East winners) vs. 7. Los Angeles Chargers (8-6, wild card No. 3) The Bills are the only team to have beaten the 13-1 Chiefs and just ended the Lions' 10-game winning ...