NFL 2025: Playoffs and Super Bowl 60 Prediction

I’ve completed my 2025-26 NFL Divisional Predictions, which leaves me with my projected seven-team playoff fields for each conference.

Assuming my predictions play out correctly, this is how I would then predict the playoffs to fall, based on those standings.

Please note for tiebreakers, since I didn’t project every game on an individual basis, will simply go to the team that I think is stronger or that I’m more confident in. For instance, on the AFC side, I have the Los Angeles Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers both finishing 10-7, but only one spot left in the AFC playoff field. I gave the spot to the Chargers, as I think it’s more likely Los Angeles will qualify for the playoffs than Pittsburgh, regardless of if my win-loss projections are accurate or not.

Additionally, teams are at the mercy of the bracket that played out based on my predictions. For example, I think the Denver Broncos will be taking a step forward this season, and could win at least one playoff game against the right opponent. But if they draw the Baltimore Ravens in the Wildcard Round, as I project, Denver will unfortunately probably be one-and-done like last postseason.

How will my 2025-26 NFL Postseason Bracket play out? Can Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs win the AFC for the fourth straight season? Can Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, and the Philadelphia Eagles repeat a Super Bowl appearance?

Other contenders to get over the hump include Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, and Dan Campbell’s Detroit Lions.

Darkhorse candidates to win Super Bowl 60 include Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders, Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers, Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams, and C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans.

So who will win Super Bowl 60? Read on for my 2025-26 NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 60 Prediction, and if you’d like to debate or discuss any predictions, join the conversation with @SakSports on Twitter/X, on Facebook, or by commenting directly on this post!

AFC Playoff Field

Buffalo Bills (13-4)
Kansas City Chiefs (12-5)
Baltimore Ravens (12-5)
Houston Texans (12-5)
Wildcard: Cincinnati Bengals (11-6)
Wildcard: Denver Broncos (11-6)
Wildcard: Los Angeles Chargers (10-7)

Outside Looking In: Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7), Miami Dolphins (8-9), Jacksonville Jaguars (7-10)

NFC Playoff Field

Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
Detroit Lions (12-5)
Los Angeles Rams (11-6)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7)
Wildcard: Washington Commanders (11-6)
Wildcard: Green Bay Packers (11-6)
Wildcard: San Francisco 49ers (10-7)

Outside Looking In: Minnesota Vikings (9-8), Dallas Cowboys (9-8), Chicago Bears (7-10), Seattle Seahawks (7-10), Atlanta Falcons (7-10)

AFC Wildcard Playoffs

#2 Kansas City Chiefs over #7 Los Angeles Chargers

#3 Baltimore Ravens over #6 Denver Broncos

#4 Houston Texans over #5 Cincinnati Bengals

AFC Divisional Round

#1 Buffalo Bills over #4 Houston Texans

#3 Baltimore Ravens over #2 Kansas City Chiefs

AFC Championship

#3 Baltimore Ravens over #1 Buffalo Bills

NFC Wildcard Round

#2 Detroit Lions over #7 San Francisco 49ers

#6 Green Bay Packers over #3 Los Angeles Rams

#5 Washington Commanders over #4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC Divisional Round

#1 Philadelphia Eagles over #6 Green Bay Packers

#5 Washington Commanders over #2 Detroit Lions

NFC Championship Game

#1 Philadelphia Eagles over #5 Washington Commanders

Super Bowl 60 Matchup: Baltimore Ravens vs. Philadelphia Eagles

So, there’s been a lot to take in so far. The Baltimore Ravens knocked Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs out in the Divisional Round, followed by Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills the AFC Championship Game.

Division winners reigned supreme in the Wildcard Round on the AFC side, but two wildcards, the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams, managed to win a game on the NFC side.

Of course, on the NFC side, there’s plenty of shades of last season: from the Washington Commanders beating the fourth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Washington and Philadelphia meeting in the NFC Championship Game.

While it’s quite possible the Chiefs run through the AFC in the playoffs again, as they almost always do, Kansas City can’t do this forever, and the gap on the competition is closing. Furthermore, as I project the Philadelphia Eagles to be the best team in the NFC and represent the conference again in the Super Bowl, it would be pretty crazy to project the Chiefs to win in the AFC again: straight-up, back-to-back year Super Bowl rematches just don’t happen these days.

Instead, I have Lamar Jackson and the Ravens breaking through to Super Bowl 60. It’s either Baltimore or Buffalo, and there’s plenty of reasons to go with the Bills. But these are my picks, and though many have said it before, it could just be Baltimore’s year, especially if Kansas City leaves the door open in any way. As much as it “could” be Buffalo’s year, I do have them winning the AFC in the regular season. However, if the Ravens win the AFC’s #1 seed, their path to Super Bowl 60 would be even more simple.

As for the winner of Super Bowl 60, the Ravens certainly have the potential to beat anyone in the NFL, including the Eagles. But if Philadelphia can keep up even 80-90% of the winning formula they had last season, the Eagles will be hard to beat.

I’m going with the Philadelphia Eagles as a rare back-to-back Super Bowl champion for this season. One of the reasons I’m doing this is because I think Philadelphia has a better chance of actually making it to the game, increasing the chances of my prediction being correct. If Ravens-Eagles is actually the matchup, it would be about as 50-50 as it gets. But even if the Bills or Chiefs win the AFC, I would still feel comfortable picking the Eagles to repeat as Super Bowl champions.

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