The 2012 NFL Playoffs kickoff on January 7th, 2012 six days after the final regular season games conclude. The Divisional playoffs occur on January 14th and 15th, 2012 with Super Bowl XLVI schedule for February 5th, 2012. This year’s Super Bowl will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana and will be broadcast on NBC. Similar to past years, the specific seeds for the 2012 NFL playoffs will be determined by the regular season standings. At the conclusion of each round of the playoffs, the teams are reseeded based on who wins and loses and the conferences alternate play on the same day earlier in the playoffs. The following NFL playoff schedule is updated through the divisional round of the playoffs.
2012 NFL Playoff Picture
We’re almost done with the 2011 NFL season. Just over a week and a bit left to go with four playoff spots remaining up for grabs over the final week. The latest 2012 NFL Playoff Standings are:
**As of January 23rd, 2012
AFC
New England East 13-3 Div Champ *AFC East Champion, Clinched home field advantage
Baltimore North 12-4 Div Champ *AFC North Champion, wins tie-breaker over Pittsburgh based on head-head win percentage
Houston South 10-6 Div Champ *AFC South Champion
Denver West 8-8 Div Champ * AFC West Champion
Pittsburgh North 12-4 – Wild Card *Clinched playoff berth
Bengals North 9-7 Wild Card *Clinched playoff berth
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Oakland 8-8 West
Tennessee South 9-7
New York Jets East 8-8
San Diego West 8-8
Kansas City West 7-9
Miami East 6-10
Buffalo East 6-10
Jacksonville South 5-11
Cleveland North 4-12
Indianapolis South 2-14 * Clinched 1st draft pick for 2012 NFL Draft
NFC
Green Bay North 15-1 Div Champ * NFC North Champion, Clinched home field advantage
San Francisco West 13-3 Div Champ * NFC West Champion, wins tie-breaker over New Orleans based on win percentage in conference games
New Orleans South 13-3 Div Champ * NFC South Champion
New York East 9-7 Div Champ *NFC East Champion
Atlanta South 10-6 Wild Card *Clinched Playoff Berth, wins tie breaker against Detroit based on head-head winning percentage
Detroit North 10-6 Wild Card *Clinched Playoff Berth
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Dallas East 8-8
Chicago North 8-8
Arizona West 8-8
Philadelphia East 8-8
Seattle West 7-9
Carolina South 6-10
Washington East 5 – 11
Tampa Bay South 4- 12
Minnesota North 3- 13
St. Louis West 2- 14
2012 AFC Playoff Results
Wildcard Round
Houston 31 Cincinnati 10
Denver 29 Pittsburgh 23
Divisional Round
New England 45 Denver 10
Baltimore 17 Houston 13
AFC Championship
New England 23 Baltimore 20
2012 NFC Playoff Results
Wildcard Round
New Orleans 45 Detroit 28
New York Giants 24 Atlanta 2
Divisional Round
San Francisco 36 New Orleans 32
New York 37 Green Bay 20
NFC Championship
New York 20 San Francisco 17
2012 NFL Playoff Schedule
2012 NFL Wildcard Playoffs
* Game dates and times have been released for the Wildcard and Divisional rounds of the playoffs and are listed below
2012 AFC Wildcard Schedule
2012 NFC Wildcard Schedule
Lucas Oil Stadium
2012 NFL Divisional Playoffs
2012 Conference Championships
January 22nd, 2012
AFC Championship Game 2012 (CBS) Time 3:00 PM
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots
NFC Championship Game 2012 (Fox) Time 6:30 PM
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
2012 Super Bowl XLVI
February 5th, 2012 – Super Bowl XLVI – Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana
New York Giants vs New England Patriots
6:30 pm EST on NBC
Lucas Oil Stadium is the home of the Indianapolis Colts and also hosts number of conventions, exhibitions, trade shows, and NCAA basketball tournament games. The stadium first opened on August 16th, 2008 at a cost of $720 million dollars. The retractable roof makes the stadium very flexible for hosting football games and can be fully opened or closed in about nine minutes. The seating for football is approximately 63,000 with up to 70,000 fitting in the basketball configuration.
2012 NFL Playoff Schedule,
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I thought only two wildcard teams form each conference got to the playoffs, but you have four. What gives?
Hey Ron,
It will make more sense as the teams set set. For each conference, there are 4 divisional winners and 2 x wildcard teams. The 3rd and 4th ranked divisional winners each play wildcard teams. The winner of each of these games play one of the top two ranked divisional winners.
Since I can’t guarantee what day that each of the teams or pairings will happen at this point, I do not break out the labels further. Will do so as more information is confirmed by the NFL.
They’re only 2 wild cards from each conference..they in turn, play the 2 lowest seeded division winners..that’s the 4 you see listed!
I am planning on going to the Divisional Championship on Jan 14 or 15 in Green Bay. Will the Pack play on Sunday for sure? Or is there a chance they will play on Sat.
George,
Unfortunately, until the NFL releases the final Playoff seedings and schedule, we can’t say 100% that they will not play on Saturday. As soon as we have the updates available, will update the schedule to reflect for you.
Do you know for certain that the games you have listed will be played on those dates? For example, are you certain the AFC Division Winner #2 will be playing Sun Jan 15 as opposed to Sat Jan 14?
There are only 2 wildcard teams. You list it is wildcard #1 vs wildcard #4. There are only 2 so there would not be a wildcard #4 or #3. It is division winners 1-4 which are playoff teams 1-4 and wildcard winners, of wich there are 2, that are playoff teams #5 and #6. Playoff teams 1 and 2 have byes and the rest play. #3 vs #6 and #4 vs # 5. The lowest remaining seed plays the #1 team and the other plays #2. Your information is wrong and your explanation is misleading. It is made to look like 8 teams make the playoffs. It looks like teams 1-4 have byes week 1 of the playoffs and they do not. Only #1 and #2 have byes.
@Sean, sorry the layout was confusing for you. Totally agree than when taken out of context of the full article below the Playoff Picture rankings it could come across that way. With the results coming in, schedule modified to reflect the current schedules/matchups. Before we used the Wildcard round seeding 1-4 which consisted of the two divisional winners and two wildcard teams. Thanks again for helping explain for others who may have been confused!
That would be a big help for me, too. I am waiting for the final dates also.
WILL BOTH CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES BE ON SUNDAY THE 22ND
Mark,
Both championship games (NFC and AFC) will be held on January 22nd, 2012. Time of each game is TBD. The NFC Championship will be broadcast on FOX and the AFC Championship on CBS.