The end of the NFL regular season is approaching, and we’re looking ahead to how the 14-team playoff picture could line up en route to Super Bowl LVIII.
There are five weeks (and one game) left in the 2023 NFL regular season, but we’re already looking to January and how the 14-team playoff picture could look on the road to Super Bowl LVIII.
After the Philadelphia Eagles were blown out by the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13, the race for the 1-seed in the NFC tightened up. In the AFC, the battle for the top spot is close as well, with the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars all having a chance to get a first-round bye.
Which teams could sneak into the wild-card round? And which teams’ hopes are all but over? We used ESPN’s Football Power Index to project the rest of the season, looking at the playoff picture for both conferences, along with odds for the favorites to make the postseason, clinch the division and even make the Super Bowl.
We also have seeding projections for the AFC and NFC, so you can see the most likely matchups in each conference, and an early look at the teams fighting for the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft.
