Here's how the NFL playoff bracket looks ahead of divisional round
Fourteen teams entered; only eight remain. The NFL playoffs' divisional round is set with the schedule, date and times for this weekend.
Division winners dominated the wild-card round in the AFC, with the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans all taking care of business in a big way. Buffalo won by 14 points, Kansas City by 19 and Houston by a whopping 31.
Wild-card games were slightly more chaotic in the NFC. The Green Bay Packers upset the Dallas Cowboys on the road in a dominating, 48-32 win. The Detroit Lions edged out the Los Angeles Rams and former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford in a 24-23 victory Sunday night.
To close things out, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers put the cherry on top of the Philadelphia Eagles' late-season spiral, pushing them out of the postseason with a 23-point win.
After a bye week, each No. 1 seed – the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens – will play for the first time this postseason with a conference championship appearance on the line.
Here's an update on this year's playoff bracket.
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Which teams are in the NFL playoffs this year?
AFC:
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Texans
Cleveland Browns - eliminated
Miami Dolphins - eliminated
Pittsburgh Steelers - eliminated
NFC:
San Francisco 49ers
Dallas Cowboys - eliminated
Detroit Lions
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Philadelphia Eagles - eliminated
Los Angeles Rams - eliminated
Green Bay Packers
2023-24 NFL playoffs bracket
Here's how the NFL playoffs bracket looks:
AFC:
Divisional round matchups are set.
No. 4 Houston Texans at No. 1 Baltimore Ravens
No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs at No. 2 Buffalo Bills
NFC:
Here's how the NFC bracket looks.
No. 7 Green Bay Packers at No. 1 San Francisco 49ers
No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at No. 3 Detroit Lions
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2023-24 NFL remaining playoffs schedule (all times ET)
Divisional round
Saturday, Jan. 20
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens: 4:30 p.m. on ESPN/ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes
Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers: 8:00 p.m. on FOX, FOX Deportes
Sunday, Jan. 21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions: 3:00 p.m. on NBC, Peacock, Universo
Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills: 6:30 p.m. on CBS, Paramount+
Conference championships
Sunday, Jan. 28:
AFC championship game: 3 p.m. on CBS
NFC championship game: 6:30 p.m. on FOX
Super Bowl 58
Following a bye week for both Super Bowl teams, Super Bowl 58 will kickoff on Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. on CBS.
NFL playoff picture
Seeds remaining
Of the eight remaining teams in the divisional round of the playoffs, here's how much each seed is represented.
No. 1 seeds: 2, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers
No. 2 seeds: 1, Buffalo Bills
No. 3 seeds: 2, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions
No. 4 seeds: 2, Houston Texans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
No. 5 seeds: 0
No. 6 seeds: 0
No. 7 seeds: 1, Green Bay Packers
The Packers are the only team remaining that didn't win its division.
Quarterbacks remaining
Eight starting quarterbacks remain in the hunt for a Lombardi Trophy. None of them are even 30 years old.
Here's how the remaining playoff quarterbacks stack up by age.
Jared Goff, 29
Patrick Mahomes, 28
Baker Mayfield, 28
Josh Allen, 27
Lamar Jackson, 27 (as of Jan. 7)
Jordan Love, 25
Brock Purdy, 24
C.J. Stroud, 22
How does the NFL Playoffs' dynamic bracket work?
The NFL playoffs are dynamic, meaning the bracket changes as the playoffs progress. Every round, the highest seeds remaining are guaranteed a home-field advantage.
After the wild-card round, the Ravens and 49ers play the lowest seed remaining in their conference. For the Ravens, that's the No. 4-seeded Texans; it's the No. 7-seeded Packers for the 49ers. The Bills and Lions, as the second-highest seeds remaining in their conferences, host the second-lowest seeds remaining.
If either the Ravens or 49ers fall in a divisional round upset, the highest seed remaining below them – not the team that beat them – would get home-field advantage in their conference championship game.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL Playoff Bracket 2024: Matchups, schedule ahead of divisional round