NFL playoff schedule 2026: Updated bracket & TV channels for AFC, NFC championship games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Just four teams remain alive in the fight for the Lombardi Trophy.

The matchups and schedule for Championship Sunday are set. Here's what to know about the AFC and NFC titles games in 2026.

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The Seahawks dominated the San Francisco 49ers, 41-6, on Jan. 17 to advance to the NFC Championship Game.

The lookahead lines had the Seahawks as a heavy favorite against the Bears in a hypothetical matchup, per FanDuel. Seattle was a slight home underdog in the lookahead spread against Los Angeles. Following the divisional round, it is the Seahawks that are a slight favorite versus the Rams in the opening NFL odds.

A school district in the Pittsburgh area is changing its schedule for the Steelers playoff game against the Houston Texans. The McKeesport Area School District will operate on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, it has announced. The decision comes with the Steelers vs. Texans playoff game set to kick off at 8:15 p.m. Monday.