General Information On The NFL Playoff Schedule

In North America there are a number of professional sports leagues. Each league has its own championship prize awarded to the top team at the end of the post season. In American football, there is the National Football League that has the NFL playoff schedule once the regular season is complete. The winner of the American Football Conference faces the winner of the National Football Conference in the Super Bowl.

Unlike the other professional sports leagues in North America, the NFL playoffs have fewer games per round. Instead of playing the best of seven or the best of five, football players only play in one game per round. If they lose a game, they are automatically eliminated from the championship series.

Each team has a chance to get to the playoffs. Within the short season of only sixteen games, it is important that a team try to win as many games and score as many points. The end result of the regular season determines which teams get to advance. The top team in each of the four divisions of the two conferences gets to advance. There are also four wild card places. The next two teams with the highest points from each conference move to the playoffs.

All championship series games are played on the weekends. Teams either play on the Saturday or Sunday in the first two rounds. In the third and final rounds, games are held on Sundays.

Regardless of the round, the top seeded team is awarded home-field advantage meaning that the game is played in their home stadium. For the Super Bowl final round, the games are held in a neutral venue that alternates from year-to-year as to which conference gets to host.

The nfl playoff schedule is one that can be very exciting. With at least one game every weekend, the schedule happens over four weeks with a one week break between the Conference Championship and the Super Bowl.

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