When is the Super Bowl 2018 (52)? date, kickoff time, TV channel; complete NFL playoff schedule

Published 9:06 pm Sunday, December 31, 2017

It’s time for the NFL Playoffs 2018 and the Super Bowl 2018, crowning the next champion in pro football.

When is the NFL Super Bowl 2018 date, time, TV channel?

Super Bowl 52

Sunday, Feb. 4

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AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion, 6:30 p.m. Eastern

Super Bowl 52 TV channel: NBC

Here is the schedule for the NFL Playoffs 2018:

Wild Card Round

AFC byes: New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers

NFC byes: Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings

Saturday, Jan. 6

GAME 1: Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:35 p.m., ESPN/ABC

GAME 2: Atlanta Falcons at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m., NBC

Sunday, Jan. 7

GAME 3: Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1:05 p.m., CBS

GAME 4: Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints, 4:40 p.m., FOX

Divisional Round

Saturday, Jan. 13

GAME 5: AFC Divisional, 4:35 p.m., CBS

GAME 6: NFC Divisional, 8:15 p.m., NBC

Sunday, Jan. 14

GAME 7: AFC Divisional, 4:40 p.m., CBS

GAME 8: NFC Divisional, 8:20 p.m., FOX

Championship Round

Sunday, Jan. 21

AFC Championship: Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 3:05 p.m., CBS

NFC Championship: Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6:40 p.m., FOX

Super Bowl 52

Sunday, Feb. 4

AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion, 6:30 p.m., NBC

Buffalo got the final postseason berth when Cincinnati stunned Baltimore. The Bengals scored on a fourth-and-12 play when Andy Dalton hooked up with Tyler Boyd for a 49-yard score with 53 seconds remaining. The unlikely outcome scrambled the postseason picture for five AFC teams: Baltimore, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Kansas City and Tennessee.

The Bills will be in the playoffs for the first time since 1999. They had the longest postseason drought of any pro team in North America.

The Titans earned the other AFC wild-card spot by beating the Jaguars.

New Orleans won the NFC South despite losing at Tampa Bay in the final minute. It was the only division race unsettled going into Sunday. Fellow NFL South teams Carolina and Atlanta earned NFC wild cards.

Baltimore (9-7) and the Los Angeles Chargers (9-7) were eliminated in the AFC. Seattle (9-7) missed out in the NFC.

So, the seeds look like this:

AFC

1. New England (13-3)

2. Pittsburgh (13-3)

3. Jacksonville (10-6)

4. Kansas City (10-6)

5. Tennessee (9-7)

6. Buffalo (9-7)

NFC

1. Philadelphia (13-3)

2. Minnesota (13-3)

3. Los Angeles Rams (11-5)

4. New Orleans (11-5)

5. Carolina (11-5)

6. Atlanta (10-6)

The top two seeds in each conference get byes, leaving other eight teams to play next weekend.

Kansas City will host Tennessee on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Jacksonville will host Buffalo on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Los Angeles will host Atlanta on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. New Orleans will host Carolina — their third meeting this the season — on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.