NFL play-offs: Results & schedule
(January 9th 2017)
The NFL post-season is here again so check out the road to Super Bowl LI, which ends on Sunday February 5 in Houston, with our special play-off guide.
Just eight teams remain in contention to reach Super Bowl LI on Sunday February 5 in Houston after the culmination of the regular season and the Wild Card round of play-off fixtures.
Now we head into the AFC and NFC Conference semi-finals on the weekend of January 14-15, with the winning teams then colliding in their respective finals on January 22.
Here, we have the full play-off fixture schedule, which will be updated with results and links to the reports as the road to Super Bowl LI continues, as well as details of the seeded teams.
Every weekend there will also be links under each fixture taking you to NFL expert David John's match-by-match predictions and detailed betting analysis so keep this page bookmarked!
NFL Play-Offs: Fixture Schedule & Results
Wild Card Weekend
Saturday January 7
AFC - Oakland 14-27 Houston
NFC - Detroit 6-26 Seattle
Sunday January 8
AFC - Miami 12-30 Pittsburgh
NFC - New York 13-38 Green Bay
Divisional Play-Offs
Saturday January 14
NFC - Seattle at Atlanta
AFC - Houston at New England
Sunday January 15
AFC - Pittsburgh at Kansas City
NFC - Green Bay at Dallas
Conference Championships
Sunday January 22
Pro Bowl
Sunday January 29
American Football Conference
1. New England (14-2, AFC East champion)
2. Kansas City (12-4, AFC West champion)
3. Pittsburgh (11-5, AFC North champion)
4. Houston (9-7, AFC South champion)
5. Oakland (12-4)
6. Miami (10-6)
National Football Conference
1. Dallas (13-3, NFC East champion)
2. Atlanta (11-5, NFC South champion)
3. Seattle (10-5-1, NFC West champion)
4. Green Bay (10-6, NFC North champion)
5. New York Giants (11-5)
6. Detroit (9-7)
New England head into the post-season as hot 7/4 favourites to win a second Super Bowl in the last three years. Their regular season record means the road to Houston next month goes through Foxboro with the Patriots traditionally a tough nut to crack at this time of year on home turf.
Dallas are next in the betting on 7/2 as they hope to continue a tremendous run of form behind star rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott with Pittsburgh and Atlanta both on offer at 8/1.
Green Bay and Kansas City are dangerous teams for anyone to face and are 9/1 to go all the way with Seattle currently trading at 11/1 as they bid to repeat their triumph of 2014.
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NFL Play-off Teams Guide: At-a-glance
AFC
New England (7/4)
Super Bowl wins: 2002, 2005 and 2015
Key player: Tom Brady
Posted the best record (14-2) in the NFL and market leaders to give quarterback Brady and head coach Bill Belichick a fourth Lombardi Trophy.
Kansas City (9/1)
Super Bowl wins: 1970
Key player: Tyreek Hill
Won the AFC West after a tremendous season-long battle with Oakland and an extremely good all-round team with no glaring weakness.
Pittsburgh (8/1)
Super Bowl wins: 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2006 and 2009
Key player: Le'Veon Bell
Plenty of Super Bowl pedigree and a dangerous offense led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger which no rival will want to face.
Houston (50/1)
Super Bowl wins: None
Key player: Jadeveon Clowney
Huge issues at quarterback currently so a defense led by the incredibly athletic Clowney will need to continue its play at a high level if they are to make any impact.
Oakland (100/1)
Super Bowl wins: 1977, 1981 and 1984
Key player: Khalil Mack
Youthful improvers but there chance suffered a hammer blow when quarterback Derek Carr suffered a broken leg recently. Unproven rookie Connor Cook takes over.
Miami (100/1)
Super Bowl wins: 1973 and 1974
Key player: Jay Ajayi
Good effort under rookie head coach Adam Gase to reach this stage and will still have to spring another surprise or two to get to the Super Bowl
NFC
Dallas (7/2)
Super Bowl wins: 1972, 1978, 1993, 1994 and 1996
Key player: Dak Prescott
Brilliant campaign as rookie quarterback Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott proved massive hits. More unchartered territory now but have continually risen to the occasion.
Atlanta (8/1)
Super Bowl wins: None
Key player: Julio Jones
High-octane offense capable of scoring at will when the mood takes them while they have more playmakers on defense this year. Lost their only Super Bowl appearance in 1999 but every right to fancy their chances again.
Seattle (11/1)
Super Bowl wins: 2014
Key player: Bobby Wagner
Perennial contenders these days but perhaps not quite as sharp this season - still more than capable of making their presence felt.
Green Bay (9/1) -
Super Bowl wins: 1967, 1968, 1997 and 2011
Key player: Aaron Rodgers
Form dipped in mid-season but finished strongly with six straight victories. Quarterback Rodgers at the top of his game and leading candidates based on that factor alone.
New York Giants (20/1)
Super Bowl wins: 1987, 1991, 2008 and 2012
Key player: Odell Beckham Jr
Rather erratic but exciting to watch and capable of a good run in the post-season if getting up a head of steam.
Detroit (50/1)
Super Bowl wins: None
Key player: Ziggy Ansah
Lost three straight to end the regular season and their big price for the Super Bowl suggests they will be overmatched sooner rather than later.