NFL Scores, Standings and Simulators
Scores, conference standings and the seeding race, plus a playoff predictor with the official tiebreakers and every team’s odds.
- ScheduleEvery game week by week, with live scores and each team’s place in its conference.
- SimulatorPick the games left and watch the seeds settle with the official tiebreakers, with every team’s playoff odds and a bracket to play to the Super Bowl.
- BlogSeeding, tiebreakers and the rules nobody explains properly — how the NFL settles its divisions, its wild cards and its playoff bracket.
NFL on Vertize Sports
This hub brings together Vertize Sports' coverage of the 2026 NFL season: the NFL schedule with all 272 regular-season games, a season simulator that rebuilds the AFC and NFC standings from the scores you enter, and our NFL articles on the blog.
Seattle began the 2026 season as the defending champion, having beaten New England in Super Bowl LX, and the two teams met again in the opener on Wednesday, September 9. The regular season runs 18 weeks, through January 10, 2027, before 14 of the 32 teams move on to the playoffs.
How to use this section
- Schedule lists all 272 regular-season games by week, with kickoff times in US Eastern and the stadium for each game.
- Simulator lets you type scores into games not yet played and watch the AFC and NFC standings rebuild.
- Blog collects our NFL articles and explainers.
NFL FAQ
How many teams are in the NFL?
There are 32 teams, split evenly between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference has four divisions (East, North, South and West) of four teams, and every team plays each of its three division rivals twice a season, once at home and once away.
How do the NFL playoffs work?
Fourteen teams qualify, seven from each conference. The four division winners are seeded 1 to 4 by record, and the three best remaining teams are seeded 5 to 7. Only the No. 1 seed gets a first-round bye; on Wild Card Weekend, No. 2 hosts No. 7, No. 3 hosts No. 6 and No. 4 hosts No. 5.
How are ties in the NFL standings broken?
The NFL uses a fixed sequence of tiebreakers. Two teams tied for a division title are separated by head-to-head results, then division record, record in common games, conference record and strength of victory. A wild-card tie between teams from different divisions starts with head-to-head, then conference record. A coin toss is the last step.
When and where is Super Bowl LXI?
Super Bowl LXI is on Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the ninth Super Bowl held in the Los Angeles area. The two teams are decided in the AFC and NFC Championship Games on Sunday, January 31.
From the blog
- An NFL Game Lasts 3 Hours and 4 Minutes: We Timed Every Play Since 2001An NFL game lasts 3:04 in real time for 60 minutes of game clock, by our timing of every play since 2001. Every season, plus halftime, playoffs and Super Bowl.
- Cam Little's 68 Yards Is the NFL Record, and a 61-Yard Try Is Now a Coin FlipThe longest field goal in NFL history is Cam Little's 68 yards. From every try since 1999: the coin-flip distance moved from 53 yards in 1999-2003 to 61 now.
- Every NFL MVP Since 1957, From Jim Brown to Matthew StaffordPeyton Manning has the most NFL MVP awards, five. Every AP winner from 1957 to Matthew Stafford in 2025, by position and team, and the MVP's Super Bowl record.