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Super Bowl 2025: Updated Odds and Predictions for NFL Championship Bracket

Erik BeastonJan 6, 2025

The 14 teams are determined and the seeds are set for the 2024 NFL Playoffs as the best in the league battle for the right to call themselves champions.

Who are those teams, which is the current odds-on favorites to win the Super Bowl, and who will ultimately hoist the Lombardi Trophy?

Find out with this preview, including predictions for the big game, following Sunday's Week 18 slate of games.

NFC Playoff Picture

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LANDOVER, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 22:  Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts prior to the game against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on December 22, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 22: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts prior to the game against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on December 22, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

Division Winners

1. xz-Detroit Lions (15-2)

2. xz-Philadelphia Eagles (14-3, NFC East)

3. xz-Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7)

4. xz-Los Angeles Rams (10-7, NFC West)


Wild Card

5. x-Minnesota Vikings (14-3)

6. x-Washington Commanders (12-5)

7. x-Green Bay Packers (10-7)

(x)-clinched playoffs, (z)-clinched division

AFC Playoff Picture

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PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 25: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) looks on during the regular season NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers on December 25, 2024 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 25: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) looks on during the regular season NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers on December 25, 2024 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Division Winners

1. xz-Kansas City Chiefs (15-2, AFC West)

2. xz-Buffalo Bills (13-4, AFC East)

3. xz-Baltimore Ravens (12-5, AFC North)

4. xz-Houston Texans (10-7, AFC South)


Wild Card

5. x-Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)

6. x-Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)

7. x-Denver Broncos (10-7)

(x)-clinched playoffs, (z)-clinched division

Super Bowl LIX Odds

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ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 29: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills looks on prior to a game against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium on December 29, 2024 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images)
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 29: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills looks on prior to a game against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium on December 29, 2024 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images)

Currents odds for Super Bowl LIX are:

  • Detroit Lions (+280; bet $100, win $380)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (+350)
  • Baltimore Ravens (+600)
  • Buffalo Bills (+650)
  • Philadelphia Eagles (+700)
  • Minnesota Vikings (+1600)
  • Green Bay Packers (+2000)
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+2500)
  • Los Angeles Chargers (+2800)
  • Washington Commanders (+4500)
  • Los Angeles Rams (+4500)
  • Denver Broncos (+5500)
  • Houston Texans (+8000)
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (+9000)

Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook

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Super Bowl Predictions

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JANUARY 5: Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions runs onto the field prior to an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field on January 5, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JANUARY 5: Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions runs onto the field prior to an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field on January 5, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

The Detroit Lions fell short of their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history last season, losing a sizeable lead and dropping the NFC Championship Game to San Francisco. In 2024, they returned with a furious vengeance, blowing out the opposition and establishing themselves as the No. 1 seed in the conference for the majority of the year.

Sunday night, they confirmed that seed with a dominant, 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

It was the latest test the team had to pass on their way back to the Playoffs, with the goal of righting the wrongs of last season by advancing to the Super Bowl and hoisting the Lombardi Trophy for the first time in the 93-year history of the organization.

The MVP-level play of quarterback Jared Goff, the development of Jahmyr Gibbs as a starting running back, the emergence of Jameson Williams, and an intense and aggressive defense that reflects the attitude of head coach Dan Campbell have the Lions poised to do just that.

The Philadelphia Eagles are the team's greatest threat, thanks in large part to their No. 1 rushing attack, but the Lions look and feel like the best the league has to offer. Assuming there are no significant injuries, and Goff does not take a step back and start throwing the ball to the other team, there is no reason not to believe the Lions can advance to New Orleans and defeat whichever team emerges from the AFC.

This season has very much been defined by Detroit's revenge tour and it will culminate with a new world champion crowned on February 9 in the Caesar's Superdome.

Prediction: Lions defeat Kansas City


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