Super Bowl 2025: AFC, NFC Conference Championship Bracket Predictions and Vegas Odds

The final four in the NFL are set.

The Washington Commanders will travel up I-95 to Philadelphia for a date with the Eagles, the NFC Championship at stake, while the Buffalo Bills head west to Arrowhead Stadium for a rematch with a Kansas City Chiefs team they beat earlier in the year, the chance to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl for the first time since 1994 on the line.

Who are the current favorites entering Championship Sunday and who will ultimately emerge from them victoriously, with Super Bowl LIX on the horizon?

Find out with this early preview of the high-stakes games.

NFC Championship Schedule and Odds

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 14: Saquon Barkley #26 of the Philadelphia Eagles runs with the ball and scores a touchdown during an NFL Football game against the Washington Commanders at Lincoln Financial Field on November 14, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

For the third time this season, the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles clash, this time with a trip to SuperBowl LIX on the line.

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Schedule

• Date: Sunday, January 26
• Time: 3:00 p.m. EST
• TV: Fox
• Streaming: Fox Sports app

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Odds

• Spread: 6 points
• Over/Under: 47.5 points
• Moneyline: Washington (+230; bet $100, win $330), Philadelphia (-285; bet $100, win $135.08)
  

AFC Championship Schedule and Odds

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ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills and Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs embrace after a game at Highmark Stadium on November 17, 2024 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images)

The Buffalo Bills hung the first loss of the season on the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 11. In their second match-up of the season, Josh Allen and Co. will look to get over the AFC Championship hump by knocking off the two-time defending champions.

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Schedule

• Date: Sunday, January 26
• Time: 6:00 p.m. EST
• TV: CBS
• Streaming: Paramount Plus

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Odds

• Spread: 1.5 points
• Over/Under: 47.5 points
• Moneyline: Buffalo (+105), Kansas City (-125)
  

NFC Championship Prediction

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 19: (L-R) Jalen Hurts #1 and Saquon Barkley #26 of the Philadelphia Eagles react after defeating the Los Angeles Rams 28-22 in the NFC Divisional Playoff at Lincoln Financial Field on January 19, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

The Commanders have exceeded all expectations, thanks in large part to the play of probable Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn. They played the Eagles tough in a Week 11 match-up, but lost by eight. Five weeks later, Washington got the best of their division foes, winning by three.

In the third showdown between the teams this season, expect another close game that enters the fourth quarter as a toss-up.

Daniels, on the grandest stage he has played in since college, will have a play or two that inspires awe and lives forever in NFL social media. The defense will likely get to Jalen Hurts, maybe force a turnover or two that keeps things close.

Then, MVP candidate Saquon Barkley does what he has done all season: deliver a painstaking dagger in the hearts of the opposition with a big run that puts the home team out in front.

Heavy pressure from Philly's defensive line and a turnover, be it a fumble or an ill-fated interception, will seal the deal as head coach Nick Siriani leads his team back to the Super Bowl for the second time in three years as NFC champions.

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Prediction: Philadelphia defeats Washington, wins the NFC, 30-24

AFC Championship Prediction

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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 18: Chris Jones #95 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates with Derrick Nnadi #91 during the first half of the AFC Divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 18, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

Until a team not quarterbacked by Joe Burrow comes along and proves they can go into Arrowhead Stadium in January and defeat the Kansas City Chiefs to cash their ticket to the Super Bowl, it is nearly impossible to pick against Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones, and the rest of the defending champions.

Is this team as good as previous Super Bowl squads? Absolutely not.

Mahomes has not been as sharp, Travis Kelce looks slower than at any point in his Hall of Fame career, and the offense does not have that zip to it that they have in years past. If there was ever a year that a team like Buffalo, behind should-be MVP favorite Josh Allen could go into their house and snatch away the AFC Championship, it would be this year.

But there is a certain playoff magic about the Chiefs, in which Mahomes and Kelce turn on the jets and roar past the opposition, coming up with just the right connection at just the right time.

The Bills defense is susceptible to being picked apart, as we saw in the second half of the divisional round against Baltimore, when Lamar Jackson did everything he needed to do to put the Ravens in a position to beat Buffalo in their stadium.

It will be a high-scoring game, one that likely comes down to the final seconds. If that is the case, there is no team that has repeatedly proven to be able to win those games, amid the highest of pressure, like the Chiefs.

Mahomes and Co. survive to advance and compete for a never-before-seen three-peat.

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Prediction: Chiefs best Bills by three, 38-35