The 2009–10 National Football League playoffs officially lead up to Super Bowl XLIV, to be played in Miami Gardens, Florida at Dolphin Stadium on Sunday, Februrary 7, 2010. The tournament, consisting of three single elimination rounds, will begin on Saturday, January 9 with the Wild Card Round, to be played over two days, followed by the Divisional Playoff Rounds starting on January 16 and the AFC and NFC Championship Games to be played on Sunday, January 24. In each round, the highest seeded team will have home field advantage.

Contents 1 Current standings 1.1 AFC 1.2 NFC 2 Playoff scenarios 3 Schedule 3.1 Wild Card Round 3.2 Divisional Playoffs 3.3 Conference Championships 3.4 Super Bowl XLIV

[edit] Current standings

Through December 21, 2009.
The top four seeds go to the divisional champions, the next two go to wild card teams.

[edit] AFC

1. Indianapolis Colts (14-0, South champions; clinched home field advantage through post-season.)

2. San Diego Chargers (11-3, West champions.)

3. New England Patriots (9-5, East leaders.)

4. Cincinnati Bengals (9-5, North leaders.)

5. Baltimore Ravens (8-6)

6. Denver Broncos (8-6)

In contention

7. Jacksonville Jaguars (7-7)

8. Miami Dolphins (7-7)

9. New York Jets (7-7)

10. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-7)

11. Tennessee Titans (7-7)

12. Houston Texans (7-7)

[edit] NFC

1. New Orleans Saints (13-1, South champions; clinched first round bye.)

2. Minnesota Vikings (11-3, North champions.)

3. Philadelphia Eagles (10-4, East leaders; clinched playoff berth.)

4. Arizona Cardinals (9-5, West champions.)

5. Green Bay Packers (9-5)

6. Dallas Cowboys (9-5)

In contention

7. New York Giants (8-6; own head to head tiebreaker vs. Dallas.)

[edit] Playoff scenarios

[edit] Schedule

NOTE: All times are US EST (UTC -5). Additionaly, all announcing teams are tentative and subject to change.

[edit] Wild Card Round

• Saturday, January 9
  • AFC and NFC Wild Card Games, NBC, 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
    • Game 1 announcers: Tom Hammond (play-by-play), Joe Theismann and Joe Gibbs (color commentators), TBA (sideline reporter)
    • Game 2 announcers: Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (color commentator), Andrea Kremer (sideline reporter)

• Sunday, January 10
  • AFC and NFC Wild Card Games, CBS and FOX, 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
    • CBS announcers: Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Phil Simms (color commentator).
    • FOX announcers: Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (color commentator), Pam Oliver (sideline reporter)

[edit] Divisional Playoffs

• Saturday, January 16
  • AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs, CBS and FOX, 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

• Sunday, January 17
  • AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs, CBS and FOX, 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For this round of the playoffs, both CBS and FOX will have two sets of announcers. CBS will have the Jim Nantz-Phil Simms team for one of the games, and their second team, Greg Gumbel (play-by-play) and Dan Dierdorf (color commentator), while FOX uses their primary team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman at one site, and their secondary team of Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Darryl Johnston (color commentator) and Tony Siragusa (sideline reporter) at the other game.

[edit] Conference Championships

• Sunday, January 24
  • AFC Championship, CBS, 3:00 p.m.
    • CBS announcers: Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Phil Simms (color commenator)
  • NFC Championship, FOX, 6:30 p.m.
    • FOX announcers: Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (color commentator), Pam Oliver and Chris Myers (sideline reporters)

[edit] Super Bowl XLIV

• Sunday, February 7, 2010, Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, 6:30 p.m., CBS
  • CBS announcers: Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Phil Simms (color commentator).

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