2025-26: NFL Conference Championship #1 Playoff Predictions

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(ADDITIONAL NOTE, VERY IMPORTANT!: This post/story is for the Thursday, Thursday Night, Saturday, Sunday Morning and the early Sunday afternoon games! Like last week, I guess I will plan on creating a second post/story for the Sunday late afternoon, Sunday Night and Monday Night games and I will post the link here after I publish that story! So I am forced to split up my story into parts because for some odd reason my post/story is too long! Honestly, I think the real reason is that the computer that I am using is just way too slow!

These were my ORIGINAL predictions (and not necessarily final predictions) for the Wild Card Round: https://ogeagleet852.wixsite.com/evantroxel/single-post/nfl-2025-26-wild-card-1-playoff-predictions

These were my ORIGINAL predictions (and not necessarily final predictions) for the Divisional Round: https://ogeagleet852.wixsite.com/evantroxel/single-post/nfl-2025-26-divisional-round-1-playoff-predictions

By: Evan Troxel

These are my predictions to win and lose for the 2025-26 National Football League season for the Postseason Conference Championship Round on Sunday, January 25th, 2026 (and anytime after that if necessary)! The first half of games for my predictions and notes of the Postseason Conference Championship Round according to ESPN.com's NFL schedule are published here! The second half of game including my predictions to win and notes according to ESPN.com's NFL schedule for the Postseason Conference Championship Round will be published in a separate post very soon if necessary!

Please follow me on Gab.com at Gab.com/EvanTroxel and on Telegram at t.me/Evan_Troxel for my re-predictions and notes before game time and my FINAL predictions to win and lose all games in the Postseason Conference Championship Round and in every week of the National Football League all season long if I don't post the FINAL PREDICTIONS right here in this story! Also, be sure to follow me on Gab and Telegram for additional notes in the days leading up to the game!

NFL 2025-26 Postseason Conference Championship Round Predictions 

The teams on a bye week this week are the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers who lost in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. The teams on a bye week this week are the Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Texans and Chicago Bears who lost in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The other teams on a bye week this week didn't make the playoffs!

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, these are the referee assignments for Postseason Week #3 of the Conference Championship Round on footballzebras.com when they actually post the link!: https://www.footballzebras.com/2026/01/kemp-and-martin-are-the-referees-for-the-conference-championships/

These are the referee/official assignments for Postseason Week #4 in Super Bowl LX!: https://www.footballzebras.com/2026/01/shawn-smith-is-the-referee-for-super-bowl-lx/

Sunday, January 25th, 2026

AFC Championship Game

#2 New England Patriots at #1 Denver Broncos, CBS, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

The New England Patriots all-time won-lost records BEFORE POSTSEASON Conference Championship Round in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

559-449-9 (+110 more wins, 1,017 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON

249-257-3 (-8 more wins, 509 games played, W8) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON AWAY

598-471-9 (+127 more wins, 1,078 games played, W5) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON

261-270-3 (-9 more wins, 534 games played, W8) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON AWAY

39-22 (+17 more wins, 61 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON

12-13 (-1 more wins, 25 games played, L1) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON AWAY

The Patriots have a combined winning and losing streak of W25 for the six categories above!

The New England Patriots postseason all-time won-lost records before the Conference Championship Round of the postseason in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th AWAY

27-16 (+11 more wins, 43 games played, W5) on Sundays

10-8 (+2 more wins, 18 games played, W3) on Sundays AWAY

20-12 (+8 more wins, 32 games played, W6) on Sundays in January

6-8 (-2 more wins, 14 games played, W1) on Sundays in January AWAY

30-17 (+13 more wins, 47 games played, W2) in January

6-12 (-6 more wins, 18 games played, L1) in January AWAY

32-16 (+16 more wins, 48 games played, W2) against AFC

7-11 (-4 more wins, 18 games played, L1) against AFC AWAY

9-5 (+4 more wins, 14 games played, W3) against AFC West

3-5 (-2 more wins, 8 games played, W1) against AFC West AWAY

The Patriots are at or above .500 for SIX of the 12 categories above! They have a winning streak for EIGHT of the 12 categories above! The combined winning and losing streak of the 12 categories above is W21!

The Patriots summarized total for everything above is W60!

The New England Patriots regular season and postseason combined all-time won-lost records before the Divisional Round of the postseason in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th AWAY

505-397-6 (+108 more wins, 908 games played, W5) on Sundays

226-225-2 (+1 more wins, 453 games played, W8) on Sundays AWAY

33-18 (+15 more wins, 51 games played, W4) on Sundays in January

8-12 (-4 more wins, 20 games played, L2) on Sundays in January AWAY

43-23 (+20 more wins, 66 games played, W4) in January

8-16 (-8 more wins, 24 games played, L3) in January AWAY

414-300 (+114 more wins, 714 games played, W5) against AFC

171-180 (-9 more wins, 351 games played, W6) against AFC AWAY

65-58 (+7 more wins, 123 games played, W1) against AFC West

25-35 (-10 more wins, 60 games played, W1) against AFC West AWAY

The Patriots are at or above .500 for SIX of the 12 categories above! They have a winning streak for EIGHT of the 12 categories above! The combined winning and losing streak of the 12 categories above is W29!

The Patriots have a sum total for the summarized information of everything above of W89.

The Patriots could pick up loss #301 against the AFC all-time to honor Charlie Kirk who died at 31 years of age.

The Denver Broncos all-time won-lost records BEFORE POSTSEASON Conference Championship Round in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

532-475-10 (+57 more wins, 1,017 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON

319-184-7 (+135 more wins, 510 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON HOME

556-495-10 (+61 more wins, 1,061 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON

339-193-7 (+146 more wins, 539 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON HOME

24-20 (+4 more wins, 44 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON

20-9 (+11 more wins, 29 games played, W4) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON HOME

The Broncos have a combined winning and losing streak of W13 for the six categories above!

The Denver Broncos all-time won-lost records in the postseason before all games in the Conference Championship Round in the 2025-26 National Football League postseason!:

1-1 (+1 more wins, 2 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record on January 25th postseason

1-0 (+1 more wins, 1 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record on January 25th HOME postseason

18-15 (+3 more wins, 33 games played, L1) all-time won-lost record on Sundays postseason

14-7 (+7 more wins, 21 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record on Sundays HOME postseason

17-11 (+6 more wins, 28 games played, L1) all-time won-lost record on Sundays in January postseason

13-5 (+8 more wins, 18 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record on Sundays in January HOME postseason

21-14 (+7 more wins, 35 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record in January postseason

17-7 (+10 more wins, 24 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record in January HOME postseason

21-15 (+6 more wins, 36 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record against AFC postseason

18-5 (+13 more wins, 23 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record against AFC HOME postseason

7-3 (+4 more wins, 10 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record against AFC East postseason

7-0 (+7 more wins, 7 games played, W7) all-time won-lost record against AFC East HOME postseason

The Broncos are at or above a .500 winning percentage for TWELVE of the 12 categories above. The Broncos have a winning streak for TEN of the 12 categories above. The Broncos have a combined winning and losing streak for the 12 categories above of W21.

The Broncos summarized total for everything above is W56!

The Denver Broncos all-time regular season and postseason combined won-lost records before the Conference Championship Round of the postseason in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

1-1 (+0 more wins, 2 games played, W1) on January 25th

1-0 (+1 more wins, 1 games played, W1) on January 25th HOME

479-402-8 (+77 more wins, 889 games played, W1) on Sundays

293-165-6 (+128 more wins, 464 games played, W1) on Sundays HOME

23-22 (+1 more wins, 45 games played, W1) on Sundays in January

19-10 (+9 more wins, 29 games played, W3) on Sundays in January HOME

27-26 (+1 more wins, 53 games played, W2) in January

23-13 (+10 more wins, 36 games played, W4) in January HOME

389-301-4 (+88 more wins, 694 games played, W3) against AFC

236-112-4 (+124 more wins, 352 games played, W2) against AFC HOME

67-49-1 (+18 more wins, 117 games played, W2) against AFC East

40-17-1 (+23 more wins, 58 games played, W1) against AFC East HOME

The Broncos are at or above .500 for TWELVE of the 12 categories above! They have a winning streak for TWELVE of the 12 categories above! The combined winning and losing streak of the 12 categories above is W22!

The Broncos summarized total for everything above is W102!

Patriots 24-31 (-7 more wins, 55 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record against Broncos regular season and postseason

Patriots 12-21 (-9 more wins, 33 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record against Broncos AWAY regular season and postseason

The Patriots have never played against the Broncos on January 25th all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason.

The Patriots have never played against the Broncos AWAY on January 25th all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason.

The Patriots 16-25 (-9 more wins, 41 games played, W1) against the Broncos on Sundays all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Patriots 11-17 (-6 more wins, 28 games played, W3) against the Broncos on Sundays AWAY all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Patriots 0-3 (-3 more wins, 3 games played, L3) against Broncos on Sundays in January REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Patriots 0-3 (-3 more wins, 3 games played, L3) against Broncos on Sundays AWAY in January REGULAR SEASON and postseason

Patriots 1-4 (-3 more wins, 5 games played, L2) against Broncos all-time won-lost record in January

Patriots 0-4 (-4 more wins, 4 games played, L4) against Broncos all-time won-lost record in January AWAY.

The Patriots 0-2 (-2 more wins, 2 games played, L2) against the Broncos all-time in Conference Championship Round, according to Statmuse.com.

The Patriots 0-2 (-2 more wins, 2 games played, L2) against the Broncos all-time AWAY in Conference Championship Round, according to Statmuse.com.

The Patriots against the Broncos have a winning percentage at or above .500 for ZERO of the above twelve data points. The Patriots against the Broncos are currently on a winning streak for FOUR of the 12 data points listed above. The Patriots have a combined winning and losing streak against the Broncos of L8 based on all of the criteria after the 12 points criteria for each team.

The Patriots against the Broncos have a sum total for the summarized information in the previous three sentences alone of L4.

Predicted on Friday, January 23rd, 2026, at 6:09 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: New England Patriots

Prediction to lose: Denver Broncos

Results:

Who I expect to win: The Denver Broncos. I won't be surprised if the Patriots win though. The Broncos have more experience at the head coaching and starting quarterback positions to be honest than the Patriots do.

I may change the prediction for the Patriots-Broncos game right before game time so be sure to follow me on Gab at Gab.com/Evan_Troxel and on Telegram at t.me/Evan_Troxel for the most updated re-predictions and final predictions!

Sunday, January 25th, 2026

NFC Championship Game

#5 Los Angeles Rams at #1 Seattle Seahawks, 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX

The Los Angeles Rams all-time won-lost records BEFORE POSTSEASON Conference Championship Round in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

636-611-21 (+25 more wins, 1,268 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON

285-344-11 (-59 more wins, 640 games played, L2) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON AWAY

665-640-21 (+25 more wins, 1,326 games played, W3) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON

299-354-11 (-65 more wins, 674 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON AWAY

29-29 (+0 more wins, 58 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON

14-20 (-6 more wins, 34 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON AWAY

The Rams have a combined winning and losing streak of W8 for the six categories above!

The Los Angeles Rams all-time won-lost records in the postseason before all games in the Conference Championship Round in the 2025-26 National Football League postseason!:

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) all-time won-lost record on January 25th postseason

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) all-time won-lost record on January 25th AWAY postseason

20-19 (+1 more wins, 39 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record on Sundays postseason

10-14 (-4 more wins, 24 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record on Sundays AWAY postseason

11-8 (+3 more wins, 19 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record on Sundays in January postseason

6-6 (+0 more wins, 12 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record on Sundays in January AWAY postseason

18-12 (+6 more wins, 30 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record in January postseason

9-8 (+1 more wins, 17 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record in January AWAY postseason

24-20 (+4 more wins, 44 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record against NFC postseason

12-14 (-2 more wins, 26 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record against NFC AWAY postseason

4-2 (+2 more wins, 6 games played, W4) all-time won-lost record against NFC West postseason

2-2 (+0 more wins, 4 games played, W2) all-time won-lost record against NFC West AWAY postseason

The Rams are at or above a .500 winning percentage for EIGHT of the 12 categories above. The Rams have a winning streak for TEN of the 12 categories above. The Rams have a combined winning and losing streak for the 12 categories above of W18.

The Rams summarized total for everything above is W44!

The Los Angeles Rams all-time regular season and postseason combined won-lost records before the Conference Championship Round of the postseason in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th away

586-553-20 (+33 more wins, 1,159 games played, W4) on Sundays OK

265-321-11 (-56 more wins, 597 games played, W2) on Sundays away OK

20-18 (+2 more wins, 38 games played, W2) on Sundays in January OK

10-11 (-1 more wins, 21 games played, W1) on Sundays in January away OK

27-22 (+5 more wins, 49 games played, W3) in January w3 OK

13-13 (+0 more wins, 26 games played, W2) in January away w2 OK

354-344-5 (+10 more wins, 703 games played, W3) against NFC OK

160-191-3 (-31 more wins, 354 games played, W2) against NFC AWAY OK

182-169-3 (+13 more wins, 354 games played, W1) against NFC West OK

89-88-1 (+1 more wins, 178 games played, L1) against NFC West AWAY OK

The Rams are at or above .500 for SEVEN of the 12 categories above! They have a winning streak for NINE of the 12 categories above! The combined winning and losing streak of the 12 categories above is W19!

The Rams summarized total for everything above is W79!

The Seattle Seahawks all-time won-lost records BEFORE POSTSEASON Conference Championship Round in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

416-376-1 (+40 more wins, 793 games played, W7) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON

239-158 (+81 more wins, 397 games played, W5) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON HOME

434-395-1 (+39 more wins, 830 games played, W8) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON

252-162 (+90 more wins, 414 games played, W6) all-time won-lost record REGULAR SEASON and POSTSEASON HOME

18-19 (-1 more wins, 37 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON

13-4 (+9 more wins, 17 games played, W1) all-time won-lost record POSTSEASON HOME

The Seahawks have a combined winning and losing streak of W28 for the six categories above!

The Seattle Seahawks all-time postseason won-lost records before the Conference Championship Round of the postseason in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th HOME

7-11 (-4 more wins, 18 games played, L1) on Sundays

3-2 (+1 more wins, 5 games played, L1) on Sundays HOME

6-9 (-3 more wins, 15 games played, L1) on Sundays in January

3-1 (+2 more wins, 4 games played, W3) on Sundays in January HOME

14-15 (-1 more wins, 29 games played, W1) in January

11-3 (+8 more wins, 14 games played, W1) in January HOME

14-12 (+2 more wins, 26 games played, W1) against NFC

11-2 (+9 more wins, 13 games played, W1) against NFC HOME

2-3 (-1 more wins, 5 games played, W1) against NFC West

2-2 (+0 more wins, 4 games played, W1) against NFC West Home

The Seahawks are at or above .500 for SIX of the 12 categories above! They have a winning streak for SEVEN of the 12 categories above! The combined winning and losing streak of the 12 categories above is W6!

The Seahawks summarized total for everything above is W47!

The Seattle Seahawks all-time regular season and postseason combined won-lost records before the Conference Championship Round of the postseason in the 2025-26 National Football League season!:

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th

0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) on January 25th HOME

371-354-1 (+17 more wins, 726 games played, W5) on Sundays

208-142 (+66 more wins, 350 games played, W3) on Sundays HOME

19-14 (+5 more wins, 33 games played, W7) on Sundays in January

10-2 (+8 more wins, 12 games played, W6) on Sundays in January HOME

28-20 (+8 more wins, 48 games played, W4) in January

18-4 (+14 more wins, 22 games played, W4) in January HOME

229-185-1 (+44 more wins, 415 games played, W6) against NFC

126-83 (+43 more wins, 209 games played, W4) against NFC HOME

100-76-1 (+24 more wins, 177 games played, W3) against NFC West

55-36 (+19 more wins, 91 games played, W3) against NFC West Home

The Seahawks are at or above .500 for TEN of the 12 categories above! They have a winning streak for TEN of the 12 categories above! The combined winning and losing streak of the 12 categories above is W45!

The Seahawks have a sum total for the summarized information of everything above of W112.

Rams 28-29 (-1 more wins, 57 games played, L1) all-time won-lost record against Seahawks regular season and postseason

Rams 12-18 (-6 more wins, 30 games played, L1) all-time won-lost record against Seahawks AWAY regular season and postseason

The Rams have never played against the Seahawks on January 25th all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason.

The Rams have never played against the Seahawks AWAY on January 25th all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason.

The Rams 23-24 (-1 more wins, 47 games played, W1) against the Seahawks on Sundays all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Rams 8-14 (-6 more wins, 22 games played, W2) against the Seahawks on Sundays AWAY all-time REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Rams 0-3 (-3 more wins, 3 games played, L3) against Seahawks on Sundays in January REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Rams 0-2 (-2 more wins, 2 games played, L2) against Seahawks on Sundays AWAY in January REGULAR SEASON and postseason

Rams 2-3 (-1 more wins, 5 games played, L2) against Seahawks all-time won-lost record in January REGULAR SEASON and postseason

Rams 2-2 (+0 more wins, 4 games played, L1) against Seahawks all-time won-lost record in January AWAY REGULAR SEASON and postseason

The Rams 0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) against the Seahawks all-time in Conference Championship Round, according to Statmuse.com.

The Rams 0-0 (+0 more wins, 0 games played, ) against the Seahawks all-time AWAY in Conference Championship Round, according to Statmuse.com.

The Rams against the Seahawks have a winning percentage at or above .500 for ONE of the above twelve data points. The Rams against the Seahawks are currently on a winning streak for TWO of the 12 data points listed above. The Rams have a combined winning and losing streak against the Seahawks of L7 based on all of the criteria after the 12 points criteria for each team.

The Rams against the Seahawks have a sum total for the summarized information in the previous three sentences alone of L4.

Predicted on Friday, January 23rd, 2026, at 6:11 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Los Angeles Rams

Prediction to lose: Seattle Seahawks

Results:

Who I expect to win: Los Angeles Rams. The Seahawks are getting violated on Sunday.

My predictions before the playoffs started. Read about my Wild Card predictions this season here!

Divisional Round

#5 Houston Texans at #1 Denver Broncos

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 4:14 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Denver Broncos

Prediction to lose: Houston Texans

Results:

#6 Buffalo Bills at #2 New England Patriots

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: New England Patriots

Prediction to lose: Buffalo Bills

Results:

#7 Green Bay Packers at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 4:16 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Seattle Seahawks

Prediction to lose: Green Bay Packers

Results:

#6 San Francisco 49ers at #5 Los Angeles Rams

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Los Angeles Rams

Prediction to lose: San Francisco 49ers

Results:

Conference Championship Round

#5 Los Angeles Rams at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 4:23 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Seattle Seahawks

Prediction to lose: Los Angeles Rams

Results:

#2 New England Patriots at #1 Denver Broncos

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 6:16 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Denver Broncos

Prediction to lose: New England Patriots

Results:

Super Bowl LX

#1 Seattle Seahawks (NFC) at #1 Denver Broncos (AFC)

Predicted on Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 4:24 p.m. Eastern Time

Prediction to win: Denver Broncos

Prediction to lose: Seattle Seahawks

Results:

Those are all of my predictions for right now! Be sure to come back to this page for my re-predictions of my NFL original predictions for Postseason Week #3, the Conference Championship Round (and also to see how many wins and losses I actually get with my original predictions and my re-predictions for Postseason Week #3, the Conference Championship Round) and be sure to come back to this website for my predictions to win and lose for next week (and for every single week after that for the entire 2025-26 National Football League season or until as long as I want to keep making predictions)!

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