Broncos clinch AFC top seed ahead of Patriots
Bears & Eagles are NFC's second & third seeds despite losing
Tennessee Titans 7-0 Jacksonville Jaguars
Image source, ReutersTitans quarterback Cam Ward dives over for a seven-yard touchdown run. But it may have come at a cost as the first overall draft pick has left the field in Jacksonville after being looked at by the training staff.
Dallas Cowboys 0-3 New York Giants
Ben Sauls converts from 45 yards to give the Giants the lead against the Cowboys.
New Orleans Saints 0-0 Atlanta Falcons
And just like that the Saints have the ball back!
The Falcons get down to the Saints 12-yard line, but veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins' pass to Kyle Pitts is picked off by Carl Granderson.
The Saints will begin their second possession of the day from their own 14-yard line.
Indianapolis Colts 7-3 Houston Texans
Wow! What a start for Riley Leonard in his first career NFL start as he hits Alec Pierce for a 66-yard touchdown bomb to put the Colts ahead.
That pass from the rookie quarterback went 43 yards deep and sliced through a Texans defence that has been the best in the league all season. Impressive stuff.
New Orleans Saints 0-0 Atlanta Falcons
The Saints' first possession ends with a fumble on the first play.
Tyler Shough completes a 19-yard pass to Juwan Johnson, but the receiver fumbles and Atlanta recover.
Green Bay Packers 0-3 Minnesota Vikings
Will Reichard nails a 43-yard field goal to give the Minnesota Vikings an early lead against Green Bay.
Indianapolis Colts 0-3 Houston Texans
First points of the night on the board as Ka'imi Fairbairn converts a 51-yard field goal.
New Orleans Saints 0-0 Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons begin with a three-and-out, with quarterback Kirk Cousins sacked at the Falcons 23-yard line.
The Saints return the punt to their own 19-yard line.
Tennessee Titans 0-0 Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jags get the ball first but on the very first play of the game Trevor Lawrence is taken down by Jeffery Simmons for a sack.
That's the great thing about division games in week 18 - these teams generally do not like each other at all so love to play spoiler. The Titans will be at full throttle tonight.
The final NFL Sunday of the regular season is up and running!
New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons (18:00 GMT)
Atlanta's Bijan Robinson could be crucial to who wins the NFC South.
The dual-purpose running back continued his fine season last Monday - in the NFL's final game of 2025 - racking up a total of 229 yards from scrimmage in the Falcons' 27-24 win over the Los Angeles Rams, which included a 93-yard touchdown run.
That took Robinson to 2,255 scrimmage yards for the season, breaking Atlanta's franchise record. In his third season in the NFL, the 23-year-old has established himself as the Falcons' biggest offensive threat and needs 12 more rushing yards today to pass his previous best for a season (1,456).
Image source, Getty ImagesAFC South rivals Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston have already clinched play-off berths, but only one can win the division. The other will take one of the three AFC wildcard spots.
If the Jaguars beat the 3-13 Tennessee Titans today then they will win the division.
With the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos in action later, the Jags would remain in the hunt for the number one seed in the AFC.
For the in-form Texans to clinch the AFC South, they need to beat the Indianapolis Colts and hope the Jags lose.
New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons (18:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesNeither the New Orleans Saints nor the Atlanta Falcons can reach the play-offs, but their match-up today will decide which of their divisional rivals does.
A Saints win would see the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) pip the Carolina Panthers (8-9) to the NFC South title because of their superior record against 'common opponents'.
A Falcons win would also see them finish with an 8-9 record.
However, in the event of a three-way tie, the Panthers would nick the division because of their superior head-to-head record between the three teams.
Easy peasy, right?
Seattle Seahawks 13-3 San Francisco 49ers
The top seed in the National Football Conference has already been decided.
The Seattle Seahawks won last night's decider at divisional rivals San Francisco to secure the NFC West title and finish the regular season with a 14-3 record.
Seattle's seventh straight win means that the Seahawks will have the best record in the NFC - regardless of what happens tonight - so they will get a first-round bye and home advantage throughout the play-offs.
There are still two play-off spots up for grabs on the final day of the NFL's regular season but heading into week 18, there was plenty more to be decided, including both top seeds and four division titles.
Click above for a recap of how the situation was heading into the first weekend of 2026, before the Seattle Seahawks won a straight-up fight with San Francisco to win the NFC West and claim top spot in the National Football Conference.
Today we'll discover whether the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the Carolina Panthers secure the NFC South after the Bucs beat the Panthers last night to keep their hopes alive.
The AFC South title is between Jacksonville and Houston, while Jacksonville, Denver and New England all have a chance of clinching the top seed in the American Football Conference.
Then in the final game of the regular season later, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens renew their fierce rivalry for the AFC North spot with a winner-takes-all clash.
All kick-off times GMT
Early games (18:00)
Late games (21:25)
Image source, Getty ImagesThis is it NFL fans, the final day of the regular season and although we have just two play-off spots up for grabs there's a bucket load still to be decided.
Top spot in the AFC is up for grabs with the Broncos, Patriots and Jaguars all in the running, while Jacksonville also need to look over their shoulders as the Texans could still pinch the division.
The Saints and Falcons will decide who goes through in the NFC South - funnily enough it will be neither of those two but either the Panthers or Buccaneers.
And the 272nd and final game of the regular season is a huge one as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens battle it out for the one remaining play-off spot as AFC North winners.
So strap in, this could be a wild ride tonight.
