By Jacob Camenker
Publication Date: 2026-01-13 17:54:00
Jan. 13, 2026, 12:54 p.m. ET
Just eight teams remain in the hunt for Super Bowl 60. The race for the Lombardi Trophy remains as wide-open as every, with a clear favorite yet to emerge during the 2025 NFL playoffs.
The NFL’s wild-card weekend showed just how little separation there is among most of the league’s playoff teams. The first four games were all decided by one possession while the latter two were one-possession games in the fourth quarter before the victors pulled away.
How might these results impact the outlook of the NFL’s playoff bracket? USA TODAY Sports continued its experiment with Microsoft Copilot AI to get the chatbot’s perspective on the league’s playoff picture.
USA TODAY Sports used a simple process to gather Copilot’s latest round of playoff predictions. The chatbot was asked to answer the following prompts:
- Can you predict the winner and score of all the NFL’s divisional round games for the 2025 NFL playoffs?
- Can you predict the winner and score of the AFC and NFC…
