NFL PLAYOFFS

FIRST ROUND

JAN. 5-6

AFC

* Kansas City (11-5) at Miami (12-4)

* Houston (9-7) at Cincinnati (9-7)

NOTE: Cincinnati, Houston, Pittsburgh and Seattle all finished with 9-7 records. Cincinnati was designated as the Central Division champion because it had the best intradivision record, 5-1. Houston gained the final AFC wild-card spot over Pittsburgh and Seattle because its conference record of 8-4 was the best of the three.

NFC

* Dallas (7-9) or New Orleans (7-8) at Chicago (11-5)

* Washington (10-6) at Philadelphia (10-6)

SECOND ROUND

JAN. 12-13

AFC

* First-round winner at Buffalo (13-3)

* First-round winner at Raiders (12-4)

NFC

* First-round winner at New York Giants (13-3)

* First-round winner at San Francisco (14-2)

CONFERENCE FINALS * JAN. 20 FOR AFC AND NFC

SUPER BOWL * JAN. 27 AT TAMPA, FLA.