No. 1 vs. No. 1 was the Super Bowl matchup six times before the playoff field expanded to 12 teams (six from each conference) during the 1990 season:
Here are the seven times it happened before the NFL expanded the playoffs to 14 teams starting with the 2021 season:
During the 2022 playoffs, both the No. 1 Packers and No. 1 Titans lost in the divisional round. That made it 28.1 percent of top seeds (18 of 64) failing to win a playoff game since 1990. Another 21.9 percent of top seeds (14 of 64) lost in the conference championship round. How many No. 1 seeds have won the Super Bowl?Going back to 1975, 52 percent of No. 1 seeds (25 of 48) have won the Super Bowl. Of those 25 teams, 16 have represented the NFC and nine have represented the AFC. The last NFC No. 1 seed to win the Super Bowl was the 2017 Eagles.The last AFC No. 1 seed to win the Super Bowl was the 2016 Patriots. No. 2 seeds have won the Super Bowl 10 times in all, the last being the Chiefs in Super Bowl 54 after the 2019 season. |
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Here is a percentage breakdown by seed:
#1 Seed – 52.2%
#2 Seed – 21.3%
#3 Seed – 4.3%
#4 Seed – 12.8%
#5 Seed – 4.3%
#6 Seed – 4.3%