A trip to Super Bowl LX will be on the line Sunday with both the AFC and NFC Championship Games. In the AFC, Drake Maye and the New England Patriots take on backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham and the Denver Broncos, after Bo Nix had his season come to an end with an ankle injury. In the NFC, Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will battle Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks. New England enters the AFC title game as a 3.5-point favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook after opening as 5.5-point favorites. Seattle, meanwhile, is a 2.5-point home favorite for the NFC Championship, with the total at 46.5. The Seahawks won’t have running back Zach Charbonnet (knee) for the rest of the NFL playoffs.
Denver and New England are the top two seeds in the AFC, and the Broncos are tied for being the biggest home underdog in conference championship game history. The Rams and Seahawks split a pair of games this season both straight up and against the spread. Who should you consider for the conference championship game NFL bets and playoff predictions? Before making any 2026 NFL championship game picks or NFL score predictions, you need to see the NFL against the spread, over/under and money line predictions powered by the self-learning SportsLine AI.
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After analyzing both championship games, SportsLine AI says the Under 46.5 (-110) will hit in a tight, low-scoring matchup between the Rams and Seahawks on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Defense has been the calling card for the Seahawks, while the Rams have held their own. Seattle had the sixth-best defense in the league, giving up 285.6 yards per game and a league-low 17.2 points per game. The Rams, meanwhile, allowed just 20.4 points, 10th-best in the league. Their respective divisional games both went under, and each of Seattle’s last three contests have gone under.
SportsLine AI is projecting the Under to hit, projecting 43.6 total points, and is a B-rated pick. See its other 2026 NFL championship game football predictions and football picks at SportsLine, and bet the Under at DraftKings here:
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