{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | American Football Conference
! colspan="6" | 2005-06 National Football League playoffs
! colspan="4" | National Football Conference
|-
! colspan="2" | Wild card playoffs
! colspan="2" | Divisional playoffs
! colspan="2" | Championship
! colspan="2" | [[Super Bowl XL]]
! colspan="2" | Championship
! colspan="2" | Divisional playoffs
! colspan="2" | Wild card playoffs
|-
| (6) '''[[Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh]]''' || 31
| colspan="4" |
| colspan="2" align="center" | '''Champion'''
| colspan="4" |
| (5) '''[[Carolina Panthers|Carolina]]''' || 23
|-
| (3) [[Cincinnati Bengals|Cincinnati]] || 17
| (6) '''[[Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh]]''' || 21
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''Super Bowl winner''
| colspan="2" |
| (5) '''[[Carolina Panthers|Carolina]]''' || 29
| (4) [[New York Giants|NY Giants]] || 0
|-
| colspan="2" |
| (1) [[Indianapolis Colts|Indianapolis]] || 18
| (6) [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh]] || --
| colspan="2" |
| (5) [[Carolina Panthers|Carolina]] || --
| (2) [[Chicago Bears|Chicago]] || 21
| colspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="6" |
| ''NFC Champion'' ||
| colspan="6" |
|-
| colspan="6" |
| ''AFC Champion'' ||
| colspan="6" |
|-
| colspan="2" |
| (4) [[New England Patriots|New England]] || 13
| (2) [[Denver Broncos|Denver]] || --
| colspan="2" |
| (1) [[Seattle Seahawks|Seattle]] || --
| (6) [[Washington Redskins|Washington]] || 10
| colspan="2" |
|-
| (5) [[Jacksonville Jaguars|Jacksonville]] || 3
| (2) '''[[Denver Broncos|Denver]]''' || 27
| colspan="6" |
| (1) '''[[Seattle Seahawks|Seattle]]''' || 20
| (6) '''[[Washington Redskins|Washington]]''' || 17
|-
| (4) '''[[New England Patriots|New England]]''' || 28
| colspan="10" |
| (3) [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers|Tampa Bay]] || 10
|}
