Week 17 is in the books for the NFL, and while some teams helped their playoff hopes, two divisions will come down to the final game in Week 18 after key losses.

The Buccaneers will host the Carolina Panthers in a true winner-take-all game with the NFC South title on the line, scheduled for kickoff on Saturday at 4:30 p.m on ESPN. Tampa Bay enters the final week of the regular season with everything riding on one last game.

The San Francisco 49ers forced a regular-season finale against the Seattle Seahawks where the winner will claim the NFC's No. 1 seed and the NFC West title. The New England Patriots secured the AFC East title with the Buffalos Bills' dramatic loss to the Eagles.

There's a not-so-flattering piece of history involved now. If the Bucs do, in fact, beat the Panthers and win the NFC South, they'll do it with the worst final nine games of any playoff team in the Super Bowl era. They'd be 2-7 in their last nine games, out-badding the 2010 Seahawks and 2020 Bears, both of whom went 3-6 on the way to the playoffs.

Tampa Bay and Carolina will do battle with the division crown on the line in Week 18, and their clash will be the first game on the NFL schedule, set for kickoff at 4:30 p.m. ET and to be broadcast by

The NFL announced kickoff time for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers in Week 18 with the NFC South Division Title on the line.

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The Panthers can clinch the NFC South today with a win and a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss, while the Seahawks are looking to close in on the NFC West and the No. 1 seed in the conference.