The home teams will be the surviving playoff winners with the highest seeds. A Wild Card team cannot play host unless two Wild Card teams are in the game, in which case the Wild Card team that was seeded highest in the first round of the playoffs will be the home team.

Sunday, January 22, 2012                American Football Conference

                                                            Pittsburgh (14-4-0) at New England (17-0-0)

                                                            National Football Conference

                                                            New Orleans (15-3-0) at San Francisco (17-0-0)