When is Super Bowl 60? What to know about NFL's 2026 championship game

The 2025 NFL season won't begin until September, but fans are already starting to look forward to some of the marquee matchups on its schedule.
How far ahead will they look? Some starry-eyed fans may circle Super Bowl 60 on the calendar if they believe their favorite team is shaping itself into a contender.
Not every one of the NFL's 32 clubs looks like legitimate Super Bowl contenders. After watching the Washington Commanders go from the NFL's second-worst team in 2023 to the NFC championship game last season, plenty of fans will be dreaming of a similar turnaround for their squads.
NFL fans still have a long wait before figuring out which teams will participate in the Super Bowl. That will give them time to dream about their favorite squad making a championship run.
Here's what to know about Super Bowl 60, including when and where it will be played.
When is Super Bowl 60?
- Date: Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026
- Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
The Super Bowl will be held on the second Sunday in February, as it has been since the league shifted to a 17-game schedule for the 2021 NFL season.
Where is Super Bowl 60?
- Venue: Levi's Stadium
- Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, will host the Super Bowl in 2026. It will mark the second time the stadium – which opened in 2014 – will serve as the venue for the Big Game.
The first Levi's Stadium Super Bowl was contested in 2016 when the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Peyton Manning's final NFL game.
Who will broadcast Super Bowl 60?
- TV channel: NBC
NBC owns the broadcast rights to Super Bowl 60. That puts the network's "Sunday Night Football" crew of play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico, game analyst Cris Collinsworth and sideline reporter Melissa Stark in line to call the game.