2025-03-04American Football

Super Bowl 2026: Date, location, logo, halftime show, predictions and defending champions

The 2024 NFL season came to a conclusion in New Orleans this month as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs to become Super Bowl LIX champions, ending the hopes of a three-peat for Patrick Mahomes and co. Here’s what to know about the next Super Bowl…

The NFL closed the curtain on the 2024 season in New Orleans as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs to become Super Bowl 59 champions. And with that, it's time to look ahead to Super Bowl 60! The NFL will stage the 60th edition of the Super Bowl on Sunday February 8 at Levi's Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, California.It will be the second time the Super Bowl has been played at Levi's Stadium following on from Super Bowl 50 in 2016 as the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10, and the third in the San Francisco Bay Area after the 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins 38-16 at Super Bowl XIX at the end of the 1984 campaign.

The Super Bowl has typically kicked off at 11.30pm UK time, with the half-time show usually around 1am.The Eagles enter the 2025 campaign as Super Bowl champions after dismantling the Chiefs 40-22 to deny Andy Reid's side a historic third straight title at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.Jalen Hurts starred as he won Super Bowl MVP after throwing for 221 yards and two touchdowns to AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith, while Philadelphia's No 1-ranked defense swarmed Mahomes with six sacks and 11 quarterback hits as well as intercepting him twice, including Cooper DeJean's first-half pick-six.Kansas City had won each of the last two Super Bowls with victories over the Eagles in 2023 before ousting the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas in 2024.It marked the Eagles' second Super Bowl win after they beat the New England Patriots at Super Bowl LII in 2018.Kendrick Lamar headlined the most-watched Super Bowl half-time show in history in New Orleans as 133.5m viewers tuned in to see the 22-time Grammy-winning rapper take aim at Drake, surpassing Michael Jackson's record of 133.4m in 1993.So who next?

Might the NFL offer Drake his right to reply amid one of the great modern day hip hop feuds? Could Taylor Swift finally take centre stage having become a prominent feature to the NFL landscape? Or maybe a star-studded country music ensemble in light of the genre's rise?Robbie Williams took to X in the aftermath of the Super Bowl to 'reveal' he had been asked to perform at half-time in San Francisco next season, only to later confirm it was a joke.The logo for Super Bowl LX features the iconic Golden Gate Bridge as well as giving a nod to the San Francisco Bay either side of the Lombardi Trophy.The Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers both lead the way with six Super Bowl victories apiece, New England famously winning three in four seasons from 2001-2004 followed by three more between 2014-2018.Of the NFL's 32 teams, 12 have never won a Super Bowl while the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars are the only four teams to have never even played in one.

The Chiefs have featured in five of the last six Super Bowls, winning three having also reached seven straight AFC Championship Games and won more games in a seven-year period than any team in NFL history.The New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars have been confirmed as the designated home teams for the three NFL London games in 2025. The Jets will play in the UK for the second successive year and for the fourth time overall after suffering a 23-17 defeat to the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last October. Cleveland return for their second London game in franchise history after losing 33-16 to the Vikings at Twickenham back in 2017, while the Jags will visit the capital for a league-leading 14th time after playing back-to-back games overseas for two years running.Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will feature games with the Jets and Browns, while Jacksonville are back at Wembley for the 10th time.The NFL's international schedule will also expand again as the Miami Dolphins play in the first ever game in Madrid, Spain at the Santiago Bernabeu, while the historic Croke Park will welcome the first ever regular season game to be played in Dublin, Ireland.Saquon Barkley will spearhead Philadelphia's Super Bowl defense after serving as the missing piece to Nick Sirianni's side in 2024 by posting the most single-season rushing yards (including playoffs) in NFL history after arriving in free agency from the New York Giants.Despite a disappointing Super Bowl performance, three-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes returns as the focal point to Kansas City in their bid to make amends after falling short of the three-peat.

He endured the least prolific campaign of his career as a starter in the NFL last season, but remains the most gifted quarterback of his generation with three rings before the age of 30.Josh Allen enters as the reigning NFL MVP as he looks to lead the Buffalo Bills to a long-awaited return to the Super Bowl, while Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens and Comeback Player of the Year Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals are also firmly in the Championship hunt amid a wide-open AFC. Jayden Daniels also returns as an MVP threat as he spearheads a new era of contention for the Washington Commanders after reaching the NFC Championship Game and winning Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished third in scrimmage yards last season with 1,929 as a star component to the Detroit Lions offense, Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase led the NFL with 127 catches and 1,708 and 17 touchdowns and stars of the future emerged in New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers, Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Brian Thomas Jr and Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, the latter of whom broke the single-season rookie record for catches and single-season receiving yards record for a rookie tight end.Edge rusher Myles Garrett looms as one of the fascinating offseason storylines after requesting a trade from the Cleveland Browns, Micah Parsons will be among the leading contenders for Defensive Player of the Year as the heartbeat of the Dallas Cowboys and Aidan Hutchinson is primed to return from injury for the Lions.The league also prepares to welcome news face at the 2025 NFL Draft, headlined by quarterbacks Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders, Heisman Trophy-winning wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter and running back Ashton Jeanty.Stay up-to-date with the latest NFL news, results, highlights and features across the 2025 campaign on the Sky Sports website and Sky Sports social media channels.