The top seeds in the AFC and NFC have advanced to their respective conference championship games.
The Carolina Panthers looked very much like the No. 1 seed in the NFC when they hammered the Seattle Seahawks in the first half and built a 31-0 lead by the time the two teams went to the locker room at halftime. While they game almost all of that lead back by the end of the game, they were never in danger of losing to the two-time NFC Champions and they are clearly a dangerous team with likely MVP Cam Newton at quarterback.