Template:NFL seeds 1982
Under the special 16-team postseason "Super Bowl Tournament" used for the 1982 strike-shortened season, the top eight teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs, and were seeded 1–8, regardless of division. Like previous seasons, the NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system: in each conference during the first three rounds, the surviving club with the best seed hosted the lowest surviving seed. For Super Bowl XVII, the championship round of the playoffs, the designated home team was still based on the annual rotation by conference (NFC for this season).
| Playoff seeds | ||
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[{{{AFC 1}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 1}}}]] |
| 2 | [[{{{AFC 2}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 2}}}]] |
| 3 | [[{{{AFC 3}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 3}}}]] |
| 4 | [[{{{AFC 4}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 4}}}]] |
| 5 | [[{{{AFC 5}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 5}}}]] |
| 6 | [[{{{AFC 6}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 6}}}]] |
| 7 | [[{{{AFC 7}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 7}}}]] |
| 8 | [[{{{AFC 8}}}]] | [[{{{NFC 8}}}]] |