Sports NFL officially expands playoff field from 12 teams to 14 starting in 2020 season March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY Comments Off on NFL officially expands playoff field from 12 teams to 14 starting in 2020 season The NFL's postseason party just got a little bit bigger, as the league will now have 14 teams in the playoffs starting in the 2020 season.