It's the Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season. Here's how to watch, including time, TV channel and streaming info.

NFL Week 18 Saturday schedule, TV channel, time, how to watch, how to stream Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Carolina Panthers game on Jan. 3, 2026, today.

The NFL season continues in Week 17 when the Miami Dolphins host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Start time, how to watch, stream and NFL TV schedule.

The Week 18 NFL schedule begins with a crucial NFC South matchup on Saturday afternoon when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Carolina Panthers at 4:30 p.m. ET. Carolina can clinch the division title with a win or an Atlanta win over New Orleans on Sunday.

Case in point: Only the Green Bay Packers know which seed they'll carry into the postseason (No. 7 in the NFC). Every other team in the playoff picture has a chance to move somewhere—up, down or even out—before the curtains fall this weekend.

The NFL's Week 18 schedule is about to fall into place, but there's still some sorting out to be done in the penultimate week of the regular season.

Now that the Buccaneers have beaten the Panthers, Tampa needs New Orleans to beat Atlanta to win the NFC South. If it doesn’t, the Panthers will be the NFC South champs and host a wild-card game next weekend as the NFC’s No.

In the final game of the regular season, the Bucs will be playing for their playoff lives against the Panthers.