For each Super Bowl, the “home team” is assigned by the league; it does not depend on which team’s stadium is hosting the game.

How the home team is decided

  • The NFL alternates Super Bowl home/away designation by conference every year.
  • One year the AFC champion is the home team, the next year the NFC champion is, and so on.
  • This is set in advance and isn’t about record, seeding, or which stadium the game is played in.

What “home team” actually means in the Super Bowl

Being the designated home team mainly affects small but visible details:

  • Uniform choice (the home team picks jersey color; the other team wears the opposite).
  • Locker room assignment (they usually get the primary locker room in the stadium).
  • Sideline designation and some minor game-operations details, but not crowd split or ticket priority.

For the 2026 Super Bowl (Super Bowl LX)

  • Super Bowl LX will be played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, which is the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers.
  • The participating teams are the New England Patriots (AFC) and the Seattle Seahawks (NFC).
  • For this specific game, the home/away designation follows the usual AFC–NFC alternation, so one conference’s champion is the official home team even though neither is the 49ers.

In short: the “home team” in the Super Bowl is whichever conference is designated that year, not the team whose regular stadium is hosting the game.

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