You may tune in on Sunday night thinking this is it, the Vince Lombardi Trophy has shown up, the teams have landed and we're ready to go.
Sponsors will have had their moments in the sun, uniform announcements have been made and the home team has been designated. Yes, a home team. On neutral ground. U-S-A.
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The Super Bowl 2026 home team will be the New England Patriots.
Home team selection is on a rotational basis between the NFC and AFC Champions. This year it's the AFC's turn to be at 'home'.
The Patriots get to choose which jersey to wear. They have chosen to wear their all-white away jersey, the first time they have ever done so in the Big Game.
Aside from aesthetics, the Patriots' second bonus is that they will select heads or tails in the coin toss before the game, which effectively determines which team will take possession of the football first.
What is the Super Bowl home team curse?
The Super Bowl curse doesn't actually relate to the 'administrative' home team (in this case, the Patriots). Instead, the home team curse revolves around the Super Bowl stadium itself.
However, both teams went on to win the big game on their home turf and it appears the curse is broken...
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