The Super Bowl is headed back to Southern California. After a blowout in the Bay Area in February, the NFL’s big game is staying in-state with another familiar host in 2027. While we won’t know the exact matchup until Jan. 31 with the conference title games, there’s plenty about Super Bo wl LXI that we do know — including the date, host city, watch info and early favorites. Here’s what to know about Super Bowl 61: When is the Super Bowl in 2027? Super Bowl LXI will take place on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2027. Where is the 2027 Super Bowl taking place? The next Super Bowl will be held in Inglewood, California, home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. Super Bowl 61 host stadium SoFi Stadium will hold the Super Bowl for the second time in its history. The stadium first hosted the Super Bowl in February 2022, when the hometown Rams held off the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 to win Super Bowl LVI. SoFi Stadium just opened in 2020, but Los Angeles had hosted the Super Bowl seven times before the 2022 game. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted in 1967 and 1973, and the game was at the Rose Bowl in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987 and 1993. How to watch Super Bowl 2027 The 2027 Super Bowl will air on ESPN and ABC and stream on the ESPN app and Disney+. There will also be an alternate stream of the Manningcast on ESPN2. It will be the first time ABC airs the Super Bowl since 2006, and the first time ever that ESPN airs the game. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will be on the call for their seventh Super Bowl together after six previous games on FOX. Super Bowl 2027 favorites You don’t have to leave SoFi Stadium is find the Super Bowl LXI favorite. After adding Myles Garrett and Trent McDuffie to their defense over the offseason, the rich got richer when Aaron Donald announced his return to the Rams. Los Angeles has the reigning MVP in Matthew Stafford, an elite coach in Sean McVay and the one of the league’s top wideouts in Puka Nacua. It’s fair to call the Rams the overwhelming favorite to win the NFC. The top challenger in the NFC will likely be the defending champion Seattle Seahawks. Mike Macdonald’s squad could feel slightly disrespected with how much hype the Rams are getting, so they shouldn’t have any complacency going into the season. The Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers have legitimate arguments to contend with the NFC West powerhouses, but those rosters all have questions. In the AFC, the defending champion New England Patriots had a busy offseason to reload, adding A.J. Brown, Romeo Doubs and Kevin Byard. With Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson still in their primes, the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens should also be contenders to reach their first Super Bowls with the MVP quarterbacks. The Kansas City Chiefs will also be a team to watch after bottoming out last season before Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL. The AFC West is loaded, though, with the AFC finalist Denver Broncos still in the mix and hometown Chargers adding a new play-caller in Mike McDaniel. ...read more read less