Facebook maps fan loyalties for this weekend's NFL playoff games

By David Broughton, Staff Writer

January 10, 2014 04:40 PM

More than 17.25 million U.S. Facebook users have liked a page for one of the 8 teams remaining in the NFL playoffs. By building county-by-county maps showing where these fans live, Facebook provided SBJ with a glimpse at how the loyalties of regions and states will be divided among those clubs this weekend.

Here's a look at the loyalty matchup between the Seahawks and the Saints. While the Seahawks (blue) have tremendous loyalty in the northwest, the Saints (gold) have more fans just about everywhere else:

Here's the fan loyalty matchup between the Patriots (red) and the Colts (blue).

Here's the fan loyalty matchup between the Chargers (yellow) and the Broncos (orange).

And here's the fan loyalty matchup between the 49ers (red) and the Panthers (blue).

To see a slideshow containing larger maps, click any image below.