NFL · 2026
New England PatriotsAFC East - .000 pct vSun 20 Sep, 1:00 PM EDT Pittsburgh SteelersAFC North - .000 pct
Match resultNew England 68%Tie <1%Pittsburgh 32%
What this game means
The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 7% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 17 points in the Division race.
New England Patriots
Playoffs67%
Division44%
Conferenceseason odds14%
Super Bowlseason odds7%
Byeseason odds11%
Pittsburgh Steelers
Playoffs57%
Division39%
Conferenceseason odds5%
Super Bowlseason odds2%
Byeseason odds8%
New England winDivisionNew England Patriots44%64%▲ +20Pittsburgh Steelers39%57%▲ +18
TieDivisionNew England Patriots44%49%▲ +5Pittsburgh Steelers39%58%▲ +19
Pittsburgh winDivisionNew England Patriots44%47%▲ +3Pittsburgh Steelers39%71%▲ +32
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0New EnglandDivision44%0-0-0.000-0-0-0BuffaloDivision39%0-0-0.000-0-0-0MiamiDivision13%0-0-0.000-AFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0PittsburghDivision39%0-0-0.000-0-0-0BaltimoreDivision29%0-0-0.000-0-0-0CincinnatiDivision17%0-0-0.000-The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify