NFL · 2026
New Orleans Saints3rd NFC South - .250 pct vSun 11 Oct, 1:00 PM EDT Minnesota Vikings1st NFC North - 1.000 pct
Match resultNew Orleans 33%Tie <1%Minnesota 67%
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 6% 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 14 points in the Division race.
New Orleans Saints
Playoffs21%
Division15%
Minnesota Vikings
Playoffs83%
Division55%
Conferenceseason odds22%
Super Bowlseason odds13%
Byeseason odds28%
New Orleans winDivisionNew Orleans Saints15%16%▲ +1Minnesota Vikings55%63%▲ +8
TieDivisionNew Orleans Saints15%16%▲ +1Minnesota Vikings55%73%▲ +18
Minnesota winDivisionNew Orleans Saints15%6%▼ -9Minnesota Vikings55%77%▲ +22
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1MinnesotaDivision55%4-0-01.000-2ChicagoDivision22%3-1-0.75013DetroitDivision13%2-2-0.5002NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-3New OrleansDivision15%1-3-0.2501The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
1MinnesotaPlayoffs83%4-0-01.0007CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50014New OrleansPlayoffs21%1-3-0.250