NFL · 2026
New Orleans SaintsNFC South - .000 pct vSun 11 Oct, 1:00 PM EDT Minnesota VikingsNFC North - .000 pct
Match resultNew Orleans 37%Tie <1%Minnesota 62%
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 9% 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 20 points in the Playoffs race.
New Orleans Saints
Playoffs36%
Division24%
Conferenceseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
Minnesota Vikings
Playoffs54%
Division28%
Conferenceseason odds7%
Super Bowlseason odds3%
Byeseason odds8%
New Orleans winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints36%42%▲ +6Minnesota Vikings54%51%▼ -3
TiePlayoffsNew Orleans Saints36%31%▼ -5Minnesota Vikings54%58%▲ +4
Minnesota winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints36%24%▼ -12Minnesota Vikings54%71%▲ +17
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
0-0-0DetroitDivision28%0-0-0.000-0-0-0MinnesotaDivision28%0-0-0.000-0-0-0ChicagoDivision24%0-0-0.000-NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0AtlantaDivision34%0-0-0.000-0-0-0New OrleansDivision24%0-0-0.000-0-0-0Tampa BayDivision22%0-0-0.000-The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify