NFL · 2026
Dallas Cowboys3rd NFC East - .500 pct vThu 8 Oct, 8:15 PM EDT Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct
Match resultDallas 70%Tie <1%Tampa Bay 30%
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 4% 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 18 points in the Playoffs race.
Dallas Cowboys
Playoffs37%
Division24%
Conferenceseason odds3%
Super Bowlseason odds1%
Byeseason odds2%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
Dallas winPlayoffsDallas Cowboys37%43%▲ +6Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%1%▼ -8
TiePlayoffsDallas Cowboys37%28%▼ -9Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%2%▼ -7
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsDallas Cowboys37%26%▼ -11Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%2%▼ -7
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NFC East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1GiantsDivision34%3-1-0.750-2PhiladelphiaDivision33%2-2-0.50013DallasDivision24%2-2-0.5001NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-4Tampa BayDivision7%0-4-0.0002The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50012DallasPlayoffs37%2-2-0.50016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000