NFL · 2026
Dallas CowboysNFC East - .000 pct vThu 8 Oct, 8:15 PM EDT Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South - .000 pct
Match resultDallas 58%Tie <1%Tampa Bay 42%
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 18 points in the Playoffs race.
Dallas Cowboys
Playoffs34%
Division21%
Conferenceseason odds1%
Byeseason odds2%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs34%
Division22%
Conferenceseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
Dallas winPlayoffsDallas Cowboys34%20%▼ -14Tampa Bay Buccaneers34%24%▼ -10
TiePlayoffsDallas Cowboys34%17%▼ -17Tampa Bay Buccaneers34%26%▼ -8
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsDallas Cowboys34%10%▼ -24Tampa Bay Buccaneers34%42%▲ +8
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
0-0-0PhiladelphiaDivision53%0-0-0.000-0-0-0DallasDivision21%0-0-0.000-0-0-0WashingtonDivision15%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