NFL · 2026
Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct vSun 18 Oct, 1:00 PM EDT Pittsburgh Steelers3rd AFC North - .500 pct
Match resultTampa Bay 38%Tie <1%Pittsburgh 61%
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 5% 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 19 points in the Playoffs race.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
Pittsburgh Steelers
Playoffs46%
Division19%
Conferenceseason odds5%
Super Bowlseason odds2%
Byeseason odds4%
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsPittsburgh Steelers46%35%▼ -11
TiePlayoffsPittsburgh Steelers46%45%▼ -1
Pittsburgh winPlayoffsPittsburgh Steelers46%54%▲ +8
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1ClevelandDivision34%3-1-0.750-2BaltimoreDivision32%3-1-0.750-3PittsburghDivision19%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 AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.5009PittsburghPlayoffs46%2-2-0.500The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000