NFL · 2026
Carolina PanthersNFC South - .000 pct vSun 25 Oct, 1:00 PM EDT Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South - .000 pct
Match resultCarolina 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 17 points in the Playoffs race.
Carolina Panthers
Playoffs32%
Division21%
Conferenceseason odds1%
Byeseason odds2%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs34%
Division22%
Conferenceseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
Carolina winPlayoffsCarolina Panthers32%21%▼ -11Tampa Bay Buccaneers34%20%▼ -14
TiePlayoffsCarolina Panthers32%16%▼ -16Tampa Bay Buccaneers34%22%▼ -12
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsCarolina Panthers32%9%▼ -23Tampa Bay Buccaneers34%37%▲ +3
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0AtlantaDivision34%0-0-0.000-0-0-0Tampa BayDivision22%0-0-0.000-0-0-0CarolinaDivision21%0-0-0.000-The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify