NFL · 2026
Chicago Bears2nd NFC North - .750 pct vSun 8 Nov, 8:20 PM EST Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct
Match resultChicago 78%Tie <1%Tampa Bay 21%
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 17 points in the Playoffs race.
Chicago Bears
Playoffs59%
Division22%
Conferenceseason odds9%
Super Bowlseason odds5%
Byeseason odds8%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
Chicago winPlayoffsChicago Bears59%78%▲ +19Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%<1%▼ -9
TiePlayoffsChicago Bears59%62%▲ +3Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%1%▼ -8
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsChicago Bears59%60%▲ +1Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%1%▼ -8
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
1MinnesotaDivision55%4-0-01.000-2ChicagoDivision22%3-1-0.75013DetroitDivision13%2-2-0.5002NFC 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
3ChicagoPlayoffs59%3-1-0.7507CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000