NFL · 2026
Cincinnati Bengals4th AFC North - .500 pct vSun 29 Nov, 1:00 PM EST New Orleans Saints3rd NFC South - .250 pct
Match resultCincinnati 63%Tie <1%New Orleans 36%
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 6% 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.
Cincinnati Bengals
Playoffs38%
Division15%
Conferenceseason odds2%
Byeseason odds3%
New Orleans Saints
Playoffs21%
Division15%
Cincinnati winPlayoffsCincinnati Bengals38%39%▲ +1New Orleans Saints21%7%▼ -14
TiePlayoffsCincinnati Bengals38%26%▼ -12New Orleans Saints21%14%▼ -7
New Orleans winPlayoffsCincinnati Bengals38%20%▼ -18New Orleans Saints21%15%▼ -6
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%3-1-0.750-4CincinnatiDivision15%2-2-0.5001NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-3New OrleansDivision15%1-3-0.2501The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.50011CincinnatiPlayoffs38%2-2-0.500The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50014New OrleansPlayoffs21%1-3-0.250