Magic Number.
NFL · 2026

Baltimore Ravens2nd AFC North - .750 pct vSun 13 Dec, 1:00 PM EST Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct

Match resultBaltimore 75%Tie <1%Tampa Bay 24%

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 19 points in the Playoffs race.

Baltimore Ravens
Playoffs61%
Division32%
Conferenceseason odds8%
Super Bowlseason odds4%
Byeseason odds10%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
Baltimore winPlayoffsBaltimore Ravens61%72%▲ +11Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%<1%▼ -9
TiePlayoffsBaltimore Ravens61%58%▼ -3Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%<1%▼ -9
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsBaltimore Ravens61%53%▼ -8Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%1%▼ -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%2-2-0.5001

NFC South · winner qualifies direct

DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-4Tampa BayDivision7%0-4-0.0002

The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify

PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
6BaltimorePlayoffs61%3-1-0.7507New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500
Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.500

The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify

PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500
Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000