NFL · 2026
Carolina Panthers1st NFC South - .500 pct vSun 3 Jan, 1:00 PM EST Seattle Seahawks2nd NFC West - .750 pct
Match resultCarolina 41%Tie <1%Seattle 58%
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 11% 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 22 points in the Playoffs race.
Carolina Panthers
Playoffs47%
Division38%
Conferenceseason odds3%
Super Bowlseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
Seattle Seahawks
Playoffs66%
Division32%
Conferenceseason odds14%
Super Bowlseason odds8%
Byeseason odds12%
Carolina winPlayoffsCarolina Panthers47%66%▲ +19Seattle Seahawks66%77%▲ +11
TiePlayoffsCarolina Panthers47%48%▲ +1Seattle Seahawks66%82%▲ +16
Seattle winPlayoffsCarolina Panthers47%44%▼ -3Seattle Seahawks66%90%▲ +24
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
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-3New OrleansDivision15%1-3-0.2501NFC West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
149ersDivision51%4-0-01.000-2SeattleDivision32%3-1-0.75013RamsDivision15%2-2-0.5002The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
5SeattlePlayoffs66%3-1-0.7507CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.500