NFL · 2026
New Orleans Saints3rd NFC South - .250 pct vSun 10 Jan, 1:00 PM EST Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct
Match resultNew Orleans 63%Tie <1%Tampa Bay 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 1% 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 5 points in the Playoffs race.
New Orleans Saints
Playoffs21%
Division15%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
New Orleans winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%12%▼ -9
TiePlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%12%▼ -9
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%7%▼ -14
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%2-2-0.500-3New OrleansDivision15%1-3-0.25014Tampa BayDivision7%0-4-0.0002The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50014New OrleansPlayoffs21%1-3-0.25016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000