NFL · 2026
3rd by playoff odds32 clubs

49ers

1st · 4-0-0
Playoffs80%
Magic number
The fewest of this club's own wins that alone would clinch a playoff place, no matter what every other result does.
11

Win the next 11 games and a playoff place is mathematically theirs, whatever every other result does.

Chances

The races beyond a playoff place, and where they finish.

Division51%
Bye25%
Conference23%
Super Bowl13%

1st in the table · 3rd by playoff odds.

NFC West finish
1st2nd3rd4th
1st · division winner

Most likely 1st. The division winner takes an automatic berth; everyone else chases 3 league-wide wild cards.

NFC finish
1st7th · playoff line16th

Most likely 1st. The top 7 in the conference make the playoffs.

Schedule

The next game, what follows it, and what already happened.

Upcoming

Full schedule13 to play

Season so far

Playoff odds after every published update. Dots mark the games with the biggest published swing; each opens its game record.

050100 Game on 20 Sep: 62% to 90%2026-08-032026-10-06

Paths

Every way the regular season can end, measured over 20,000 simulated seasons. The finishes are a complete split of it, so the bar is one whole; open a finish for what has to happen.

Reaches the postseason - stronger green is a better finishMisses it

Win the division with a first-round bye25%

49ers 13+ wins

Divisional Round
149ersHomeWild Card Round winner4 Giants or 5 Minnesota

Alongside it: Wild Card Round winner v Wild Card Round winner

How the table finishedthe middle season
The NFC table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 5,075. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubWLT
149ers1421
2Detroit1340
3Carolina1151
4Giants1160
5Minnesota1160
6Seattle1070
7Chicago1070
-Atlanta971
-Green Bay890
Win the division, host a Wild Card game26%

49ers 11+ wins

Wild Card Round
349ersHome6Detroit

Alongside it: 2 Philadelphia v 7 Minnesota · 4 Atlanta v 5 Washington

How the table finishedthe middle season
The NFC table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 5,188. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubWLT
1Chicago1430
2Philadelphia1430
349ers1241
4Atlanta980
5Washington1250
6Detroit1160
7Minnesota1160
-Seattle980
-Rams881
Wild Card berth, on the road29%

49ers 9.5+ wins

Wild Card Round
3GiantsHome649ers

Alongside it: 2 Minnesota v 7 Rams · 4 Atlanta v 5 Detroit

  1. 49% of this route

  2. 27% of this route

  3. 24% of this route

How the table finishedthe middle season
The NFC table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 2,862. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubWLT
1Seattle1340
2Minnesota1340
3Giants1340
4Atlanta1160
5Detroit1250
649ers1160
7Rams1070
-Carolina980
-Washington980
Miss the postseason20%

49ers under 10.5 wins

  1. 78% of this route

  2. 22% of this route

How the table finishedthe middle season
The NFC table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 3,057. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubWLT
1Carolina1520
2Seattle1160
3Giants1160
4Detroit1070
5Rams1160
6Washington1070
7Atlanta1070
-Green Bay1070
-Chicago971
-49ers890