The Most Important Games for the Cowboys are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cowboys final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Cowboys fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Cowboys Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Cowboys (5‑5‑1) vs Chiefs (6‑5) |
19 | Cowboys Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 7% | 13% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Browns (3‑8) vs Forty-Niners49ers (8‑4) |
3 | Browns Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 10% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Vikings (4‑7) vs Seahawks (8‑3) |
2 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 10% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Bears (8‑3) vs Eagles (8‑3) |
1 | Bears Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Eagles Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 81% | ||
| Lions (7‑4) vs Packers (7‑3‑1) |
1 | Lions Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 10% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Packers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Rams (9‑2) vs Panthers (6‑6) |
1 | Rams Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Panthers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Patriots (10‑2) vs Giants (2‑10) |
1 | Patriots Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Giants Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑8) vs Buccaneers (6‑5) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 81% | ||
| Commanders (3‑8) vs Broncos (9‑2) |
0 | Commanders Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Broncos Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Jets (2‑9) vs Falcons (4‑7) |
0 | Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Saints (2‑9) vs Dolphins (4‑7) |
0 | Saints Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 81% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 81% | ||