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 (0‑1) vs Commanders (0‑1) |
16 | Cowboys Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Commanders Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 80% | ||
| Rams (0‑1) vs Giants (1‑0) |
2 | Rams Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Giants Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 74% | ||
| Dolphins (0‑1) vs Forty-Niners49ers (1‑0) |
1 | Dolphins Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Browns (0‑1) vs Buccaneers (0‑1) |
0 | Browns Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Seahawks (1‑0) vs Cardinals (1‑0) |
0 | Seahawks Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 73% | ||
| Cardinals Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 74% | ||