The Most Important Games for the Panthers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Panthers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Panthers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Panthers 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 | |||
| Falcons (7‑9) vs Saints (6‑10) |
93 | Falcons Wins | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Saints Wins | X | X | X | 45% | X | X | X | 55% | ||
| Panthers (8‑8) vs Buccaneers (7‑9) |
57 | Panthers Wins | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | X | X | X | 66% | X | X | X | 34% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (12‑4) vs Seahawks (13‑3) |
0 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Giants (3‑13) vs Cowboys (7‑8‑1) |
0 | Giants Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Packers (9‑6‑1) vs Vikings (8‑8) |
0 | Packers Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Vikings Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Bears (11‑5) vs Lions (8‑8) |
0 | Bears Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Lions Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Eagles (11‑5) vs Commanders (4‑12) |
0 | Eagles Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Commanders Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Rams (11‑5) vs Cardinals (3‑13) |
0 | Rams Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||
| Cardinals Wins | X | X | X | 82% | X | X | X | 18% | ||