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 | |||
| Giants (2‑10) vs Patriots (10‑2) |
1 | Giants Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 71% | ||
| Patriots Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 72% | ||
| Broncos (9‑2) vs Commanders (3‑8) |
1 | Broncos Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 71% | ||
| Commanders Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 71% | ||