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NFL - Week 1 of 18

Vikings What If?

The Vikings What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Vikings play future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Vikings What If?

Next Game - Falcons (0‑1)

  Resultant Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
  W L T 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
Win Next Game 2 0 0 13% 12% 10% 8% 8% 7% 6% 36%
Current Standings 1 0 0 12% 11% 9% 9% 7% 6% 6% 39%
Lose Next Game 1 1 0 6% 10% 10% 11% 6% 6% 6% 44%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  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
Best Case Scenario 15% 12% 10% 9% 7% 6% 6% 34%
Current Standings 12% 11% 9% 9% 7% 6% 6% 39%
Worst Case Scenario 6% 10% 10% 10% 7% 7% 6% 45%
Best Case Scenario
   Commanders beats Packers
   Saints beats Forty-Niners
   Vikings beats Falcons
Worst Case Scenario
   Packers beats Commanders
   Forty-Niners beats Saints
   Falcons beats Vikings
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won
Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games
Resultant Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
W L T 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
16 of 16 100% 17 0 0 98% 2% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
15 of 16 94% 16 1 0 85% 14% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^
14 of 16 88% 15 2 0 58% 36% 4% <1% 1% <1% ^ ^
13 of 16 81% 14 3 0 28% 46% 17% 2% 6% <1% <1% <1%
12 of 16 75% 13 4 0 8% 34% 32% 8% 15% 3% <1% <1%
11 of 16 69% 12 5 0 1% 13% 32% 20% 20% 12% 2% <1%
10 of 16 63% 11 6 0 <1% 3% 17% 26% 16% 25% 11% 3%
9 of 16 56% 10 7 0 <1% <1% 6% 23% 6% 21% 25% 19%
8 of 16 50% 9 8 0 <1% <1% 2% 15% 1% 8% 22% 52%
7 of 16 44% 8 9 0 <1% <1% <1% 7% <1% 1% 8% 84%
6 of 16 38% 7 10 0 <1% <1% <1% 2% <1% <1% 1% 97%
5 of 16 31% 6 11 0 X <1% <1% 1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
4 of 16 25% 5 12 0 X X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
3 of 16 19% 4 13 0 X X <1% <1% X X <1% >99%
2 of 16 13% 3 14 0 X X X X X X X 100%
1 of 16 6% 2 15 0 X X X X X X X 100%
0 of 16 0% 1 16 0 X X X X X X X 100%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • ** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs