The Most Important Games for the Vikings are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Vikings final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Vikings fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Vikings 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 | |||
| Vikings (4‑6) vs Packers (6‑3‑1) |
15 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Packers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 96% | ||
| Steelers (6‑4) vs Bears (7‑3) |
2 | Steelers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Bears Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 92% | ||
| Giants (2‑9) vs Lions (6‑4) |
2 | Giants Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 89% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Lions Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 91% | ||
| Rams (8‑2) vs Buccaneers (6‑4) |
1 | Rams Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 91% | ||
| Titans (1‑9) vs Seahawks (7‑3) |
1 | Titans Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Saints (2‑8) vs Falcons (3‑7) |
0 | Saints Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑7) vs Jaguars (6‑4) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Cowboys (4‑5‑1) vs Eagles (8‑2) |
0 | Cowboys Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Eagles Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Panthers (6‑5) vs Forty-Niners49ers (7‑4) |
0 | Panthers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 91% | ||