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 (3‑2) vs Eagles (4‑2) |
38 | Vikings Wins | 6% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Eagles Wins | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 62% | ||
| Cardinals (2‑4) vs Packers (3‑1‑1) |
6 | Cardinals Wins | 5% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Packers Wins | 5% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 55% | ||
| Saints (1‑5) vs Bears (3‑2) |
3 | Saints Wins | 5% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Bears Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Lions (4‑2) vs Buccaneers (5‑1) |
3 | Lions Wins | 6% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Jets (0‑6) vs Panthers (3‑3) |
3 | Jets Wins | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Texans (2‑3) vs Seahawks (4‑2) |
2 | Texans Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Commanders (3‑3) vs Cowboys (2‑3‑1) |
2 | Commanders Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Falcons (3‑2) vs Forty-Niners49ers (4‑2) |
1 | Falcons Wins | 6% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Jaguars (4‑2) vs Rams (4‑2) |
0 | Jaguars Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Rams Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Broncos (4‑2) vs Giants (2‑4) |
0 | Broncos Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Giants Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||