The Most Important Games for the Cowboys are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cowboys final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Cowboys fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Cowboys 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 | |||
| Cowboys (6‑5‑1) vs Lions (7‑5) |
40 | Cowboys Wins | <1% | 1% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 17% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Lions Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 88% | ||
| Chargers (8‑4) vs Eagles (8‑4) |
12 | Chargers Wins | <1% | <1% | 7% | 6% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Eagles Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 78% | ||
| Falcons (4‑8) vs Seahawks (9‑3) |
4 | Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 77% | ||
| Bears (9‑3) vs Packers (8‑3‑1) |
2 | Bears Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Packers Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 78% | ||
| Vikings (4‑8) vs Commanders (3‑9) |
1 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Commanders Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑9) vs Rams (9‑3) |
1 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 11% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Rams Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Buccaneers (7‑5) vs Saints (2‑10) |
0 | Buccaneers Wins | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 76% | ||
| Saints Wins | <1% | <1% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 11% | 76% | ||