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 | |||
| Packers (9‑3) vs Lions (11‑1) |
36 | Packers Wins | 16% | 7% | <1% | X | 41% | 31% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Lions Wins | 8% | 2% | X | X | 66% | 21% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Vikings (10‑2) vs Falcons (6‑6) |
34 | Vikings Wins | 11% | 3% | <1% | X | 61% | 23% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Falcons Wins | 2% | 6% | <1% | X | 56% | 27% | 8% | 1% | ||
| Panthers (3‑9) vs Eagles (10‑2) |
6 | Panthers Wins | 12% | 1% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Eagles Wins | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 23% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Raiders (2‑10) vs Buccaneers (6‑6) |
1 | Raiders Wins | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 10% | 3% | <1% | X | 60% | 23% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Bears (4‑8) vs Forty-Niners49'ers (5‑7) |
1 | Bears Wins | 10% | 3% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Forty-Niners49'ers Wins | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Cardinals (6‑6) vs Seahawks (7‑5) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | 10% | 3% | X | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Rams (6‑6) vs Bills (10‑2) |
0 | Rams Wins | 10% | 3% | <1% | X | 59% | 23% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Bills Wins | 10% | 3% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Cowboys (5‑7) vs Bengals (4‑8) |
0 | Cowboys Wins | 10% | 3% | <1% | X | 60% | 23% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Bengals Wins | 9% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Giants (2‑10) vs Saints (4‑8) |
0 | Giants Wins | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Saints Wins | 10% | 4% | <1% | X | 59% | 24% | 3% | <1% | ||