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NFL 2026 · Regular season Week 10

What does Panthers vs Saints change in the NFL playoff race?

Panthers

Carolina Panthers

3-4

1:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Saints

New Orleans Saints

2-5

Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 1:00 PM ET (Nov 16, 03:00 KST)Caesars Superdome, New Orleans

What's at stake

Current standings (120 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 16 NFC teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Panthers win

Saints win

Tie

  • PanthersMagic 10→9Tragic 10→-Division magic 10→9
  • SaintsTragic 9→8

Both teams going in

TeamSeedMagicTragicDivision magic
PanthersNFC #4 seed · 3-44101010
SaintsNFC #15 seed · 2-515-9-

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-7 seed (division magic: first place); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team in question (official tiebreakers such as head-to-head are not applied; equal records are ordered by BALLDONTLIE seed). How we calculate →

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Team records

Season records as listed by BALLDONTLIE.

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  • Seed — seven teams per conference (AFC, NFC) make the playoffs. The four division winners take seeds 1–4 whatever their records; the best three of the rest take seeds 5–7.
  • Wild card — seeds 5–7, earned on record without winning the division. Only the No. 1 seed skips the first round (the Wild Card round).
  • Tie — a regular-season game still level after a 10-minute overtime ends as a tie, counted as half a win in winning percentage.
How we calculate →

Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic numbers, tragic numbers and seeds are computed by this site.