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NFL 2026 · Regular season Week 11

What does Bengals vs Commanders change in the NFL playoff race?

Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

5-2

8:15 PM ET

Scheduled

Commanders

Washington Commanders

2-4-1

Mon, Nov 23, 2026 · 8:15 PM ET (Nov 24, 10:15 KST)Northwest Stadium, Washington DC

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What's at stake

Current standings (120 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 32 teams in the AFC and NFC. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.

Bengals win

Commanders win

5 more teams

Tie

Both teams going in

TeamSeedMagicTragicDivision magic
BengalsAFC #6 seed · 5-261010-
CommandersNFC #14 seed · 2-4-114-8-

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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Local date

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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 →
Bengals playoff scenarios →Commanders playoff scenarios → NFL schedule & results Playoff seeds Magic numbersNFL standings & scenarios →

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