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NFL 2026 · Regular season Week 13

What does Cowboys vs Seahawks change in the NFL playoff race?

Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

3-5

8:15 PM ET

Scheduled

Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

4-3

Mon, Dec 7, 2026 · 8:15 PM ET (Dec 8, 10:15 KST)Lumen Field, Seattle

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What's at stake

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

Cowboys win

8 more teams

Seahawks win

  • CowboysNFC #13→#14 seedTragic 8→7
4 more teams

Tie

  • CowboysNFC #13→#10 seedTragic 8→7
8 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamSeedMagicTragicDivision magic
CowboysNFC #13 seed · 3-513-8-
SeahawksNFC #8 seed · 4-38-9-

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.