NFL 2026 · Regular season Week 15
What does Cowboys vs Rams change in the NFL playoff race?
Sun, Dec 20, 2026 · 4:25 PM ET (Dec 21, 06:25 KST)SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
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
- RamsTragic 8→7
- CowboysNFC #13→#10 seed
- BuccaneersNFC #10→#11 seed
- FalconsNFC #11→#12 seed
- CardinalsNFC #12→#13 seed
Rams win
- CowboysNFC #13→#14 seedTragic 8→7
4 more teams
- LionsTragic -→10
- BearsTragic -→10
- PackersTragic -→9
- CommandersNFC #14→#13 seed
Tie
- CowboysNFC #13→#10 seedTragic 8→7
- BuccaneersNFC #10→#11 seed
- FalconsNFC #11→#12 seed
- CardinalsNFC #12→#13 seed
Both teams going in
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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- 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.
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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic numbers, tragic numbers and seeds are computed by this site.