-29.8points
Hender's Game
Now 45.0% to make the playoffs.
Season 2026, after week 2
6 of 10 make it; the top two get a first-round bye.
Odds from 10,000 simulated finishes of the remaining schedule, after week 2. Clinch and elimination are on wins alone until the last week is final; then the league's points-for tiebreak decides.
Playoff cut line
Teams are in seeding order, so the cut line sits where the bracket would be drawn today. Each row carries the odds now, the change since last week in points, and the week-by-week trend on the right. The magic number is the wins by that team and losses by the first team outside the line that together add up to a spot. Clinched and out are on wins alone until the last week is final; then the league's points-for tiebreak decides.
Biggest changes in playoff odds since last week, in points.
-29.8points
Now 45.0% to make the playoffs.
+18.4points
Now 84.4% to make the playoffs.
-17.7points
Now 19.9% to make the playoffs.
+16.9points
Now 94.2% to make the playoffs.
+14.1points
Now 87.7% to make the playoffs.
Odds are how often a team made the playoffs in 10,000 simulated finishes of the remaining schedule. They are not a prediction of any single game.
Each simulation plays every game left on the calendar. A team's scoring level comes from what it has actually put up this season, pulled part of the way toward the league average so one big week does not decide the season, and every score is given the same week-to-week bounce the league has shown in the past. Seeds are then sorted the way the league sorts them: wins first, then points scored.
Clinching and elimination are worked out separately, and only on wins, so a team is never declared in or out on a tiebreaker that has not been played.