Have a Take a look at the Vikings’ Playoff Math Proper Now

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Every week, VikingsTerritory tracks the Minnesota Vikings’ odds of reaching the postseason, beginning with pre-Week 1 all the best way to Week 18.

Have a Take a look at the Vikings’ Playoff Math Proper Now

Varied likelihood sources are tracked and centralized in a single spot for reference.

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That is the Vikings’ likelihood meter after the Week 14 win over the Atlanta Falcons. All playoff math is offered by DVOA.

Miss Playoffs Altogether0.1%

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This may require a colossal collapse — Minnesota shedding its subsequent 4 video games and both the Los Angeles Rams or Seattle Seahawks working the desk.

Yeah, not taking place.

Win NFC North, However Not No. 1 Seed2.5%

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On this state of affairs, Minnesota would catch the Lions from behind for the NFC North crown, however the Philadelphia Eagles would end the season with the identical file (or higher) as Minnesota and take the No. 1 seed.

Oddsmakers mainly don’t imagine the Vikings can catch as much as the Lions.

Clinch Homefield Benefit All through (No. 1 Seed)6.2%

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That is the Holy Grail plan.

Enter Week 18 with the identical file because the Lions. Beat the Lions. Earn homefield benefit all through.

If one assumes Minnesota can win its remaining 4 video games, Detroit should lose no less than one sport for this one to play out.

Earn the No. 6 Seed = 25.4%

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Right here, Minnesota would doubtless lose this Monday night time to the Chicago Bears, the next week at Seattle, and once more at house versus the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

The cheese group would leapfrog Minnesota, seizing the No. 5 seed and leaving the Vikings to battle the Washington Commanders for sixth place within the convention.

Earn No. 5 Seed 62.1%

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Minnesota has a two-game cushion on the Packers via 14 weeks, and if that lead stays, the fifth-seeded Vikings are coming to a playoff bracket close to you.

That is probably the most logical touchdown spot for Kevin O’Connell’s group if one assumes Minnesota will lose only one or two extra video games from right here on out whereas Inexperienced Bay doesn’t run the desk.

Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options visitors, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple group, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as intently because the NFL. 

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