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To help everyone celebrate the holidays, DraftKings is providing a Madden 21 tournament that will crown a champion on December 29.
The format is very similar to the World Cup with the teams starting with Group Play before a knockout round of head-to-head, single elimination action. The groups for this event were selected based on divisions. The top two teams from each group will advance.
The top two teams from each group will be seeded 1-through-8 in the AFC and 1-through-8 in the NFC and placed into an elimination bracket which will begin on December 21. The division winners will get home field advantage (seeds 1-4) and the second place finishers in each division will fill out the remainder of the seeds. In the event of a tiebreaker, standard NFL tiebreaking procedures will be followed.
Round 1 will consist of four games per day on December 21 and 22 followed by Round 2 with four games on December 23. Re-seeding will take place between each round with the highest remaining seed playing the lowest. The two semifinals will be contested on December 28 before the championship on December 29.
You can keep up with all the results right here in this post and follow the schedule on the Madden Streams Information Page.
Check out the daily Madden Stream contests with paid contests for real cash prizes now available alongside free contests in both single-game Showdown and three-game Classic formats.
To ensure Madden is the best game possible, scheduled updates are deployed by the Madden Development Team to add features to the game after launch and to tune gameplay based on community feedback. The December update includes multiple updates which impact the X-factor and Superstar traits for multiple players. Make sure to check the depth charts of each team for updates.
Streams of simulated games are available on DraftKings inside the Game Center under the submitted lineup. Additional streams can be found inside the DK Live app, in Playbook articles, at DK Nation Video, on YouTube and on Twitch.
Divisional Play-in Round
Knockout Round
Championship
Kansas City at New Orleans
Kansas City 24, New Orleans 7
Conference Championships
Baltimore (2) at Kansas City (1)
Kansas City 28, Baltimore 24
Tampa Bay (7) at New Orleans (3)
New Orleans 20, Tampa Bay 13
Conference Semifinals
New York (A) (5) at Baltimore (2)
Baltimore 28, New York (A) 3
Tennessee (6) at Kansas City (1)
Kansas City 24, Tennessee 21
Philadelphia (5) at New Orleans (3)
New Orleans 24, Philadelphia 14
Tampa Bay (7) at Seattle (1)
Tampa Bay 12, Seattle 7
AFC First Round
Cincinnati (8) at Kansas City (1)
Kansas City 24, Cincinnati 10
New York (A) (5) at Jacksonville (4)
New York (A) 31, Jacksonville 3
Los Angeles (A) (7) at Baltimore (2)
Baltimore 17, Los Angeles (A) 10
Tennessee (6) at Buffalo (3)
Tennessee 24, Buffalo 21
NFC First Round
Arizona (8) at Seattle (1)
Seattle 24, Arizona 13
Philadelphia (5) at Dallas (4)
Philadelphia 37, Dallas 31
Tampa Bay (7) at Green Bay (2)
Tampa Bay 21, Green Bay 13
Chicago (6) at New Orleans (3)
New Orleans 24, Chicago 21
Divisional Play-in Round
The tournament will start with a divisional round and each team will play three total games before moving on. Follow along with the results and team records below:
Standings have been updated through the end of the divisional play-in round.
AFC East
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
New England | 11-6 | 378 | 300 | 78 |
Buffalo | 8-9 | 311 | 332 | -21 |
Miami | 8-9 | 339 | 357 | -18 |
New York (A) | 8-9 | 308 | 356 | -48 |
NFC East
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
Dallas | 9-8 | 348 | 365 | -17 |
Philadelphia | 9-8 | 352 | 322 | 30 |
New York (N) | 8-9 | 388 | 379 | 9 |
Washington | 5-12 | 361 | 327 | 34 |
AFC West
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
Los Angeles (A) | 11-6 | 292 | 263 | 29 |
Kansas City | 10-7 | 441 | 346 | 95 |
Las Vegas | 6-11 | 317 | 395 | -78 |
Denver | 5-12 | 248 | 369 | -121 |
NFC West
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
Seattle | 13-4 | 407 | 264 | 143 |
San Francisco | 10-7 | 326 | 298 | 28 |
Los Angeles (N) | 8-9 | 333 | 347 | -14 |
Arizona | 5-12 | 329 | 407 | -78 |
AFC North
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
Pittsburgh | 9-8 | 332 | 348 | -16 |
Baltimore | 9-8 | 359 | 319 | 40 |
Cleveland | 8-9 | 404 | 398 | 6 |
Cincinnati | 6-11 | 353 | 414 | -61 |
AFC South
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
Tennessee | 11-6 | 349 | 298 | 51 |
Houston | 9-8 | 387 | 334 | 53 |
Jacksonville | 8-9 | 316 | 349 | -33 |
Indianapolis | 4-13 | 291 | 392 | -101 |
NFC South
Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
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Team | Record | Points for | Points against | Point Differential |
Atlanta | 10-7 | 370 | 337 | 33 |
Tampa Bay | 10-7 | 390 | 332 | 58 |
New Orleans | 10-7 | 392 | 365 | 27 |
Carolina | 7-10 | 322 | 369 | -47 |