2025 Draft Order Update: Cowboys will draft No. 12 in first round

An update to where Dallas could finish in the draft order following the big slate of early games for Week 18. What’s left?

The Dallas Cowboys‘ 2024 season is over, the team finishing with a regular season record of 7-10 after falling to Washington, 23-19. After three straight seasons of 12 wins, the Cowboys are going to miss the playoffs. That means the team will know their first-round draft position before the night is over.

Earlier in the week, we laid out every scenario for a combination of results based both on whether or not Dallas won or lost. Now that they lost, and the results of the other impactful contests are known, the Cowboys will draft at No. 12 .

Dallas loss scenarios (7-10)

Dallas picks No. 11 if:

  1. SF+IND wins, AZ+ATL+MIA+CIN loses
  2. SF+IND+ATL wins, AZ+CIN+MIA loses
  3. SF+CIN+IND wins, AZ+ATL+MIA loses
  4. SF+CIN+ATL+IND wins, AZ+MIA loses
  5. SF+MIA+IND wins, AZ+ATL+CIN loses
  6. SF+MIA+ATL+IND wins, AZ+CIN loses
  7. SF+MIA+CIN+IND wins, AZ+ATL loses
  8. SF+MIA+CIN+IND+ATL wins, AZ loses

Dallas picks No. 12 if:

  1. SF wins, AZ+IND+MIA+CIN+ATL loses
  2. SF+ATL wins, AZ+IND+MIA+CIN loses
  3. SF+CIN wins, AZ+IND+MIA+ATL loses
  4. SF+MIA wins, AZ+IND+CIN+ATL loses
  5. SF+CIN+ATL wins, AZ+IND+MIA loses
  6. SF+MIA+ATL wins, AZ+IND+CIN loses
  7. SF+CIN+MIA wins, AZ+IND+ATL loses
  8. SF+CIN+ATL+MIA wins, AZ+IND loses
  9. AZ+IND wins, SF+CIN+MIA+ATL loses
  10. AZ+IND+ATL wins, SF+CIN+MIA loses
  11. AZ+IND+CIN wins, SF+ATL+MIA loses
  12. AZ+IND+MIA wins, SF+ATL+CIN loses
  13. AZ+IND+CIN+ATL wins, SF+MIA loses
  14. AZ+IND+MIA+ATL wins, SF+CIN loses
  15. AZ+IND+MIA+CIN wins, SF+ATL loses
  16. AZ+IND+MIA+CIN+ATL wins, SF loses

Dallas picks No. 13 if:

  1. AZ wins, SF+IND+CIN+ATL+MIA loses
  2. AZ+ATL wins, SF+IND+CIN+MIA loses
  3. AZ+CIN wins, SF+IND+ATL+MIA loses
  4. AZ+CIN+ATL wins, SF+IND+MIA loses
  5. AZ+MIA wins, SF+IND+CIN+ATL loses
  6. AZ+MIA+ATL wins, SF+IND+CIN loses
  7. AZ+MIA+CIN wins, SF+IND+ATL loses
  8. AZ+MIA+CIN+ATL wins, SF+IND loses

Dallas picks No. 14 if:

There are no combinations for Dallas to finish here if they lose.

Dallas picks No. 15 if:

There are no combinations for Dallas to finish here if they lose.

Dallas picks No. 16 if:

There are no combinations for Dallas to finish here if they lose.

*ChatGPT was used to calculate all of the various win/loss combinations.