Bubble Watch: Where drivers closest to the cutline stand before New Hampshire

The playoff bubble battle received a good shakeup after last week's race at Kansas Speedway. Jimmie Johnson dropped below the playoff cutline while Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron jumped above it. Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones both moved closer to the playoff cutline, though they are out of the playoffs for now. See where drivers stand entering Sunday's Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN), with stats and ratings provided by Racing Insights.

Clint Bowyer
Points above cutline: 42 | Full standings
Trending: Mediocre -- Bowyer has finished outside the top 10 in the last four races.
Loudon outlook: Hit or miss -- His two wins here came in 2007 and 2010, so it has been a while. In the past four races, he has two finishes of seventh and two that were 20th or worse.

Matt DiBenedetto
Points above cutline: 35 | Full standings
Trending: Cooling off -- He has three finishes of 17th or worse in the last four races.
Loudon outlook: Mostly cold -- He had seven straight finishes of 28th or worse before his fifth-place finish last year.

William Byron
Points above cutline: 10 | Full standings
Trending: Mostly cold -- He finished 10th at Kansas but has five finishes of 11th or worse in the past seven races.
Loudon outlook: Mediocre -- He has finishes of 12th and 14th at New Hampshire and has scored points in one of four stages.

Tyler Reddick
Points below cutline: 10 | Full standings
Trending: Warm -- Reddick has four straight finishes of 13th or better, including top 10s in three of the past four races.
Loudon outlook: No Cup experience -- But he does have one top-five finish in two Xfinity starts here and two top 10s in three Gander Trucks starts.

Erik Jones
Points below cutline: 12 | Full standings
Trending: Heating up -- Jones is coming off a top five at Kansas and has two straight finishes of sixth or better.
Loudon outlook: Hit or miss -- Jones had his best career finish of third place last year at New Hampshire, but he also has two finishes of 16th or worse in four starts.

Jimmie Johnson
Points below cutline: 18 | Full standings
Trending: Cold -- Johnson has not had a top 10 in seven races, his longest streak since last September.
Loudon outlook: Hit or miss -- In his last 10 races here, he has five top 10s and five finishes of 12th or worse. He has three wins at this track, but the most recent one was in 2010.

Bubba Wallace
Points below cutline: 100 | Full standings
Trending: Cold -- He has three straight finishes of 14th or worse, including last week's 37th-place showing at Kansas.
Loudon outlook: Cold -- His best career finish at New Hampshire is 22nd in 2019.

Chris Buescher
Points below cutline: 107 | Full standings
Trending: Cold -- He has five straight finishes of 19th or worse, including two DNFs.
Loudon outlook: Cold -- His best career finish here is 15th, and that came last year.

Michael McDowell
Points below cutline: 111 | Full standings
Trending: Hit or miss -- In the past six races, McDowell has two finishes of eighth or better and two of 24th or worse.
Loudon outlook: Mostly cold -- However, he is coming off a career-best finish of 17th in 2019.

Christopher Bell
Points below cutline: 113 | Full standings
Trending: Hit or miss -- He has four finishes of 12th or worse in the last five races.
Loudon outlook: No Cup experience, but red hot in others series -- He has two wins in two Xfinity starts at the track and won one of two Gander Trucks starts here.