Ian Allan
I went through each of the 256 upcoming regular-season games. Assigned a win-loss probability to each of them. Based on those numbers, the Patriots and Chargers are going to finish with the best win-loss records this year.
No surprise there. Both are good teams, and both will benefit from playing easy schedules. An overview of the 2008 season:
Super Bowl champ: New England
New division champs: Jacksonville, Minnesota, and either Carolina or New Orleans
Sleeper contender: Carolina
Wins
13.6 New England
11.2 San Diego
10.6 Dallas
10.5 Jacksonville
10.3 Indianapolis
9.8 Philadelphia
9.8 NY Giants
9.6 Carolina
9.6 New Orleans
9.4 Denver
9.3 Seattle
9.0 Minnesota
9.0 Tennessee
8.8 NY Jets
8.4 Green Bay
8.4 Tampa Bay
8.3 Pittsburgh
7.8 Washington
7.7 Houston
7.5 Cleveland
7.3 Arizona
6.9 Buffalo
6.7 Detroit
6.4 Cincinnati
6.3 Chicago
6.1 St. Louis
5.5 Miami
5.5 Oakland
4.8 Baltimore
4.7 Kansas City
4.4 San Francisco
3.4 Atlanta
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Listing of each team’s schedule, with the probabilities that they’ll win each of those games.
Arizona
1 50% at San Francisco
2 80% vs. Miami
3 35% at Washington
4 30% at NY Jets
5 70% vs. Buffalo
6 40% vs. Dallas
8 30% at Carolina
9 45% at St. Louis
10 75% vs. San Francisco
11 20% at Seattle
12 45% vs. NY Giants
13 30% at Philadelphia
14 65% vs. St. Louis
15 50% vs. Minnesota
16 5% at New England
17 60% vs. Seattle
Atlanta
1 40% vs. Detroit
2 10% at Tampa Bay
3 55% vs. Kansas City
4 10% at Carolina
5 10% at Green Bay
6 30% vs. Chicago
8 10% at Philadelphia
9 25% at Oakland
10 20% vs. New Orleans
11 20% vs. Denver
12 20% vs. Carolina
13 0% at San Diego
14 10% at New Orleans
15 25% vs. Tampa Bay
16 5% at Minnesota
17 45% vs. St. Louis
Baltimore
1 45% vs. Cincinnati
2 30% at Houston
3 40% vs. Cleveland
4 15% at Pittsburgh
5 40% vs. Tennessee
6 5% at Indianapolis
7 45% at Miami
8 55% vs. Oakland
9 25% at Cleveland
11 10% at NY Giants
12 30% vs. Philadelphia
13 30% at Cincinnati
14 40% vs. Washington
15 40% vs. Pittsburgh
16 5% at Dallas
17 25% vs. Jacksonville
Buffalo
1 55% vs. Seattle
2 15% at Jacksonville
3 80% vs. Oakland
4 50% at St. Louis
5 30% at Arizona
7 25% vs. San Diego
8 50% at Miami
9 45% vs. NY Jets
10 5% at New England
11 50% vs. Cleveland
12 60% at Kansas City
13 80% vs. San Francisco
14 70% vs. Miami
15 35% at NY Jets
16 20% at Denver
17 15% vs. New England
Carolina
1 25% at San Diego
2 70% vs. Chicago
3 47% at Minnesota
4 90% vs. Atlanta
5 85% vs. Kansas City
6 47% at Tampa Bay
7 55% vs. New Orleans
8 70% vs. Arizona
10 60% at Oakland
11 80% vs. Detroit
12 80% at Atlanta
13 45% at Green Bay
14 60% vs. Tampa Bay
15 55% vs. Denver
16 45% at NY Giants
17 45% at New Orleans
Chicago
1 10% at Indianapolis
2 30% at Carolina
3 55% vs. Tampa Bay
4 45% vs. Philadelphia
5 40% at Detroit
6 70% at Atlanta
7 45% vs. Minnesota
9 55% vs. Detroit
10 40% vs. Tennessee
11 35% at Green Bay
12 40% at St. Louis
13 20% at Minnesota
14 35% vs. Jacksonville
15 45% vs. New Orleans
16 40% vs. Green Bay
17 25% at Houston
Cincinnati
1 55% at Baltimore
2 45% vs. Tennessee
3 15% at NY Giants
4 55% vs. Cleveland
5 10% at Dallas
6 25% at NY Jets
7 40% vs. Pittsburgh
9 42% vs. Jacksonville
10 30% at Houston
11 45% vs. Philadelphia
12 30% at Pittsburgh
13 70% vs. Baltimore
14 10% at Indianapolis
15 50% vs. Washington
16 40% at Cleveland
17 80% vs. Kansas City
Cleveland
1 45% vs. Dallas
2 50% vs. Pittsburgh
3 60% at Baltimore
4 45% at Cincinnati
6 45% vs. NY Giants
7 45% at Washington
8 15% at Jacksonville
9 75% vs. Baltimore
10 55% vs. Denver
11 50% at Buffalo
12 65% vs. Houston
13 35% vs. Indianapolis
14 30% at Tennessee
15 30% at Philadelphia
16 60% vs. Cincinnati
17 40% at Pittsburgh
Dallas
1 55% at Cleveland
2 60% vs. Philadelphia
3 48% at Green Bay
4 75% vs. Washington
5 90% vs. Cincinnati
6 60% at Arizona
7 70% at St. Louis
8 85% vs. Tampa Bay
9 45% at NY Giants
11 55% at Washington
12 95% vs. San Francisco
13 75% vs. Seattle
14 45% at Pittsburgh
15 60% vs. NY Giants
16 95% vs. Baltimore
17 45% at Philadelphia
Denver
1 55% at Oakland
2 50% vs. San Diego
3 60% vs. New Orleans
4 70% at Kansas City
5 70% vs. Tampa Bay
6 53% vs. Jacksonville
7 10% at New England
9 85% vs. Miami
10 45% at Cleveland
11 80% at Atlanta
12 85% vs. Oakland
13 45% at NY Jets
14 85% vs. Kansas City
15 45% at Carolina
16 80% vs. Buffalo
17 25% at San Diego
Detroit
1 60% at Atlanta
2 45% vs. Green Bay
3 55% at San Francisco
5 60% vs. Chicago
6 30% at Minnesota
7 30% at Houston
8 55% vs. Washington
9 45% at Chicago
10 40% vs. Jacksonville
11 20% at Carolina
12 60% vs. Tampa Bay
13 50% vs. Tennessee
14 45% vs. Minnesota
15 10% at Indianapolis
16 47% vs. New Orleans
17 20% at Green Bay
Green Bay
1 55% vs. Minnesota
2 55% at Detroit
3 52% vs. Dallas
4 45% at Tampa Bay
5 90% vs. Atlanta
6 25% at Seattle
7 47% vs. Indianapolis
9 40% at Tennessee
10 40% at Minnesota
11 65% vs. Chicago
12 45% at New Orleans
13 55% vs. Carolina
14 65% vs. Houston
15 20% at Jacksonville
16 60% at Chicago
17 80% vs. Detroit
Houston
1 30% at Pittsburgh
2 70% vs. Baltimore
3 35% at Tennessee
4 25% at Jacksonville
5 35% vs. Indianapolis
6 80% vs. Miami
7 70% vs. Detroit
9 30% at Minnesota
10 70% vs. Cincinnati
11 20% at Indianapolis
12 35% at Cleveland
13 50% vs. Jacksonville
14 35% at Green Bay
15 55% vs. Tennessee
16 55% at Oakland
17 75% vs. Chicago
Indianapolis
1 90% vs. Chicago
2 50% at Minnesota
3 60% vs. Jacksonville
5 65% at Houston
6 95% vs. Baltimore
7 53% at Green Bay
8 45% at Tennessee
9 50% vs. New England
10 53% at Pittsburgh
11 80% vs. Houston
12 35% at San Diego
13 65% at Cleveland
14 90% vs. Cincinnati
15 90% vs. Detroit
16 40% at Jacksonville
17 65% vs. Tennessee
Jacksonville
1 47% at Tennessee
2 85% vs. Buffalo
3 40% at Indianapolis
4 75% vs. Houston
5 75% vs. Pittsburgh
6 47% at Denver
8 85% vs. Cleveland
9 58% at Cincinnati
10 60% at Detroit
11 70% vs. Tennessee
12 75% vs. Minnesota
13 50% at Houston
14 65% at Chicago
15 80% vs. Green Bay
16 60% vs. Indianapolis
17 75% at Baltimore
Kansas City
1 0% at New England
2 55% vs. Oakland
3 45% at Atlanta
4 30% vs. Denver
5 15% at Carolina
7 35% vs. Tennessee
8 15% at NY Jets
9 40% vs. Tampa Bay
10 5% at San Diego
11 33% vs. New Orleans
12 40% vs. Buffalo
13 35% at Oakland
14 15% at Denver
15 30% vs. San Diego
16 55% vs. Miami
17 20% at Cincinnati
Miami
1 45% vs. NY Jets
2 20% at Arizona
3 5% at New England
5 25% vs. San Diego
6 20% at Houston
7 55% vs. Baltimore
8 50% vs. Buffalo
9 15% at Denver
10 35% vs. Seattle
11 55% vs. Oakland
12 20% vs. New England
13 45% at St. Louis
14 30% at Buffalo
15 60% vs. San Francisco
16 45% at Kansas City
17 25% at NY Jets
Minnesota
1 45% at Green Bay
2 50% vs. Indianapolis
3 53% vs. Carolina
4 35% at Tennessee
5 50% at New Orleans
6 70% vs. Detroit
7 55% at Chicago
9 70% vs. Houston
10 60% vs. Green Bay
11 50% at Tampa Bay
12 25% at Jacksonville
13 80% vs. Chicago
14 55% at Detroit
15 50% at Arizona
16 95% vs. Atlanta
17 55% vs. NY Giants
New England
1 100% vs. Kansas City
2 75% at NY Jets
3 95% vs. Miami
5 95% at San Francisco
6 55% at San Diego
7 90% vs. Denver
8 100% vs. St. Louis
9 50% at Indianapolis
10 95% vs. Buffalo
11 85% vs. NY Jets
12 80% at Miami
13 90% vs. Pittsburgh
14 75% at Seattle
15 90% at Oakland
16 95% vs. Arizona
17 85% at Buffalo
New Orleans
1 60% vs. Tampa Bay
2 44% at Washington
3 40% at Denver
4 90% vs. San Francisco
5 50% vs. Minnesota
6 85% vs. Oakland
7 45% at Carolina
8 45% vs. San Diego
10 80% at Atlanta
11 67% at Kansas City
12 55% vs. Green Bay
13 45% at Tampa Bay
14 90% vs. Atlanta
15 55% at Chicago
16 53% at Detroit
17 55% vs. Carolina
NY Giants
1 75% vs. Washington
2 70% at St. Louis
3 85% vs. Cincinnati
5 70% vs. Seattle
6 55% at Cleveland
7 90% vs. San Francisco
8 40% at Pittsburgh
9 55% vs. Dallas
10 40% at Philadelphia
11 90% vs. Baltimore
12 55% at Arizona
13 50% at Washington
14 60% vs. Philadelphia
15 40% at Dallas
16 55% vs. Carolina
17 45% at Minnesota
NY Jets
1 55% at Miami
2 25% vs. New England
3 30% at San Diego
4 70% vs. Arizona
6 75% vs. Cincinnati
7 60% at Oakland
8 85% vs. Kansas City
9 55% at Buffalo
10 85% vs. St. Louis
11 15% at New England
12 35% at Tennessee
13 55% vs. Denver
14 65% at San Francisco
15 65% vs. Buffalo
16 25% at Seattle
17 75% vs. Miami
Oakland
1 45% vs. Denver
2 45% at Kansas City
3 20% at Buffalo
4 25% vs. San Diego
6 15% at New Orleans
7 40% vs. NY Jets
8 45% at Baltimore
9 75% vs. Atlanta
10 40% vs. Carolina
11 45% at Miami
12 15% at Denver
13 65% vs. Kansas City
14 5% at San Diego
15 10% vs. New England
16 45% vs. Houston
17 15% at Tampa Bay
Philadelphia
1 85% vs. St. Louis
2 40% at Dallas
3 65% vs. Pittsburgh
4 55% at Chicago
5 60% vs. Washington
6 80% at San Francisco
8 90% vs. Atlanta
9 35% at Seattle
10 60% vs. NY Giants
11 55% at Cincinnati
12 70% at Baltimore
13 70% vs. Arizona
14 40% at NY Giants
15 70% vs. Cleveland
16 50% at Washington
17 55% vs. Dallas
Pittsburgh
1 70% vs. Houston
2 50% at Cleveland
3 35% at Philadelphia
4 85% vs. Baltimore
5 25% at Jacksonville
7 60% at Cincinnati
8 60% vs. NY Giants
9 45% at Washington
10 47% vs. Indianapolis
11 60% vs. San Diego
12 70% vs. Cincinnati
13 10% at New England
14 55% vs. Dallas
15 60% at Baltimore
16 35% at Tennessee
17 60% vs. Cleveland
San Diego
1 75% vs. Carolina
2 50% at Denver
3 70% vs. NY Jets
4 75% at Oakland
5 75% at Miami
6 45% vs. New England
7 75% at Buffalo
8 55% at New Orleans
10 95% vs. Kansas City
11 40% at Pittsburgh
12 65% vs. Indianapolis
13 100% vs. Atlanta
14 95% vs. Oakland
15 70% at Kansas City
16 55% at Tampa Bay
17 75% vs. Denver
San Francisco
1 50% vs. Arizona
2 5% at Seattle
3 45% vs. Detroit
4 10% at New Orleans
5 5% vs. New England
6 20% vs. Philadelphia
7 10% at NY Giants
8 35% vs. Seattle
10 25% at Arizona
11 50% vs. St. Louis
12 5% at Dallas
13 20% at Buffalo
14 35% vs. NY Jets
15 40% at Miami
16 35% at St. Louis
17 45% vs. Washington
Seattle
1 45% at Buffalo
2 95% vs. San Francisco
3 75% vs. St. Louis
5 30% at NY Giants
6 75% vs. Green Bay
7 40% at Tampa Bay
8 65% at San Francisco
9 65% vs. Philadelphia
10 65% at Miami
11 80% vs. Arizona
12 70% vs. Washington
13 25% at Dallas
14 25% vs. New England
15 60% at St. Louis
16 75% vs. NY Jets
17 40% at Arizona
St. Louis
1 15% at Philadelphia
2 30% vs. NY Giants
3 25% at Seattle
4 50% vs. Buffalo
6 30% at Washington
7 30% vs. Dallas
8 0% at New England
9 55% vs. Arizona
10 15% at NY Jets
11 50% at San Francisco
12 60% vs. Chicago
13 55% vs. Miami
14 35% at Arizona
15 40% vs. Seattle
16 65% vs. San Francisco
17 55% at Atlanta
Tampa Bay
1 40% at New Orleans
2 90% vs. Atlanta
3 45% at Chicago
4 55% vs. Green Bay
5 30% at Denver
6 53% vs. Carolina
7 60% vs. Seattle
8 15% at Dallas
9 60% at Kansas City
11 50% vs. Minnesota
12 40% at Detroit
13 55% vs. New Orleans
14 40% at Carolina
15 75% at Atlanta
16 45% vs. San Diego
17 85% vs. Oakland
Tennessee
1 53% vs. Jacksonville
2 55% at Cincinnati
3 65% vs. Houston
4 65% vs. Minnesota
5 60% at Baltimore
7 65% at Kansas City
8 55% vs. Indianapolis
9 60% vs. Green Bay
10 60% at Chicago
11 30% at Jacksonville
12 65% vs. NY Jets
13 50% at Detroit
14 70% vs. Cleveland
15 45% at Houston
16 65% vs. Pittsburgh
17 35% at Indianapolis
Washington
1 25% at NY Giants
2 56% vs. New Orleans
3 65% vs. Arizona
4 25% at Dallas
5 40% at Philadelphia
6 70% vs. St. Louis
7 55% vs. Cleveland
8 45% at Detroit
9 55% vs. Pittsburgh
11 45% vs. Dallas
12 30% at Seattle
13 50% vs. NY Giants
14 60% at Baltimore
15 50% at Cincinnati
16 50% vs. Philadelphia
17 55% at San Francisco
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Posted by Richard Loppnow | Sep. 03 at 06:56 AM
Your projection for MyFavoriteTeam sucks! How dare you say they're only 25% to beat SuchAndSuchTeam? You're just biased against MyFavoriteTeam, aren't you? AREN'T YOU?!?!?
Posted by Tod Denison | Sep. 03 at 09:11 AM
Must not be a KC Chiefs fan