Ian Allan
Based on how teams have played so far and the opponents they have ahead, we expect the NFL’s 32 teams to finish with the records you see below. Looks like The Titans and Giants will be the top seeds in the two conferences, but we expect the races to be very tight. Notice, for example, that we’ve got all four of the teams in the NFC East finishing with winning records – 9-11 wins for each of them. We’ve got Pittsburgh and Buffalo currently projecting to tie for the No. 2 spot in the NFC, with 11.1 wins. And we’ve got Carolina and Tampa Bay currently projecting to tie for both the NFC South title and that conference’s No. 2 playoff seed.
According to these figures, which are calculated from totaling probabilities in each of the 256 regular season games, the six playoff teams in the AFC will be (in order) Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, San Diego, New England (wild card) and Jacksonville (wild card). (We’ve got San Diego edging Denver in the AFC West, by a margin of 9.0 to 8.9 wins). The Colts currently are projecting to not make the playoffs.
On the NFC side, the playoff field current sits as: New York, Carolina, Arizona, Chicago, Tampa Bay (wild card) and Washington (wild card). Failing to make the playoffs (in order): Philadelphia, Dallas, Green Bay, Atlanta, Minnesota.
An upset here or there, of coure, throws everything out of whack. But right now, that’s the ballpark idea of how we expect things to shake out.
Wins (projected wins)
12.1 Tennessee
11.1 NY Giants
11.1 Pittsburgh
11.1 Buffalo
10.8 Carolina
10.8 Tampa Bay
10.7 Washington
10.7 New England
9.6 Philadelphia
9.6 Arizona
9.3 Jacksonville
9.2 Dallas
9.2 Chicago
9.1 Indianapolis
9.0 San Diego
8.9 Denver
8.9 Green Bay
8.6 NY Jets
8.1 Atlanta
7.8 Minnesota
7.8 New Orleans
7.4 Houston
7.0 Miami
6.7 Baltimore
5.9 St. Louis
5.7 Oakland
5.2 Cleveland
5.2 San Francisco
3.7 Seattle
2.7 Kansas City
2.2 Cincinnati
1.4 Detroit
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Probabilities for each team and each game. For Arizona's game tomorrow at Carolina, for example, we've got the Cardinals at only 30% -- meaning we're confident they're going to lose. For the Cardinals game in week 10 at home against San Francisco, we've got them at 85% -- meaning we're very confident they'll win that one.
Follow that process for every team and every game, and you get the win totals you see above.
Arizona
win San Francisco (A)
win Miami (H)
loss Washington (A)
loss NY Jets (A)
win Buffalo (H)
win Dallas (H)
30% Carolina (A)
55% St. Louis (A)
85% San Francisco (H)
60% Seattle (A)
40% NY Giants (H)
25% Philadelphia (A)
85% St. Louis (H)
65% Minnesota (H)
25% New England (A)
85% Seattle (H)
Atlanta
win Detroit (H)
loss Tampa Bay (A)
win Kansas City (H)
loss Carolina (A)
win Green Bay (A)
win Chicago (H)
20% Philadelphia (A)
45% Oakland (A)
50% New Orleans (H)
55% Denver (H)
40% Carolina (H)
20% San Diego (A)
30% New Orleans (A)
50% Tampa Bay (H)
25% Minnesota (A)
70% St. Louis (H)
Baltimore
win Cincinnati (H)
win Cleveland (H)
loss Pittsburgh (A)
loss Tennessee (H)
loss Indianapolis (A)
win Miami (A)
70% Oakland (H)
40% Cleveland (A)
30% Houston (A)
3% NY Giants (A)
35% Philadelphia (H)
55% Cincinnati (A)
35% Washington (H)
40% Pittsburgh (H)
15% Dallas (A)
45% Jacksonville (H)
Buffalo
win Seattle (H)
win Jacksonville (A)
win Oakland (H)
win St. Louis (A)
loss Arizona (A)
win San Diego (H)
55% Miami (A)
65% NY Jets (H)
35% New England (A)
80% Cleveland (H)
80% Kansas City (A)
90% San Francisco (H)
70% Miami (H)
45% NY Jets (A)
38% Denver (A)
50% New England (H)
Carolina
win San Diego (A)
win Chicago (H)
loss Minnesota (A)
win Atlanta (H)
win Kansas City (H)
loss Tampa Bay (A)
win New Orleans (H)
70% Arizona (H)
65% Oakland (A)
98% Detroit (H)
60% Atlanta (A)
45% Green Bay (A)
75% Tampa Bay (H)
80% Denver (H)
40% NY Giants (A)
50% New Orleans (A)
Chicago
win Indianapolis (A)
loss Carolina (A)
loss Tampa Bay (H)
win Philadelphia (H)
win Detroit (A)
loss Atlanta (A)
win Minnesota (H)
96% Detroit (H)
55% Tennessee (H)
40% Green Bay (A)
65% St. Louis (A)
40% Minnesota (A)
55% Jacksonville (H)
65% New Orleans (H)
55% Green Bay (H)
45% Houston (A)
Cincinnati
loss Baltimore (A)
loss Tennessee (H)
loss NY Giants (A)
loss Cleveland (H)
loss Dallas (A)
loss NY Jets (A)
loss Pittsburgh (H)
15% Houston (A)
15% Jacksonville (H)
15% Philadelphia (H)
5% Pittsburgh (A)
45% Baltimore (H)
5% Indianapolis (A)
30% Washington (H)
25% Cleveland (A)
60% Kansas City (H)
Cleveland
loss Dallas (H)
loss Pittsburgh (H)
loss Baltimore (A)
win Cincinnati (A)
win NY Giants (H)
loss Washington (A)
15% Jacksonville (A)
60% Baltimore (H)
45% Denver (H)
20% Buffalo (A)
50% Houston (H)
30% Indianapolis (H)
10% Tennessee (A)
5% Philadelphia (A)
75% Cincinnati (H)
5% Pittsburgh (A)
Dallas
win Cleveland (A)
win Philadelphia (H)
win Green Bay (A)
loss Washington (H)
win Cincinnati (H)
loss Arizona (A)
loss St. Louis (A)
55% Tampa Bay (H)
30% NY Giants (A)
40% Washington (A)
90% San Francisco (H)
90% Seattle (H)
40% Pittsburgh (A)
45% NY Giants (H)
85% Baltimore (H)
45% Philadelphia (A)
Denver
win Oakland (A)
win San Diego (H)
win New Orleans (H)
loss Kansas City (A)
win Tampa Bay (H)
loss Jacksonville (H)
loss New England (A)
68% Miami (H)
55% Cleveland (A)
45% Atlanta (A)
75% Oakland (H)
40% NY Jets (A)
95% Kansas City (H)
20% Carolina (A)
63% Buffalo (H)
25% San Diego (A)
Detroit
loss Atlanta (A)
loss Green Bay (H)
loss San Francisco (A)
loss Chicago (H)
loss Minnesota (A)
loss Houston (A)
15% Washington (H)
4% Chicago (A)
20% Jacksonville (H)
2% Carolina (A)
25% Tampa Bay (H)
15% Tennessee (H)
25% Minnesota (H)
3% Indianapolis (A)
30% New Orleans (H)
2% Green Bay (A)
Green Bay
win Minnesota (H)
win Detroit (A)
loss Dallas (H)
loss Tampa Bay (A)
loss Atlanta (H)
win Seattle (A)
win Indianapolis (H)
40% Tennessee (A)
40% Minnesota (A)
60% Chicago (H)
50% New Orleans (A)
55% Carolina (H)
60% Houston (H)
37% Jacksonville (A)
45% Chicago (A)
98% Detroit (H)
Houston
loss Pittsburgh (A)
loss Tennessee (A)
loss Jacksonville (A)
loss Indianapolis (H)
win Miami (H)
win Detroit (H)
85% Cincinnati (H)
45% Minnesota (A)
70% Baltimore (H)
30% Indianapolis (A)
50% Cleveland (A)
55% Jacksonville (H)
40% Green Bay (A)
55% Tennessee (H)
52% Oakland (A)
55% Chicago (H)
Indianapolis
loss Chicago (H)
win Minnesota (A)
loss Jacksonville (H)
win Houston (A)
win Baltimore (H)
loss Green Bay (A)
40% Tennessee (A)
65% New England (H)
35% Pittsburgh (A)
70% Houston (H)
35% San Diego (A)
70% Cleveland (A)
95% Cincinnati (H)
97% Detroit (H)
45% Jacksonville (A)
60% Tennessee (H)
Jacksonville
loss Tennessee (A)
loss Buffalo (H)
win Indianapolis (A)
win Houston (H)
loss Pittsburgh (H)
win Denver (A)
85% Cleveland (H)
85% Cincinnati (A)
80% Detroit (A)
53% Tennessee (H)
63% Minnesota (H)
45% Houston (A)
45% Chicago (A)
63% Green Bay (H)
55% Indianapolis (H)
55% Baltimore (A)
Kansas City
loss New England (A)
loss Oakland (H)
loss Atlanta (A)
win Denver (H)
loss Carolina (A)
loss Tennessee (H)
3% NY Jets (A)
15% Tampa Bay (H)
2% San Diego (A)
20% New Orleans (H)
20% Buffalo (H)
20% Oakland (A)
5% Denver (A)
20% San Diego (H)
25% Miami (H)
40% Cincinnati (A)
Miami
loss NY Jets (H)
loss Arizona (A)
win New England (A)
win San Diego (H)
loss Houston (A)
loss Baltimore (H)
45% Buffalo (H)
33% Denver (A)
80% Seattle (H)
60% Oakland (H)
40% New England (H)
40% St. Louis (A)
30% Buffalo (A)
70% San Francisco (H)
75% Kansas City (A)
25% NY Jets (A)
Minnesota
loss Green Bay (A)
loss Indianapolis (H)
win Carolina (H)
loss Tennessee (A)
win New Orleans (A)
win Detroit (H)
loss Chicago (A)
55% Houston (H)
60% Green Bay (H)
35% Tampa Bay (A)
37% Jacksonville (A)
60% Chicago (H)
75% Detroit (A)
35% Arizona (A)
75% Atlanta (H)
45% NY Giants (H)
New England
win Kansas City (H)
win NY Jets (A)
loss Miami (H)
win San Francisco (A)
loss San Diego (A)
win Denver (H)
95% St. Louis (H)
35% Indianapolis (A)
65% Buffalo (H)
70% NY Jets (H)
60% Miami (A)
65% Pittsburgh (H)
75% Seattle (A)
75% Oakland (A)
75% Arizona (H)
50% Buffalo (A)
New Orleans
win Tampa Bay (H)
loss Washington (A)
loss Denver (A)
win San Francisco (H)
loss Minnesota (H)
win Oakland (H)
loss Carolina (A)
47% San Diego (N)
50% Atlanta (A)
80% Kansas City (A)
50% Green Bay (H)
25% Tampa Bay (A)
70% Atlanta (H)
35% Chicago (A)
70% Detroit (A)
50% Carolina (H)
NY Giants
win Washington (H)
win St. Louis (A)
win Cincinnati (H)
win Seattle (H)
loss Cleveland (A)
win San Francisco (H)
50% Pittsburgh (A)
70% Dallas (H)
50% Philadelphia (A)
97% Baltimore (H)
60% Arizona (A)
50% Washington (A)
65% Philadelphia (H)
55% Dallas (A)
60% Carolina (H)
55% Minnesota (A)
NY Jets
win Miami (A)
loss New England (H)
loss San Diego (A)
win Arizona (H)
win Cincinnati (H)
loss Oakland (A)
97% Kansas City (H)
35% Buffalo (A)
85% St. Louis (H)
30% New England (A)
25% Tennessee (A)
60% Denver (H)
50% San Francisco (A)
55% Buffalo (H)
50% Seattle (A)
75% Miami (H)
Oakland
loss Denver (H)
win Kansas City (A)
loss Buffalo (A)
loss San Diego (H)
loss New Orleans (A)
win NY Jets (H)
30% Baltimore (A)
55% Atlanta (H)
35% Carolina (H)
40% Miami (A)
25% Denver (A)
80% Kansas City (H)
15% San Diego (A)
25% New England (H)
48% Houston (H)
15% Tampa Bay (A)
Philadelphia
win St. Louis (H)
loss Dallas (A)
win Pittsburgh (H)
loss Chicago (A)
loss Washington (H)
win San Francisco (A)
80% Atlanta (H)
75% Seattle (A)
50% NY Giants (H)
85% Cincinnati (A)
65% Baltimore (A)
75% Arizona (H)
35% NY Giants (A)
95% Cleveland (H)
45% Washington (A)
55% Dallas (H)
Pittsburgh
win Houston (H)
win Cleveland (A)
loss Philadelphia (A)
win Baltimore (H)
win Jacksonville (A)
win Cincinnati (A)
50% NY Giants (H)
45% Washington (A)
65% Indianapolis (H)
65% San Diego (H)
95% Cincinnati (H)
35% New England (A)
60% Dallas (H)
60% Baltimore (A)
40% Tennessee (A)
95% Cleveland (H)
San Diego
loss Carolina (H)
loss Denver (A)
win NY Jets (H)
win Oakland (A)
loss Miami (A)
win New England (H)
loss Buffalo (A)
53% New Orleans (N)
98% Kansas City (H)
35% Pittsburgh (A)
65% Indianapolis (H)
80% Atlanta (H)
85% Oakland (H)
80% Kansas City (A)
25% Tampa Bay (A)
75% Denver (H)
San Francisco
loss Arizona (H)
win Seattle (A)
win Detroit (H)
loss New Orleans (A)
loss New England (H)
loss Philadelphia (H)
loss NY Giants (A)
70% Seattle (H)
15% Arizona (A)
65% St. Louis (H)
10% Dallas (A)
10% Buffalo (A)
50% NY Jets (H)
30% Miami (A)
30% St. Louis (A)
35% Washington (H)
Seattle
loss Buffalo (A)
loss San Francisco (H)
win St. Louis (H)
loss NY Giants (A)
loss Green Bay (H)
loss Tampa Bay (A)
30% San Francisco (A)
25% Philadelphia (H)
20% Miami (A)
40% Arizona (H)
33% Washington (H)
10% Dallas (A)
25% New England (H)
25% St. Louis (A)
50% NY Jets (H)
15% Arizona (A)
St. Louis
loss Philadelphia (A)
loss NY Giants (H)
loss Seattle (A)
loss Buffalo (H)
win Washington (A)
win Dallas (H)
5% New England (A)
45% Arizona (H)
15% NY Jets (A)
35% San Francisco (A)
35% Chicago (H)
60% Miami (H)
15% Arizona (A)
75% Seattle (H)
70% San Francisco (H)
30% Atlanta (A)
Tampa Bay
loss New Orleans (A)
win Atlanta (H)
win Chicago (A)
win Green Bay (H)
loss Denver (A)
win Carolina (H)
win Seattle (H)
45% Dallas (A)
85% Kansas City (A)
65% Minnesota (H)
75% Detroit (A)
75% New Orleans (H)
25% Carolina (A)
50% Atlanta (A)
75% San Diego (H)
85% Oakland (H)
win Jacksonville (H)
win Cincinnati (A)
win Houston (H)
win Minnesota (H)
win Baltimore (A)
win Kansas City (A)
60% Indianapolis (H)
60% Green Bay (H)
45% Chicago (A)
47% Jacksonville (A)
75% NY Jets (H)
85% Detroit (A)
90% Cleveland (H)
45% Houston (A)
60% Pittsburgh (H)
40% Indianapolis (A)
Washington
loss NY Giants (A)
win New Orleans (H)
win Arizona (H)
win Dallas (A)
win Philadelphia (A)
loss St. Louis (H)
win Cleveland (H)
85% Detroit (A)
55% Pittsburgh (H)
60% Dallas (H)
67% Seattle (A)
50% NY Giants (H)
65% Baltimore (A)
70% Cincinnati (A)
55% Philadelphia (H)
65% San Francisco (A)
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Posted by JEFF FOSTER | Oct. 25 at 10:33 AM
Statistics, mashtitics. The Giants have played a bunch of cupcakes. And don't give me "what about washington?"..they played horrible that first game. C'mon, 11 wins?.think about thier division ... too tough to win those games, plus a few upsets and they have only 10 wins. And lets not forget, except for last year they tend to slide...
Posted by BILL CARINI | Oct. 25 at 01:01 PM
i agree, stats are helpful, but they don't take into account the human element. too much can happen on game day that statistics can't take into account. go packers!