
These are calculated using the NFL-Forecast software mini-app that runs thousands of simulated seasons. The outcomes are based on game-by-game probabilities with every crazy tie-breaking scenario factored in. Chris has used the probabilities from Advanced NFL Stats as his default game probabilities for the past two seasons.
There are two tables below. The first lists the probability that each team will finish in each place in their division. The second table lists the overall playoff probabilities, broken down by seed.
AFC EAST | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
NY Jets | 54 | 27 | 17 | 2 |
Miami | 37 | 32 | 28 | 3 |
New England | 9 | 38 | 47 | 7 |
Buffalo | 0 | 3 | 9 | 88 |
AFC NORTH | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Pittsburgh | 89 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Baltimore | 11 | 89 | 0 | 0 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3 |
Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 |
AFC SOUTH | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Tennessee | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indianapolis | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 79 | 21 |
Jacksonville | 0 | 0 | 21 | 79 |
AFC WEST | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Denver | 87 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego | 13 | 86 | 1 | 0 |
Oakland | 0 | 1 | 80 | 19 |
Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 19 | 81 |
NFC EAST | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
NY Giants | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 0 | 50 | 32 | 18 |
Dallas | 0 | 32 | 41 | 27 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 18 | 27 | 55 |
NFC NORTH | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Minnesota | 54 | 39 | 7 | 0 |
Chicago | 28 | 36 | 35 | 0 |
Green Bay | 18 | 25 | 58 | 0 |
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
NFC SOUTH | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Tampa Bay | 34 | 28 | 37 | 0 |
Carolina | 35 | 34 | 29 | 3 |
Atlanta | 31 | 37 | 26 | 6 |
New Orleans | 0 | 1 | 8 | 91 |
NFC WEST | ||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Arizona | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Francisco | 0 | 78 | 20 | 2 |
Seattle | 0 | 16 | 65 | 20 |
St Louis | 0 | 6 | 15 | 79 |
AFC Percent Probability Playoff Seeding | |||||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Total |
Tennessee | 85 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Pittsburgh | 15 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 99 |
Indianapolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 11 | 97 |
Denver | 0 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
Baltimore | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 76 |
NY Jets | 0 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 65 |
Miami | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 44 |
New England | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacksonville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NFC Percent Probability Playoff Seeding | |||||||
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Total |
Arizona | 0 | 3 | 76 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
NY Giants | 84 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Carolina | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 80 |
Atlanta | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 74 |
Tampa Bay | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 73 |
Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 37 |
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Dallas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 27 |
Green Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
New Orleans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay are all forecasted to make the playoffs. Have 3 teams from the same division ever made the playoffs in the same year?
ReplyDeleteSure. Dallas, Washington, and NY Giants all did it just last year.
ReplyDeleteAs did 3 teams from the AFC south: Indy, Tenn, and Jax
ReplyDeleteJust to let everyone know, the software now includes predictions through the Super Bowl. Front runners are:
ReplyDeleteGiants 23.98%
Pittsburgh 18.12%
Tennessee 17.8%
Atlanta 12.4%
Carolina 9.9%
No one else is above 5%.