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NFLSaturday, September 12, 2026

NFL Playoff & Super Bowl Odds 2026

Every team's chance of winning its division, reaching the playoffs, taking the conference and lifting the trophy — from 20,000 simulated seasons played out over the remaining schedule, built on the same opponent-adjusted ratings that feed our weekly game models.

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Games Simulated
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Seasons Simulated

Super Bowl Odds

TeamProj. RecordPlayoffsConferenceSuper Bowl
Seattle Seahawks
NFC West
11.3-5.776.3%18.9%10.7%
Denver Broncos
AFC West
10.3-6.768.9%13.7%7.5%
Houston Texans
AFC South
10.3-6.767.9%13.1%7.2%
Buffalo Bills
AFC East
10.0-7.064.8%12.6%6.7%
San Francisco 49ers
NFC West
10.5-6.567.0%12.3%6.4%
Jacksonville Jaguars
AFC South
9.8-7.260.8%10.1%5.4%
Philadelphia Eagles
NFC East
9.7-7.360.3%9.4%4.6%
Detroit Lions
NFC North
9.8-7.256.4%8.9%4.4%
Minnesota Vikings
NFC North
9.5-7.553.3%8.6%4.4%
New England Patriots
AFC East
8.9-8.151.0%7.9%4.0%

Division Odds

AFC East

Buffalo Bills45.4%
10.0-7.0 proj · 64.8% playoffs
New England Patriots30.6%
8.9-8.1 proj · 51.0% playoffs
Miami Dolphins16.3%
7.5-9.5 proj · 31.6% playoffs
New York Jets7.7%
6.1-10.9 proj · 17.0% playoffs

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens33.2%
9.4-7.6 proj · 55.5% playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers29.2%
9.0-8.0 proj · 51.4% playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals22.0%
8.5-8.5 proj · 42.4% playoffs
Cleveland Browns15.7%
7.6-9.4 proj · 32.3% playoffs

AFC South

Houston Texans43.3%
10.3-6.7 proj · 67.9% playoffs
Jacksonville Jaguars34.5%
9.8-7.2 proj · 60.8% playoffs
Indianapolis Colts16.2%
8.0-9.0 proj · 36.3% playoffs
Tennessee Titans6.0%
6.2-10.8 proj · 16.5% playoffs

AFC West

Denver Broncos47.7%
10.3-6.7 proj · 68.9% playoffs
Los Angeles Chargers27.7%
8.9-8.1 proj · 50.8% playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs18.8%
8.1-8.9 proj · 38.6% playoffs
Las Vegas Raiders5.7%
5.8-11.2 proj · 14.0% playoffs

NFC East

Philadelphia Eagles45.3%
9.7-7.3 proj · 60.3% playoffs
Washington Commanders19.7%
7.7-9.3 proj · 32.6% playoffs
Dallas Cowboys19.6%
7.6-9.4 proj · 32.5% playoffs
New York Giants15.4%
7.2-9.8 proj · 27.0% playoffs

NFC North

Detroit Lions30.5%
9.8-7.2 proj · 56.4% playoffs
Minnesota Vikings27.3%
9.5-7.5 proj · 53.3% playoffs
Green Bay Packers22.8%
9.0-8.0 proj · 46.8% playoffs
Chicago Bears19.4%
8.6-8.4 proj · 41.8% playoffs

NFC South

Tampa Bay Buccaneers30.5%
8.4-8.6 proj · 42.8% playoffs
Atlanta Falcons26.7%
8.1-8.9 proj · 39.0% playoffs
New Orleans Saints24.7%
7.9-9.1 proj · 36.1% playoffs
Carolina Panthers18.1%
7.2-9.8 proj · 28.1% playoffs

NFC West

Seattle Seahawks47.0%
11.3-5.7 proj · 76.3% playoffs
San Francisco 49ers33.3%
10.5-6.5 proj · 67.0% playoffs
Los Angeles Rams14.8%
8.8-8.2 proj · 43.2% playoffs
Arizona Cardinals4.8%
6.4-10.6 proj · 16.6% playoffs
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How these numbers are built

Each team carries an opponent-adjusted Elo rating built only from games already played. Every remaining game on the schedule is simulated at that rating, with home advantage, 20,000 times over. Each simulated season is then seeded under the real NFL format — four division winners, three wild cards — and the bracket is played out with reseeding and a neutral-site Super Bowl.

How much to trust it: Preseason Elo predicts final season win totals at corr 0.430, MAE 2.41 wins over 352 team-seasons (2015-2025), against 2.6 for giving every team 8.5. Real signal, and a modest one; it sharpens as results land.

Ties are not simulated. A division winner is decided on record, then head-to-head, then division and conference record, then at random; seeding among division winners and wild cards uses record, division and conference record, then at random, without head-to-head. Elo carries team strength only — injuries and trades enter the number only once results move the rating. Projected records are conservative: the strength-uncertainty term compresses them by roughly a further 14%, so a top team's true projection is about half a win higher than shown.

Last rebuilt 2026-09-11 21:28:13 UTC.

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