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I ran 5 million Monte Carlo simulations of the full NFL season to calculate the effect of every game on the playoff and draft position odds for every team. Click on your team to find out which team you should root for in each game this week to maximize your odds for making it to the playoffs or winning the Superbowl. If you’re tanking, you can also see how to strategically root for teams that maximize your odds of getting the first overall draft pick. For details on how the values in this table are calculated, see the Methodology page.

Data is updated every Tuesday (usually).

League Standings

Select your team to see who you should root for this week

Updated on September 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM EDT

Rank
Team
Record
Elo
Playoff Odds▼
Conf Champ
SB Champ
Top 5 Pick
1
Buffalo Bills logo
BUF
3-0157291.6%21.9%11.9%0.2%
2
Kansas City Chiefs logo
KC
3-0154685.1%14.0%7.1%0.4%
3
Baltimore Ravens logo
BAL
2-1158083.2%17.3%9.6%0.5%
4
San Francisco 49ers logo
SF
3-0153477.9%13.9%6.5%0.6%
5
Cincinnati Bengals logo
CIN
2-1155474.5%11.0%5.7%1.3%
6
Los Angeles Rams logo
LAR
1-2161072.0%19.1%11.0%1.0%
7
Minnesota Vikings logo
MIN
3-0147871.5%7.3%2.9%1.3%
8
Detroit Lions logo
DET
2-1152269.7%10.3%4.7%2.0%
9
Philadelphia Eagles logo
PHI
2-1155269.5%13.3%6.6%1.9%
10
Seattle Seahawks logo
SEA
2-1156068.9%13.3%6.8%0.9%
11
Jacksonville Jaguars logo
JAX
2-1156468.6%11.1%5.9%2.1%
12
Denver Broncos logo
DEN
2-1153265.0%7.3%3.6%2.0%
13
New Orleans Saints logo
NO
1-2146049.4%3.3%1.2%15.4%
14
Chicago Bears logo
CHI
2-1150248.8%4.9%2.1%4.0%
15
Dallas Cowboys logo
DAL
1-2154443.6%6.6%3.2%16.0%
16
New England Patriots logo
NE
1-2152342.9%3.8%1.8%6.9%
17
Indianapolis Colts logo
IND
1-2151937.5%3.3%1.6%9.9%
18
Pittsburgh Steelers logo
PIT
2-1148335.5%2.1%0.9%8.4%
19
Houston Texans logo
HOU
0-3158435.3%5.4%3.0%10.2%
20
Las Vegas Raiders logo
LV
3-0142732.9%1.1%0.4%9.9%
21
Green Bay Packers logo
GB
1-2151530.6%3.2%1.4%0.0%
22
Carolina Panthers logo
CAR
1-2143925.6%1.3%0.4%30.3%
23
Atlanta Falcons logo
ATL
1-2141821.7%0.9%0.3%32.6%
24
New York Jets logo
NYJ
1-2143516.5%0.5%0.2%31.3%
25
Washington Commanders logo
WSH
1-2146316.3%1.0%0.4%23.2%
26
New York Giants logo
NYG
2-1141814.9%0.6%0.2%23.7%
27
Cleveland Browns logo
CLE
2-1140913.3%0.3%0.1%26.0%
28
Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo
TB
0-3144313.1%0.7%0.2%53.8%
29
Los Angeles Chargers logo
LAC
0-3150710.8%0.7%0.3%33.1%
30
Arizona Cardinals logo
ARI
1-214256.3%0.2%0.1%30.1%
31
Tennessee Titans logo
TEN
0-314625.0%0.2%0.1%57.9%
32
Miami Dolphins logo
MIA
0-314222.3%0.1%0.0%62.8%

Column Descriptions:

Rank: Sequential ranking based on the current sort order.

Team: Team name and logo.

Record: Wins-Losses-Ties. Ties are omitted if they are 0.

Elo: Current team strength rating used by the simulation. More details on Elo here.

Remaining SoS: Average current Elo of remaining regular-season opponents.

Playoff Odds: Football Sensei odds of making the playoffs.

Vegas Playoff Odds: Kalshi market-implied odds of making the playoffs, when available.

#1 Seed: Football Sensei odds of finishing as the #1 seed in the conference.

Conf Champ: Football Sensei odds of winning the conference championship game.

Vegas Conf Champ: Kalshi market-implied conference championship odds, when available.

Superbowl Champ: Football Sensei odds of winning the Superbowl.

Vegas Superbowl Champ: Kalshi market-implied Superbowl championship odds, when available.

#1 Overall Pick: Football Sensei odds of owning the #1 overall pick in the upcoming draft.

Vegas #1 Overall Pick: Kalshi market-implied odds of making the #1 overall pick in the upcoming draft.

Top 5 Pick: Football Sensei odds of securing a top 5 pick in the upcoming draft.