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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 October 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM EDT

Rank
Team
Record
Elo
Playoff Odds▼
Conf Champ
SB Champ
Top 5 Pick
1
San Francisco 49ers logo
SF
6-0155396.9%29.1%14.7%0.0%
2
Buffalo Bills logo
BUF
5-1155291.5%18.4%9.7%0.0%
3
Kansas City Chiefs logo
KC
5-0154490.7%16.7%8.6%0.1%
4
Minnesota Vikings logo
MIN
5-0146684.6%8.9%3.4%0.1%
5
Jacksonville Jaguars logo
JAX
4-2157179.9%14.9%8.2%0.3%
6
Baltimore Ravens logo
BAL
4-2158074.6%14.2%8.0%0.2%
7
New England Patriots logo
NE
4-2152073.2%7.6%3.7%0.4%
8
Denver Broncos logo
DEN
4-2153171.2%8.3%4.1%0.3%
9
Chicago Bears logo
CHI
4-2151865.9%7.9%3.6%0.5%
10
Detroit Lions logo
DET
3-2150762.6%7.3%3.2%1.4%
11
Cincinnati Bengals logo
CIN
3-2154062.5%7.7%3.9%1.2%
12
Seattle Seahawks logo
SEA
3-3158158.3%11.1%6.1%1.0%
13
Carolina Panthers logo
CAR
3-2145857.8%4.4%1.6%5.8%
14
Green Bay Packers logo
GB
4-2149656.4%5.4%2.3%0.0%
15
Dallas Cowboys logo
DAL
2-4153850.9%7.5%3.6%10.0%
16
Los Angeles Rams logo
LAR
2-4161449.7%11.0%6.5%2.6%
17
Pittsburgh Steelers logo
PIT
4-2148942.7%2.8%1.2%1.6%
18
Houston Texans logo
HOU
2-4157242.3%6.1%3.4%5.1%
19
Cleveland Browns logo
CLE
4-2144131.8%1.2%0.4%4.4%
20
New York Giants logo
NYG
3-2-1141730.7%1.4%0.5%13.6%
21
Atlanta Falcons logo
ATL
2-4146122.1%1.5%0.6%19.7%
22
Las Vegas Raiders logo
LV
3-3150121.6%1.3%0.6%7.9%
23
New Orleans Saints logo
NO
2-4145119.0%1.2%0.4%25.9%
24
Philadelphia Eagles logo
PHI
2-4144014.1%0.8%0.3%37.3%
25
Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo
TB
1-5148813.2%1.2%0.5%43.1%
26
Washington Commanders logo
WSH
1-4-1146612.6%0.9%0.4%34.1%
27
Indianapolis Colts logo
IND
2-414647.7%0.4%0.2%28.2%
28
New York Jets logo
NYJ
2-414116.0%0.1%0.0%36.1%
29
Arizona Cardinals logo
ARI
2-414545.0%0.2%0.1%26.8%
30
Los Angeles Chargers logo
LAC
0-615442.3%0.2%0.1%44.1%
31
Tennessee Titans logo
TEN
1-514552.0%0.1%0.0%65.2%
32
Miami Dolphins logo
MIA
0-513780.2%0.0%0.0%82.8%

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.