The Most Important Games for the Bengals are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Bengals final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Bengals fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Bengals Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Chargers (6‑3) vs Steelers (5‑3) |
4 | Chargers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Steelers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 87% | ||
| Dolphins (2‑7) vs Bills (6‑2) |
2 | Dolphins Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Bills Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Texans (3‑5) vs Jaguars (5‑3) |
1 | Texans Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Jets (1‑7) vs Browns (2‑6) |
1 | Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Browns Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Vikings (4‑4) vs Ravens (3‑5) |
1 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Ravens Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 7% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Buccaneers (6‑2) vs Patriots (7‑2) |
0 | Buccaneers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Patriots Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% | ||
| Raiders (2‑6) vs Broncos (7‑2) |
0 | Raiders Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Broncos Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Colts (7‑2) vs Falcons (3‑5) |
0 | Colts Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 86% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 85% | ||