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 | |||
| Bengals (1‑0) vs Jaguars (1‑0) |
40 | Bengals Wins | 14% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 6% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 44% | ||
| Texans (0‑1) vs Buccaneers (1‑0) |
3 | Texans Wins | 12% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 41% | ||
| Rams (1‑0) vs Titans (0‑1) |
2 | Rams Wins | 12% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Titans Wins | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 41% | ||
| Seahawks (0‑1) vs Steelers (1‑0) |
2 | Seahawks Wins | 11% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Steelers Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Broncos (1‑0) vs Colts (1‑0) |
1 | Broncos Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Colts Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Raiders (1‑0) vs Chargers (1‑0) |
1 | Raiders Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Chargers Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 40% | ||
| Chiefs (0‑1) vs Eagles (1‑0) |
1 | Chiefs Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Eagles Wins | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Patriots (0‑1) vs Dolphins (0‑1) |
1 | Patriots Wins | 12% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Ravens (0‑1) vs Browns (0‑1) |
1 | Ravens Wins | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Browns Wins | 12% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Jets (0‑1) vs Bills (1‑0) |
1 | Jets Wins | 12% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||
| Bills Wins | 12% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 40% | ||