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 (2‑4) vs Steelers (4‑1) |
33 | Bengals Wins | 1% | 4% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Steelers Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 69% | ||
| Titans (1‑5) vs Patriots (4‑2) |
2 | Titans Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Patriots Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Jets (0‑6) vs Panthers (3‑3) |
1 | Jets Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Rams (4‑2) vs Jaguars (4‑2) |
1 | Rams Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Giants (2‑4) vs Broncos (4‑2) |
1 | Giants Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Broncos Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Texans (2‑3) vs Seahawks (4‑2) |
0 | Texans Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 62% | ||
| Dolphins (1‑5) vs Browns (1‑5) |
0 | Dolphins Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Browns Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% | ||
| Chiefs (3‑3) vs Raiders (2‑4) |
0 | Chiefs Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Raiders Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 61% | ||
| Colts (5‑1) vs Chargers (4‑2) |
0 | Colts Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 62% | ||
| Chargers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 62% | ||