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 (3‑5) vs Bears (4‑3) |
21 | Bengals Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 22% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Bears Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 16% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 75% | ||
| Colts (7‑1) vs Steelers (4‑3) |
8 | Colts Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Steelers Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 15% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 70% | ||
| Dolphins (2‑6) vs Ravens (2‑5) |
3 | Dolphins Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 20% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Ravens Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 18% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% | ||
| Raiders (2‑5) vs Jaguars (4‑3) |
2 | Raiders Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% | ||
| Broncos (6‑2) vs Texans (3‑4) |
1 | Broncos Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Texans Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% | ||
| Chargers (5‑3) vs Titans (1‑7) |
1 | Chargers Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 20% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Titans Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Chiefs (5‑3) vs Bills (5‑2) |
1 | Chiefs Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Bills Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% | ||
| Patriots (6‑2) vs Falcons (3‑4) |
0 | Patriots Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 67% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 18% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 68% | ||