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 (3‑7) vs Patriots (9‑2) |
7 | Bengals Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Patriots Wins | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Bears (7‑3) vs Steelers (6‑4) |
2 | Bears Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Steelers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Jets (2‑8) vs Ravens (5‑5) |
1 | Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 95% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Ravens Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑7) vs Jaguars (6‑4) |
1 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Browns (2‑8) vs Raiders (2‑8) |
0 | Browns Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Raiders Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Texans (5‑5) vs Bills (7‑3) |
0 | Texans Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Bills Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Titans (1‑9) vs Seahawks (7‑3) |
0 | Titans Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Colts (8‑2) vs Chiefs (5‑5) |
0 | Colts Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 96% | ||