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Cincinnati Bengals Playoff Chances 2012-Final

Beat Baltimore 23-17, average seed unchanged at 6
10-6-0   .625

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did last week and who we should root for this week.   Explain

Week of 12/13100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Dallas 27 Pittsburgh 24 +11.4
+0.1
Cincinnati 34 Philadelphia 13 +3.4
+0.2
Tennessee 14 NY Jets 10 +2.4
+0.1
Houston 29 Indianapolis 17 +0.2
Carolina 31 San Diego 7 -0.1
+0.0
Atlanta 34 NY Giants 0 -0.1
Green Bay 21 Chicago 13 -0.1
Arizona 38 Detroit 10 +0.1
Minnesota 36 St. Louis 22 -0.1
Washington 38 Cleveland 21 *+0.1
Miami 24 Jacksonville 3 *-0.1
Denver 34 Baltimore 17 +0.1
Week of 12/22100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Cincinnati 13 Pittsburgh 10 In
+0.5
Indianapolis 20 Kansas City 13 -0.2
-0.0
Carolina 17 Oakland 6 -0.1
San Diego 27 NY Jets 17 +0.1
Baltimore 33 NY Giants 14 -0.3
Week of 12/30None

* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs