New England Patriots Playoff Chances 1

Season start, playoff odds unchanged at 37.5%
0-0-0

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

If winner is:HomeTieAway
Week of 9/5100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Reg Season Champ100.0*College Level100.0*Average seed
New England vs Buffalo+6.8*-0.4-6.8
+1.1-0.3-1.1
-1.1-0.3+1.1
+0.8-0.0-0.8
NY Jets vs Tampa Bay-0.8*+0.2+0.8
-0.1*+0.0+0.1
Miami vs Cleveland-0.4*-0.3+0.4
Chicago vs Cincinnati+0.3*-0.4-0.3
If winner is:HomeTieAway
Week of 9/12100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Reg Season Champ100.0*College Level100.0*Average seed
New England vs NY Jets+6.8*-0.2-6.8
+1.1-0.3-1.1
-1.1-0.3+1.1
+0.8+0.0-0.8
Buffalo vs Carolina-0.7*+0.2+0.7
-0.1*+0.0+0.1
Miami vs Indianapolis-0.4*-0.1+0.4
Denver vs NY Giants-0.3*+0.2+0.3
Kansas City vs Dallas-0.3*-0.1+0.3
San Diego vs Philadelphia-0.3*-0.0+0.3

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

What If

Chances based on how well the New England finish out the regular season.   Explain

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If finish:Chance inReg SeasonChance will finish regular season at seedCollege
TWW-L-TplayoffsChamp12345678910111213141516LevelCount
1616-0-0In97.5%10000No993
15.515-0-1In66.7946No18
1515-1-099.9%67.99802000No2,467
14.514-1-1In58.196021No289
1414-2-099.352.393104100000000No18,522*
13.513-2-198.944.39125200000No2,090
1313-3-097.136.5835073110000000No84,880
12-2-298.236.38544511No113
12.512-3-195.529.0758084211000000No8,893*
1212-4-092.022.66214101053211000000No275,455
11-3-292.422.96713174411100No423
11.511-4-188.516.64920201174321100000No26,767*
1111-5-082.312.233246011864321110000.0%659,336
10-4-283.412.8332660118653211000No1,176
10.510-5-176.48.220259112975432110000.058,656
9-4-385.77.125364714447No28
1010-6-068.05.7102114311986543221100.01,208,607
9-5-269.75.7112015311108754221100No2,244*
9.59-6-159.93.4414165111098754321100.197,707
8-5-359.13.02111431714115656532No66
99-7-050.72.3181489998765543210.21,725,583
8-6-249.31.42714791199876432100.13,493
8.58-7-141.81.20311118999887654210.3125,066
7-6-334.7No54997171657773111No75
88-8-033.50.7017116888888765420.71,943,516
7-7-231.90.7016116999998876320.54,073*
7.57-8-125.50.3003105678999987631.2124,608
6-7-326.93.0310310712741679341No67
77-9-019.00.200294567899999862.21,727,185
6-8-217.30.1283568810109109751.93,590*
6.56-9-112.90.101624567891011111183.496,731
5-8-37.1No224421652013791173.656
66-10-09.10.0005234567910111313125.71,208,536
5-9-27.30.0041245671012121313114.62,342
5.55-10-15.40.003123456810121416178.058,522
4-9-33.7No4471577711377.427
55-11-03.60.002112345791115192312.3660,150
4-10-22.7No02012246791214192310.91,173
4.54-11-11.8No01011234581115212916.226,383*
44-12-01.10.0100112346914223622.5275,193
3-11-21.2No10012344915243723.5422
3.53-12-10.5No000001234813234428.88,928*
33-13-00.2No000001124611225236.384,252
2-12-20.9No1114411275233.3114
2.52-13-1OutNo00011359236043.62,104*
22-14-00.1No00000001238196852.617,906*
1.51-14-1OutNo0025187461.5283
11-15-0OutNo00014148068.22,317*
0.50-15-1OutNo6668276.517
00-16-0OutNo0019997.3974
Total:37.5%3.1%66666666666666663.1%10,552,416

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

If winner is:HomeTieAway
Week of 9/5100.0*Lottery seed
New England vs Buffalo-1.6+0.0+1.6
If winner is:HomeTieAway
Week of 9/12100.0*Lottery seed
New England vs NY Jets-1.6-0.0+1.6

What If

None

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TWW-L-T1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
1616-0-09720000
15.515-0-16717116
1515-1-06817831100000
14.514-1-1582196300010
1414-2-05220116332110000000000000
13.513-2-144211175421110100000
1313-3-036201396532211110000000000000000
12-2-23619111265332211
12.512-3-129181397543221111100000000000
1212-4-023161210765433221111100000000000000
11-3-223171212875332121211000
11.511-4-117141210876544322211111000000000000
1111-5-012111098765544332221111110000000000
10-4-21311989866443332221101100000000
10.510-5-189988766554433322211111100000000
9-4-371841477477744444
1010-6-067777666555444333222211111100000
9-5-26666766665454344231211110100000
9.59-6-135566665555544443333222111110000
8-5-33283868633635335532263252
99-7-023445555555544444433332222111100
8-6-212355455555454444434332222111000
8.58-7-112233444444554444444433322221110
7-6-31433484335599354144453113
88-8-011223333444444444444444433332211
7-7-211122333344444444555444433332111
7.57-8-101112223333344444454544444433321
6-7-33113431336439110167411641141
77-9-000111122223333444444555555554432
6-8-200011112222334444544555555554332
6.56-9-100001111122223333444555556665553
5-8-322242424442951379574274
66-10-000000011111222233344455566677776
5-9-20000011111222223345545577876765
5.55-10-100000000011111222333445566788898
4-9-344114774117117157
55-11-000000000001111112223344556789101112
4-10-20000011111222333447788891311
4.54-11-100000000000011111222334567810121416
44-12-0000000000000000111112233456810121622
3-11-200001100112134345910141623
3.53-12-10000000000000111223345710131829
33-13-0000000000000000111223469122036
2-12-21121226412201733
2.52-13-1000000011122457132144
22-14-000000000001112346102053
1.51-14-11012672161
11-15-0000000112481768
0.50-15-1661276
00-16-000297
Total:33333333333333333333333333333333