| 1. (AFC West Champion) |  Chiefs |
| The Chiefs are currently at the top of the AFC and one big reason the computer sees them staying there is because Kansas City has the easiest remaining strength of schedule in the NFL. Over the final seven weeks, the Chiefs will play five of their seven remaining games against teams that currently have three wins or less. The Chiefs also have a 99.8% chance of winning the AFC West, which is the computer's way of telling you that they're definitely going to win the AFC West. | |
| 2. (AFC East Champion) |  Bills |
| The Bills beatdown of the Browns didn't move them up in these projections, but it did impress the computer. The computer now views the Bills as the Super Bowl favorite in the entire NFL. According to SportsLine, the Bills have a 21.31% chance of taking home the Lombardi Trophy, which is slightly ahead of Kansas City (20.81%). In the NFC, the Eagles have the best chance of winning it all at 12.93% (The computer doesn't like the NFC's chances of winning it all). | |
| 3. (AFC North Champion) |  Ravens |
| The Ravens only have a one-game lead on the Bengals in the AFC North, but the computer doesn't think there's going to be much drama in the race for the division title. According to SportsLine, the Ravens have a 90.6% chance of winning the division. The computer likes two things: The Ravens have the second-easiest remaining strength of schedule at .366 while the Bengals have the third-most difficult at .614. Also, the Ravens only need to go 2-2 in their final four division games to clinch the division wins tiebreaker over the Bengals, and if that happens, the Bengals would have to finish one game in front of the Ravens to win the division. | |
| 4. (AFC South Champion) |  Titans |
| Everyone keeps sleeping on the Titans, but not the computer and that's because computers don't sleep (At least not this one). The Titans currently have a 2.5 game lead in the AFC South and because of that, the computer views them as a virtual lock to win the division. According to SportsLine, the Titans have a 95.4% chance of taking home the AFC South crown. | |
| 5. Wild Card 1 |  Dolphins |
| The computer has some good news and some bad news for Dolphins fans. The good news is that the computer is giving the Dolphins an 85.2% chance of making the playoffs, which means it feels they should get in as long as they don't meltdown over the final seven weeks of the season. The bad news is that the computer doesn't think the Dolphins have a chance of winning the AFC East. According to SportsLine, the Bills have a 67.2% chance of winning the division while the Dolphins are back at 19.7%. | |
| 6. Wild Card 2 |  Patriots |
| The Patriots are currently the sixth-seed in the AFC and that's exactly where the computer thinks they're going to end up. Although the Patriots aren't being given much of a chance to win the division (just 11.4%), the computer is giving them a 73.4% chance of getting into the postseason. | |
| 7. Wild Card 3 |  Bengals |
| After watching the Jets suffer an embarrassing loss to the Patriots on Sunday, the computer has jumped off New York's bandwagon and on to Cincinnati's. The computer is projecting that the race for the final wild card spot in the AFC is going to get crazy, but that it will ultimately go to the Bengals. According to SportsLine, the Bengals have a 47.2% chance of getting in while the Chargers (44%) and Jets (33.8%) are both right behind them. | |
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