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NFL - Week 5 of 18

Saints What If?

The Saints What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Saints play future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Saints What If?

Next Game - Vikings (4‑0)

  Resultant Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
  W L T 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
Win Next Game 2 3 0 <1% 2% 6% 9% 2% 3% 5% 73%
Current Standings 1 3 0 <1% 1% 5% 9% 1% 3% 4% 77%
Lose Next Game 1 4 0 <1% 1% 4% 8% 1% 2% 3% 82%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  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
Best Case Scenario <1% 2% 7% 10% 2% 3% 4% 72%
Current Standings <1% 1% 5% 9% 1% 3% 4% 77%
Worst Case Scenario <1% <1% 3% 8% 1% 2% 4% 83%
Best Case Scenario
   Jaguars beats Eagles
   Saints beats Vikings
   Ravens beats Falcons
 Worst Case Scenario
   Eagles beats Jaguars
   Vikings beats Saints
   Falcons beats Ravens
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won		 Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games		 Resultant Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
W L T 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
13 of 13 100% 14 3 0 43% 48% 8% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
12 of 13 92% 13 4 0 14% 47% 33% 3% 3% <1% <1% <1%
11 of 13 85% 12 5 0 2% 21% 48% 17% 8% 4% <1% <1%
10 of 13 77% 11 6 0 <1% 3% 30% 33% 9% 15% 7% 2%
9 of 13 69% 10 7 0 <1% <1% 10% 35% 3% 14% 20% 17%
8 of 13 62% 9 8 0 <1% <1% 2% 22% <1% 4% 15% 57%
7 of 13 54% 8 9 0 <1% <1% <1% 10% <1% <1% 3% 87%
6 of 13 46% 7 10 0 X <1% <1% 2% <1% <1% <1% 97%
5 of 13 38% 6 11 0 X X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
4 of 13 31% 5 12 0 X X <1% <1% X X <1% >99%
3 of 13 23% 4 13 0 X X X X X X X 100%
2 of 13 15% 3 14 0 X X X X X X X 100%
1 of 13 8% 2 15 0 X X X X X X X 100%
0 of 13 0% 1 16 0 X X X X X X X 100%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • ** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs