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 (4‑8) vs Bills (8‑4) |
17 | Bengals Wins | X | X | <1% | 13% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Bills Wins | X | X | X | 3% | X | <1% | <1% | 97% | ||
| Ravens (6‑6) vs Steelers (6‑6) |
6 | Ravens Wins | X | X | <1% | 8% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Steelers Wins | X | X | <1% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 95% | ||
| Browns (3‑9) vs Titans (1‑11) |
1 | Browns Wins | X | X | <1% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Titans Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 94% | ||
| Chiefs (6‑6) vs Texans (7‑5) |
1 | Chiefs Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Texans Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 94% | ||
| Raiders (2‑10) vs Broncos (10‑2) |
1 | Raiders Wins | X | X | <1% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Broncos Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Dolphins (5‑7) vs Jets (3‑9) |
0 | Dolphins Wins | X | X | <1% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Jets Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Chargers (8‑4) vs Eagles (8‑4) |
0 | Chargers Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Eagles Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 94% | ||
| Colts (8‑4) vs Jaguars (8‑4) |
0 | Colts Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 93% | ||