Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after the Wildcard and Divisional playoff rounds. The teams heading to the NFC and AFC championship games are in boldface. As the rankings indicate, the top four teams remaining in the playoffs are also the top four in our model. One notable outlier is the Chicago Bears, who is ranked 10th yet significantly outperformed expectations.
1 Seattle
2 LA Rams
3 New England
4 Denver
5 Jacksonville
6 Houston
7 Buffalo
8 San Francisco
9 Philadelphia
10 Chicago
11 LA Chargers
12 Detroit
13 Green Bay
14 Minnesota
15 Pittsburgh
16 Indianapolis
17 Baltimore
18 Tampa Bay
19 Kansas City
20 Atlanta
21 Carolina
22 Miami
23 Dallas
24 Cincinnati
25 New Orleans
26 Washington
27 NY Giants
28 Cleveland
29 Arizona
30 Tennessee
31 NY Jets
32 Las Vegas
2 LA Rams
3 New England
4 Denver
5 Jacksonville
6 Houston
7 Buffalo
8 San Francisco
9 Philadelphia
10 Chicago
11 LA Chargers
12 Detroit
13 Green Bay
14 Minnesota
15 Pittsburgh
16 Indianapolis
17 Baltimore
18 Tampa Bay
19 Kansas City
20 Atlanta
21 Carolina
22 Miami
23 Dallas
24 Cincinnati
25 New Orleans
26 Washington
27 NY Giants
28 Cleveland
29 Arizona
30 Tennessee
31 NY Jets
32 Las Vegas