Playoff Odds and all that

[dwmyers]

Some resources for figuring out whether your pet team has a shot at the playoffs..

http://www.coolstandings.com/football/football_standings.asp

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/playoffodds

http://files.nfl-forecast.com/

How valuable is a #1 playoff seed relative to a #6 seed? I wrote about this a while back:

http://codeandfootball.wordpress.co...ow-home-field-advantage-affects-playoff-odds/

What's a useful (and statistically valid) formula to predict odds in the playoffs. This is the best one I've come up with:

http://codeandfootball.wordpress.co...at-it-says-about-previous-playoff-experience/