CFZ Super Bowl features both 1 seeds, here is some history on which seeds make the Super Bowl

[Jayinem]

No. 1 vs. No. 1 was the Super Bowl matchup six times before the playoff field expanded to 12 teams (six from each conference) during the 1990 season: Super Bowl 11: No. 1 Raiders 32, No. 1 Vikings 14 Super Bowl 12: No. 1 Cowboys 27, No. 1 Broncos 10 Super Bowl 16: No. 1 49ers 26, No. 1 Bengals 21 Super Bowl 18: No. 1 Raiders 38, No. 1 Commanders 9 Super Bowl 19: No. 1 49ers 38, No. 1 Dolphins 16 Super Bowl 24: No. 1 49ers 55, No. 1 Broncos 10 Here are the seven times it happened before the NFL expanded the playoffs to 14 teams starting with the 2021 season: Super Bowl 26: No. 1 Commanders 37, No. 1 Bills 24 Super Bowl 28: No. 1 Cowboys 30, No. 1 Bills 13 Super Bowl 44: No. 1 Saints 31, No. 1 Colts 17 Super Bowl 48: No. 1 Seahawks 43, No. 1 Broncos 8 Super Bowl 49. No. 1 Patriots 28, No. 1 Seahawks 24 Super Bowl 50: No. 1 Broncos 24, No. 1 Panthers 10 Super Bowl 52: No. 1 Eagles 41, No. 1 Patriots 33 During the 2022 playoffs, both the No. 1 Packers and No. 1 Titans lost in the divisional round. That made it 28.1 percent of top seeds (18 of 64) failing to win a playoff game since 1990. Another 21.9 percent of top seeds (14 of 64) lost in the conference championship round. How many No. 1 seeds have won the Super Bowl?​ Going back to 1975, 52 percent of No. 1 seeds (25 of 48) have won the Super Bowl. Of those 25 teams, 16 have represented the NFC and nine have represented the AFC. The last NFC No. 1 seed to win the Super Bowl was the 2017 Eagles.The last AFC No. 1 seed to win the Super Bowl was the 2016 Patriots. No. 2 seeds have won the Super Bowl 10 times in all, the last being the Chiefs in Super Bowl 54 after the 2019 season.

Here is a percentage breakdown by seed:

#1 Seed - 52.2%
#2 Seed - 21.3%
#3 Seed - 4.3%
#4 Seed - 12.8%
#5 Seed - 4.3%
#6 Seed - 4.3%

 

[Jayinem]

So we had a 4.3% chance based off history of winning the Super Bowl. If we had beaten the Packers and Jags both teams we had big leads over our odds would have increased to over 50%. Having #1 seed going forward is going to give you better odds than before this season due to #1 seeds being the only teams who get a bye, it paid off in the first year for both #1 seeds.

Unfortunately we're also a team that has lost twice as the #1 seed in the first game in the last 15 years. Just sad.