"With three weeks left in the 2025 NFL regular season, we're starting to get a sense of which teams will be in the playoffs. The Broncos and Rams have clinched berths, but the remaining 12 postseason teams and overall seedings remain a murky mystery. Every day, we use ESPN's Football Power Index to simulate the season 10,000 times -- driving our projections and delivering countless permutations for how the remainder of the campaign could go."
"We asked the FPI to simulate the last three weeks of the season and come up with the most likely field of 14 playoff teams and the exact seeding order for those teams within each conference. On top of that, we predicted the entire playoff race -- with a Super Bowl LX winner -- and who would get the No. 1 draft pick."
"What happened: NFC drama! On Thursday night, the Seahawks snuck past the Rams with a time-expiring, 55-yard field goal from Jason Myers. Not only did that outcome leave the NFC West wide open, it kept the conference's No. 1 seed up for grabs. By avenging their loss to the Rams in Week 11, the Seahawks took the lead in the top seed race for a moment. (More on that later.)"
With three weeks remaining in the 2025 NFL regular season, projection work uses ESPN's Football Power Index to simulate the final weeks 10,000 times. Two teams, the Broncos and Rams, have already clinched playoff berths while 12 remaining postseason slots and detailed seedings remain uncertain. The simulation labeled No. 5,002 predicts the most likely 14-team playoff field, exact conference seedings, a Super Bowl LX winner, and the No. 1 draft pick. Week 16 projected scores included NFC upheaval: Seahawks beat Rams on a 55-yard Jason Myers field goal, keeping the NFC West and top seed race unsettled.
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