Super Bowl chances for all 12 playoff teams
11:56 PM ET
Seth Walder
ESPN Analytics
The 2018 NFL playoff field is set. But which team is most likely to take home the Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LIII?
Here are the projections for all 12 teams, according to ESPN's Football Power Index:
 1. New Orleans Saints Super Bowl title chances: 30.5 percent
A meaningless loss on Sunday changes nothing: the Saints are FPI's favorite to win the Super Bowl, and they are also the consensus favorites at sportsbooks.
 2. Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl title chances: 24.0 percent
Kansas City has the best chance to reach and win the Super Bowl among AFC teams.
 3. Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl title chances: 16.8 percent
Sean McVay has his team in strong position to make a run at the Super Bowl -- if they can get by the Saints.
 4. New England Patriots Super Bowl title chances: 12.8 percent
At times, it hasn't been pretty for the Patriots this year. But the simple fact that they have a bye and the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick combination on their sideline puts New England in solid position to win another ring.
 5. Los Angeles Chargers Super Bowl title chances: 4.2 percent
It speaks to the quality of the Chargers that FPI thinks they are narrow favorites on the road in Baltimore, but Los Angeles has a tough path to the Super Bowl.
 6. Chicago Bears Super Bowl title chances: 2.5 percent
The defense is great, but offensive deficiencies mean that FPI thinks Chicago is a long shot to reach and/or win the Super Bowl.
 7. Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl title chances: 2.0 percent
With Lamar Jackson now at the helm, the Ravens have a promising future. But a Super Bowl probably isn't in the cards this year.
 8. Houston Texans Super Bowl title chances: 2.0 percent
A Super Bowl run is unlikely, because FPI thinks that three other AFC playoff teams -- the Chiefs, Patriots and Chargers -- are all a good bit better than Houston.
 9. Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl title chances: 1.9 percent
After their rocky start to the season, it's remarkable that the Seahawks have even a 2 percent chance to win the whole thing.
 10. Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl title chances: 1.8 percent
Anything is possible with Andrew Luck and the Colts' offensive line, but a Super Bowl run will be tough this year.
 11. Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl title chances: 1.2 percent
Dallas has only an 11 percent shot to reach the conference championship game, let alone the Super Bowl.
 12. Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl title chances: 0.5 percent
They've beaten the odds with Nick Foles before, but it will be much harder this time around. FPI gives Philadelphia almost no shot to repeat.
 13. New York Giants Super Bowl title chances: 0.1 percent
Only two NC East teams made the playoffs this year? Seriously? An anonymous source on Twitter is warning that anonymous sources in the White House are saying they are under pressure from anonymous government officiants in New York City and from classified retirement communities in Florida for an Executive Order replacing the Colts with the Giants. But talks stalled when the Colts refused to allow Andrew Luck to suit up as a Giant.
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