TORONTO — The CFL Simulation was a big fan of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers during their bye week.
The Bombers won the West Division over 77 percent of the time, appeared in the Grey Cup over 70 percent and won the whole thing in over half the simulations.
Despite their loss against the Calgary Stampeders, the Ticats didn’t lose much traction. Some of their simulation odds did take a dip, but with Montreal losing their matchup with the Riders, Hamilton’s Grey Cup appearance odds went up.
Calgary and Saskatchewan are both still projected to finish the season with identical 11-7 records, but the sim has been kinder to the Stamps, giving them higher percentages to both appear and win the Grey Cup. Calgary also appears in two of the most likely championship matchups this time around.
With their victory over the Ottawa in Week 14, BC improved it odds — albeit slightly — and jumped the REDBLACKS in most categories. The two teams could flip flop again with another head-to-head taking place on Saturday.
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The model considers the following:
The model calculates each team’s probability of victory in each remaining game. It then simulates 10,000 replications of the remaining regular-season schedule and resulting playoff bracket (including the possibility of a playoff crossover team). For each replication, the model keeps track of a number of performance metrics (for example, which teams earned home playoff games, which teams appeared in the Grey Cup, etc.).
For instance, if Winnipeg won the Grey Cup in 1,990 of the 10,000 replications, then its Grey Cup victory probability would be 1,990/10,000 = 19.90%.
The model is updated weekly based on the results of games played that week.
Here’s a look at how all the teams stack up:
Odds to make playoffs | |
Team (Projected 2019 record) | Projection |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (13-5) | >99.99% |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (13-5) | >99.99% |
Calgary Stampeders (11-7) | 99.95% |
Saskatchewan Roughriders (11-7) | 99.92% |
Montreal Alouettes (10-8) | 98.87% |
Edmonton Eskimos (9-9) | 95.69% |
BC Lions (5-13) | 2.86% |
Toronto Argonauts (5-13) | 2.65% |
Ottawa REDBLACKS (4-14) | 0.06% |
Odds to host playoff game | |
Team | Projection |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | >99.99% |
Montreal Alouettes | 98.72% |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 94.71% |
Calgary Stampeders | 62.70% |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 38.19% |
Edmonton Eskimos | 4.40% |
Toronto Argonauts | 1.23% |
Ottawa REDBLACKS | 0.05% |
BC Lions | <0.01% |
Odds to win East | |
Team | Projection |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 94.72% |
Montreal Alouettes | 5.28% |
Ottawa REDBLACKS | <0.01% |
Toronto Argonauts | <0.01% |
Odds to win West | |
Team | Projection |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 77.06% |
Calgary Stampeders | 14.38% |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8.50% |
Edmonton Eskimos | 0.06% |
BC Lions | Eliminated |
Odds to appear in 107th Grey Cup | |
Team | Projection |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 78.89% |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 71.21% |
Calgary Stampeders | 22.43% |
Montreal Alouettes | 16.26% |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7.94% |
Edmonton Eskimos | 3.01% |
Toronto Argonauts | 0.18% |
BC Lions | 0.08% |
Ottawa REDBLACKS | <0.01% |
Odds to Win the 107th Grey Cup | |
Team | Projection |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 53.21% |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24.25% |
Calgary Stampeders | 14.54% |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3.74% |
Montreal Alouettes | 3.59% |
Edmonton Eskimos | 0.60% |
BC Lions | 0.04% |
Toronto Argonauts | 0.03% |
Ottawa REDBLACKS | <0.01% |
Most likely matchups in 107th Grey Cup | |
Teams | Projection |
Winnipeg-Hamilton | 56.28% |
Calgary-Hamilton | 16.84% |
Winnipeg-Montreal | 11.21% |
Saskatchewan-Hamilton | 5.43% |
Calgary-Montreal | 3.82% |