Cincinnati Bengals Predictions 2026 — Every Game Called

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2026 Engine Projection

Built from our own call on every game of the season — including the ones months out that no bookmaker has priced.

Projected wins

11.0

of 17 games · 6 already played

Power rating

1,570

10th of 32 · league average 1500

Schedule strength

1,472

32nd toughest of 32 · mean opponent rating

2026 record

4–2

27.2 scored, 20.3 allowed per game

What the projection is. Adding up a win probability for every game gives an expected total, not a forecast of an exact record. A club projected at 11.0 wins lands anywhere from roughly 8 to 15 in a real season — seventeen games is a small sample and luck moves it several wins either way.

Engine Verdict

Every axis is a percentile against the other 31 clubs, computed at page load.

B+

Overall

Bengals · 77th percentile

Rating

Strong

Offence

Elite

Defence

Strong

Record

Strong

Schedule ease

Elite

Biggest strength

Offence — rated elite against the other 31.

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Record — still rated strong, simply their lowest-graded department.

Cincinnati Bengals rate 1,570 on the engine's scale, 10th of 32. The league average is 1500 and 25 points equal about one point of expected margin, so the gap to an average club is worth roughly 2.8 points on neutral ground.

In 2026 they scored 27.2 a game (4th in the league) and allowed 20.3 (8th), finishing 4-2.

Their 17 opponents average 1,472, the 32nd toughest schedule in the league. Strength of schedule is a fact about the fixture list rather than a forecast, so unlike most preseason numbers it is knowable today.

Adding up our win probability for all 17 games gives an expected 11.0 wins. That is an average across many simulated seasons, not a forecast of an exact record — a club projected at 11.0 finishes anywhere from about 8 to 15 in a real one.

Axes come from the power rating, points scored and allowed per game, last season's record and the mean rating of everyone on the schedule. Play-by-play measures — pressure rate, EPA, red-zone efficiency, line play — are not shown because this site does not store them, and a grade with nothing behind it would devalue the four that are real.

AFC North Race

Where this club sits against the three teams it plays twice a year.

Club	Rating	Lg rank	2026	Proj
Bengals	1,570	#10	4–2	11.0
Steelers	1,564	#11	5–2	—
Ravens	1,505	#15	4–3	—
Browns	1,469	#18	5–2	—

2026 Schedule & Predictions

Every game on the schedule with our call — including the ones months out that no bookmaker has priced yet. Predictions refresh weekly as ratings move, so a Week 15 call made today will look different by December. Bye weeks are shown where they fall.

Wk	Opponent	Our pick	Prob	Proj	Result
1	vs Buccaneers	Win	55%	+1.8	33–27 ✓
2	@ Texans	Loss	34%	-5.2	20–6 ✗
3	@ Steelers	Win	50%	+0.1	27–30 ✗
4	vs Jaguars	Loss	43%	-2.4	17–22 ✓
5	@ Dolphins	Win	63%	+4.5	31–24 ✓
6	Bye week
7	@ Ravens	Loss	45%	-1.7	35–13 ✗
8	vs Titans	Win	83%	+12.3	—
9	@ Falcons	Win	59%	+3.1	—
10	vs Steelers	Win	53%	+0.9	—
11	@ Commanders	Win	66%	+5.4	—
12	vs Saints	Win	73%	+7.9	—
13	@ Browns	Win	58%	+2.6	—
14	vs Chiefs	Win	54%	+1.5	—
15	@ Panthers	Win	61%	+3.8	—
16	@ Colts	Win	66%	+5.5	—
17	vs Ravens	Win	62%	+4.0	—
18	vs Browns	Win	67%	+5.7	—

Where We Differ From the Market

The closing line is the sharpest public number in sport. Ours is unblended and stands on its own, so the honest thing is to show where the two disagree and what happened last time they did. Books price about a week ahead, so most of this schedule has no line yet and this section fills out as the season runs.

Games with a line

7

of 17 on the schedule

We disagree on

1

of the 7 priced so far · too few for a percentage

Our disagreements lose more than they win. Across 1,139 backtested games, when the engine picked a different side to the closing line it was right 41% of the time — worse than a coin toss. We publish the disagreements anyway, and we publish that record, because presenting them as edge would be selling you the opposite of what the data says. Where we agree with the line, expect the market's accuracy rather than ours.

About This Rating

Cincinnati Bengals currently rate 1,570, 10th of 32. The league average is 1500, and 25 rating points equal roughly one point of expected margin — so the gap between this club and an average one is worth about 2.8 points on neutral ground.

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