NFL Power Rankings: Week 5 Super Bowl Odds, Standings and Playoff Projections

The Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots will square off in this year's Super Bowl.

At least, that's the prognosis coming from Las Vegas via those in charge of assigning Super Bowl odds to teams this early in the season.

The odds are a lot like power rankings. Not only do they have to weave four weeks of action into the narrative, they have to take into account divisional standings, injuries, upcoming schedules and projections.

In fact, rankings and odds serve as a good way for fans to keep up with the who's who of the NFL. Let's take a look at both and make a stab at predicting the playoff teams in the divisional standings table below. 

Week 5 NFL Power Rankings and 2015-16 Super Bowl Odds

Rank	Team	SB Odds
1	New England Patriots	7-2
2	Green Bay Packers	7-2
3	Cincinnati Bengals	15-1
4	Atlanta Falcons	18-1
5	Carolina Panthers	33-1
6	Denver Broncos	10-1
7	Seattle Seahawks	7-1
8	Arizona Cardinals	18-1
9	New York Jets	50-1
10	Dallas Cowboys	35-1
11	Buffalo Bills	40-1
12	Indianapolis Colts	20-1
13	Pittsburgh Steelers	40-1
14	Kansas City Chiefs	75-1
15	Minnesota Vikings	50-1
16	San Diego Chargers	50-1
17	St. Louis Rams	90-1
18	Detroit Lions	150-1
19	New York Giants	33-1
20	Tennessee Titans	150-1
21	Miami Dolphins	150-1
22	Baltimore Ravens	40-1
23	Philadelphia Eagles	35-1
24	Chicago Bears	300-1
25	Oakland Raiders	150-1
26	Houston Texans	250-1
27	Cleveland Browns	300-1
28	Jacksonville Jaguars	500-1
29	New Orleans Saints	125-1
30	San Francisco 49ers	300-1
31	Washington	100-1
32	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	400-1

Odds courtesy of Odds Shark.

Division Standings

AFC East	W	L
AFC North	W	L
AFC South	W	L
AFC West	W	L
NFC East	W	L
NFC North	W	L
NFC South	W	L
NFC West	W	L
New England Patriots	3	0
New York Jets	3	1
Buffalo Bills	2	2
Miami Dolphins	1	3
Cincinnati Bengals	4	0
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	2
Baltimore Ravens	1	3
Cleveland Browns	1	3
Indianapolis Colts	2	2
Tennessee Titans	1	2
Houston Texans	1	3
Jacksonville Jaguars	1	3
Denver Broncos	4	0
Oakland Raiders	2	2
San Diego Chargers	2	2
Kansas City Chiefs	1	3
Dallas Cowboys	2	2
New York Giants	2	2
Washington Redskins	2	2
Philadelphia Eagles	1	3
Green Bay Packers	4	0
Minnesota Vikings	2	2
Chicago Bears	1	3
Detroit Lions	0	4
Carolina Panthers	4	0
Atlanta Falcons	4	0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	3
New Orleans Saints	1	3
Arizona Cardinals	3	1
St. Louis Rams	2	2
Seattle Seahawks	2	2
San Francisco 49ers	1	3

Notable Lines to Consider

Pittsburgh Steelers (40-1)

The Pittsburgh Steelers may be sitting at .500 and without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, but does anyone really want to count them out?

Exactly.

There's something about the Steelers. The team has taken care of business against mediocre opponents, but stumbled by seven points on the road against the New England Patriots and by three in overtime against the Baltimore Ravens.

Yet the divisional loss isn't too concerning. The team lost Big Ben the weekend before a Thursday contest, thrusting Michael Vick into the lineup on short notice.

With more preparation, it's hard to imagine Vick will flounder and sink the Steelers. He has Le'Veon Bell in the backfield, Antonio Brown to hit all over the field and a returning-from-suspension Martavis Bryant to hit deep.

Even if the Steelers tread water until Big Ben returns, the team will still be in the thick of things when it comes to the playoffs. The AFC North cannibalizes itself each year, and the Pittsburgh offense looked like the best unit this side of New England before the injury.

New York Giants (33-1)

At 2-2, the New York Giants sit in first place in the NFC East.

Meaning Tom Coughlin's team should still be very much on the minds of bettors.

"We're just getting started," Coughlin said, per NFL.com's Michael Silver. "Whatever happens, whatever people say, we just keep rolling. When people say we're down, we just keep swinging. That's what we do."

It's hard not to believe. The Giants started the season 0-2, but losses to NFC contenders such as the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons by a combined five points isn't anything to fret over.

In fact, the Giants have rattled off two in a row, the last an impressive, unexpected 24-10 win in Buffalo against the Bills where Eli Manning threw for three scores.

While division matchups can be difficult, the NFC East is much weaker than expected as the Cowboys trot along without Tony Romo and Dez Bryant and the Philadelphia Eagles rummage around as one of the league's bigger (and interesting) disappointments.

With a rather simplistic schedule until a Week 10 encounter with the New England Patriots, the Giants have a serious shot at pulling away in the NFC East, or at least putting themselves in postseason contention.

Carolina Panthers (33-1)

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It's hard to count out a team led by the league's MVP. 

Of course, the eventual honor remains up for debate, but who looks better than Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers right now? Newton has managed to elevate his team to 4-0 despite the fact Ted Ginn and Corey Brown are his starting wideouts and lead back Jonathan Stewart averages 3.7 yards per carry.

Even more impressive? Newton and Co. have two NFC South wins already. The Atlanta Falcons are a serious threat, of course, but the Panthers won't have to deal with them in a head-to-head encounter until Week 14.

In the time before the two showdowns in three weeks, Newton may have already assured the team a playoff spot at this pace. He already has 809 yards and seven scores through the air with another two touchdowns on the ground.

Newton's defense, which has seen its best player, linebacker Luke Kuechly, appear in just one game, has allowed a maximum of 23 points in a contest to date.

Considered dead in the water after a quiet offseason and an injury to wideout Kelvin Benjamin, the worst thing bettors could do now is ignore the Panthers.

Stats courtesy of NFL.com and are accurate as of October 7. All advanced metrics courtesy of Pro Football Focus.