After years of running through a home-field rotational system in the playoffs that did nothing to reward regular season performance, the NFL instituted a seeding system in time for the 1975 season.
With a number one seed coming out of two different conferences for fifty seasons, we now have 100 different teams who have claimed a number one seed.
Of course, not all of these teams are created equally. Having your conference's best record doesn't necessarily make you your conference's best team. We have identified and today will rank the ten worst number one seeds in NFL history.
Explanation of C-Score:
C-Score is a metric created by this channel to assign an overall value to a football team. It takes a team's:
-Results, including standard and Pythagorean W-L record
-Performance, including game control and play-by-play production
-Quality of opponents, specifically performance level against opponents
and distills all of that into one cumulative and comparative score reflecting the context of the season in question. When applicable, a team's playoff performance is also included.
A C-Score of 0 represents an average football team, whereas anything above 0 represents an above average team and anything below 0 represents a below average team.
A team's record is important, but not always indicative of C-Score. An 11-5 team can rate higher than a 13-3 team or lower than a 9-7 team. Not all records are created equally.
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