An interesting website in sports is http://www.sportsclubstats.com/WhatIsThis.html.  This site provides the chances any team makes the playoffs at any given point in the season.  After every game thousands of simulations are run the determine the probability of postseason play.  This is an incredibly useful statistic that can and should help sports executives make decisons.  However, the data must be taken with a grain of salt because the Denver Broncos playoff chances at the midway point of the past season were just 4% (You knew we coudn't get through two posts without a Tebow reference).