The AFC and NFC Championships are over, and for just the second time in 20 years, we’ve got a pair of one seeds battling it out for the Lombardi.

The last time this happened? 2009, when Richard Sherman created one of the most epic post-game interviews we’ve ever seen, and whether or not you liked it, there’s one fact that remains obvious: You don’t mess with Richard Sherman. Or his top-ranked defensive unit. That's all.

7. The numbers don’t lie.

After Week 1 of the NFL season, our numbers had the Denver Broncos with a 24.9% chance of getting to the Super Bowl, while the Seahawks had a 10.3% shot. Those were the two highest odds in the AFC and NFC respectively.

Though a lot of folks could have predicted this, our nERD rankings have consistently had these two teams at the top throughout the entire season.

The conference championships could have gone a different way, and this point wouldn’t be nearly as strong as a result. But they didn’t. Denver and Seattle were analytically the two best teams in the NFL. Our algorithms don’t care what their records say, or what seed they were. Plain and simple, they were the two best teams. And that’s why we ranked them the way they did.

Thanks to them for making us look good, guys.