A while back, in the 1990s, we used to include regular season matchups as an indicator but found that it’s not a very good predictor and removed it from the system. The winner of an in-season Super Bowl preview has only won the Super Bowl 5 out of 12 times. History suggests that the Giants' victory over the Patriots in New England in Week 9 (24-20) has no bearing on the outcome of the Super Bowl.