ESPN released their June Football Power Index (FPI) rankings, and the Seattle Seahawks start off in a pretty favorable position.

The Seahawks ranked fourth overall, behind the New England Patriots, the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were given a 75.8 percent chance of winning their division (second highest overall, first was the Patriots) a 22.8 percent chance of winning the NFC (the highest in the conference, ahead of the Packers) and a 9.6 percent chance of winning Super Bowl LII.

More information about how FPI is calculated can be found here, but below is a brief explanation from the ESPN page:

In short, a team’s FPI rating combines its efficiency ratings on offense, defense and special teams — based on each unit’s expected points added per play — with the sum of all three squad ratings yielding the overall FPI rating. We then use these ratings to simulate the NFL season 10,000 times in order to derive a team’s chances to win its division, make the playoffs, win the Super Bowl, etc.

The Seahawks are projected to have 10 wins, two ahead of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West.

They are also projected to have a higher seed in the NFC than the Packers, although the Packers have higher odds to win the Super Bowl. Why? More from ESPN:

“Well, the Pack plays in a tougher division and faces a more difficult schedule (15th easiest) than the Seahawks (third easiest), which also plays into the Hawks’ favor when projecting the No. 1 seed. The Seahawks are a 22.8 percent favorite to earn home-field advantage, topping the Packers’ 19.1 percent chance.”

Fans will get a good opportunity to compare the two teams when they face off in Week 1, September 10 at Lambeau Field.