How much does SOS factor into your prediction of the Super Bowl winner? I feel that this is maybe the prime indicator pointing to the Patriots as the winner of this game. A stats. comparison might make them appear the lessor team but in reality they are stronger team based on how they have prepared versus more difficult opponents (esp. stronger QB's) and how these games have refined them for this match-up. In effect, the stats. create an illusion of Seattle possibly being a stronger bet than they are for this particular game. New England will have the capacity to attack and react better to Seattle than the Seahawks will to them. (IMO).