Dean Michaels

Nate Silver, the statistical guru who predicted the 2012 Presidential Election results, has turned his attention to the Super Bowl and is predicting a Patriots vs Seahawks Super Bowl XVLII matchup. Silver told ESPN that that the Seahawks and Patriots will meet in Super Bowl XLVII he's predicting a Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl matchup citing data from "Football Outsiders" a prominent football statistics website.

Silver explained on ESPN's "First Take" why he's predicting a Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl.

"This is the Football Outsiders system, so I didn't work on it directly, but they're looking at individual plays, and putting football context around it ... applying some football common sense to the numbers, basically," Silver said.

Silver doesn't necessarily like the Seahawks' chances to win it all.

"I'd say that Denver and New England are the best two teams in the NFL," he said.

"You have to have one team from each conference, so if you have a Denver-New England AFC Championship Game, it might be one of those cases where it really is the de facto Super Bowl."

Nate Silver Picks Seahawks vs Patriots for Super Bowl XLVII