Advanced computer model locks in NFL Week 5 Survivor Pool pick

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates the entire NFL season 10,000 times. That's helped it become an authority on the survivor pool format, which calls for picking one team to win each week, but never picking the same team twice. 

It's not how much you win by in a survivor pool. It's simply about picking a winner and moving on -- and sometimes saving a bigger favorite for a future week.

Since its inception, this model is up over $7,000 for $100 players on its top-rated NFL picks. More important, the model ranked inside the Top 10 on NFLPickWatch for the third straight year on straight-up NFL picks and beat over 96 percent of CBS Sports office pool players last season. Anyone who has followed it is WAY UP.

The model advanced with the Eagles, Ravens, Cowboys and Chargers the first four weeks, and now it's revealing the optimal survivor pool pick for NFL Week 5.

We can tell you it's not going with the Chiefs, even though they're winning 77 percent of simulations against the visiting Colts. The model's data says you should wait to take the high-powered, undefeated Chiefs.

There's a team that's winning just as often, and it's the top play this week for your NFL knockout pools. Picking this team also sets you up for the rest of the season. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any survivor picks.

So which team is a must-back in your Week 5 survivor pool? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the optimal Survivor Pool pick for Week 5, all from the computer model that has ranked in the top 10 in straight-up picks three years running!