NFL · 2026
Kansas City Chiefs1st AFC West - 1.000 pct vSun 18 Oct, 4:25 PM EDT Los Angeles Chargers4th AFC West - .000 pct
Match resultKansas City 73%Tie <1%Chargers 27%
What this game means
The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 3% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 15 points in the Division race.
Kansas City Chiefs
Playoffs80%
Division54%
Conferenceseason odds16%
Super Bowlseason odds8%
Byeseason odds21%
Los Angeles Chargers
Playoffs11%
Division3%
Kansas City winDivisionKansas City Chiefs54%75%▲ +21Los Angeles Chargers3%<1%▼ -3
TieDivisionKansas City Chiefs54%61%▲ +7Los Angeles Chargers3%<1%▼ -3
Chargers winDivisionKansas City Chiefs54%60%▲ +6Los Angeles Chargers3%1%▼ -2
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1Kansas CityDivision54%4-0-01.000-2Las VegasDivision18%3-1-0.75014ChargersDivision3%0-4-0.0004The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
1Kansas CityPlayoffs80%4-0-01.0007New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.50016ChargersPlayoffs11%0-4-0.000