NFL · 2026
Cleveland Browns1st AFC North - .750 pct vSun 6 Dec, 1:00 PM EST Cincinnati Bengals4th AFC North - .500 pct
Match resultCleveland 63%Tie <1%Cincinnati 37%
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 12% 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 23 points in the Playoffs race.
Cleveland Browns
Playoffs63%
Division34%
Conferenceseason odds7%
Super Bowlseason odds3%
Byeseason odds9%
Cincinnati Bengals
Playoffs38%
Division15%
Conferenceseason odds2%
Byeseason odds3%
Cleveland winPlayoffsCleveland Browns63%76%▲ +13Cincinnati Bengals38%22%▼ -16
TiePlayoffsCleveland Browns63%70%▲ +7Cincinnati Bengals38%31%▼ -7
Cincinnati winPlayoffsCleveland Browns63%54%▼ -9Cincinnati Bengals38%45%▲ +7
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1ClevelandDivision34%3-1-0.750-2BaltimoreDivision32%3-1-0.750-4CincinnatiDivision15%2-2-0.5001The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
5ClevelandPlayoffs63%3-1-0.7507New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.50011CincinnatiPlayoffs38%2-2-0.500