NFL · 2026
Cincinnati Bengals4th AFC North - .500 pct vSun 13 Dec, 4:25 PM EST Kansas City Chiefs1st AFC West - 1.000 pct
Match resultCincinnati 45%Tie <1%Kansas City 55%
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 9% 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 20 points in the Playoffs race.
Cincinnati Bengals
Playoffs38%
Division15%
Conferenceseason odds2%
Byeseason odds3%
Kansas City Chiefs
Playoffs80%
Division54%
Conferenceseason odds16%
Super Bowlseason odds8%
Byeseason odds21%
Cincinnati winPlayoffsCincinnati Bengals38%40%▲ +2Kansas City Chiefs80%91%▲ +11
TiePlayoffsCincinnati Bengals38%27%▼ -11Kansas City Chiefs80%92%▲ +12
Kansas City winPlayoffsCincinnati Bengals38%20%▼ -18Kansas City Chiefs80%98%▲ +18
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%2-2-0.5001AFC West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1Kansas CityDivision54%4-0-01.000-2Las VegasDivision18%3-1-0.75013DenverDivision26%2-2-0.5002The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
1Kansas CityPlayoffs80%4-0-01.0007New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.50011CincinnatiPlayoffs38%2-2-0.500