NFL · 2026
Cleveland Browns1st AFC North - .750 pct vSun 3 Jan, 1:00 PM EST Indianapolis Colts2nd AFC South - .500 pct
Match resultCleveland 62%Tie <1%Indianapolis 38%
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 14% 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 24 points in the Playoffs race.
Cleveland Browns
Playoffs63%
Division34%
Conferenceseason odds7%
Super Bowlseason odds3%
Byeseason odds9%
Indianapolis Colts
Playoffs40%
Division24%
Conferenceseason odds3%
Super Bowlseason odds1%
Byeseason odds2%
Cleveland winPlayoffsCleveland Browns63%75%▲ +12Indianapolis Colts40%33%▼ -7
TiePlayoffsCleveland Browns63%70%▲ +7Indianapolis Colts40%46%▲ +6
Indianapolis winPlayoffsCleveland Browns63%53%▼ -10Indianapolis Colts40%57%▲ +17
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%3-1-0.750-3PittsburghDivision19%2-2-0.5001AFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1JacksonvilleDivision68%3-1-0.750-2IndianapolisDivision24%2-2-0.50013*TennesseeDivision3%0-4-0.0003The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
5ClevelandPlayoffs63%3-1-0.7507New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.50010IndianapolisPlayoffs40%2-2-0.500