Now 9-1 on the season, the Kansas City Chiefs are in an excellent playoff position in the AFC. The stat geeks over at FiveThirtyEight.com now give the Chiefs a greater than 99 percent chance to make the playoffs, an 84 percent probability to win the AFC West, and a 79 percent chance to get a first-round bye in the playoffs.
If the playoffs were to begin today, here’s how the teams would line up.
AFC Playoff Picture
| Team | W | L | T | Position | Tiebreak |
| Chiefs (1) | 9 | 1 | 0 | West Champion | |
| Steelers (2) | 6 | 2 | 1 | North Champion | |
| Patriots (3) | 7 | 3 | 0 | East Champion | |
| Texans (4) | 6 | 3 | 0 | South Champion | |
| Chargers (5) | 7 | 2 | 0 | Wild Card #1 | |
| Bengals (6) | 5 | 4 | 0 | Wild Card #2 | conf win percentage |
| Titans | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dolphins | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ravens | 4 | 5 | 0 | conf win percentage | |
| Colts | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Browns | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jaguars | 3 | 6 | 0 | conf win percentage | |
| Broncos | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bills | 3 | 7 | 0 | head-to-head | |
| Jets | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Raiders | 1 | 8 | 0 |
The Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers would sit out the first week, while the Cincinnati Bengals would travel to Foxborough to play the New England Patriots, and the Los Angeles Chargers would play the Houston Texans in Texas.