{"id":448383,"date":"2025-12-15T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448383\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:54:13","slug":"chargers-playoff-odds-remaining-schedule-division-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448383\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers’ playoff odds, remaining schedule, division standings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chargers<\/a> defeated the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, knocking Kansas City out of playoff contention. So, how much did it increase their chances of making the playoffs?<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at how Los Angeles’ win over Kansas City impacts its playoff chances.<\/p>\n

Chargers playoff odds<\/p>\n

Sitting at 10-4 going after the win, the Chargers have a 95% chance of making the postseason, according to The Athletic’s Playoff Simulator. They entered Week 15 with a 78% chance.<\/p>\n

Chargers remaining schedule<\/p>\n

The Chargers will face the NFL’s 6th-hardest schedule the remainder of the season, per\u00a0Tankathon. They have two matchups remaining against teams with winning records (Broncos and Texans<\/a>), as well as the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Below is a look at Los Angeles’ remaining opponents:<\/p>\n

Week 16: at\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

Week 17: vs.\u00a0Houston Texans<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 18: at\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/a><\/p>\n

AFC West standings<\/p>\n

The Chargers entered Week 15 in second place in the standings. They remain there and are still two games back from first place in the division.<\/p>\n

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  1. Denver Broncos<\/a> (12-2)<\/li>\n
  2. Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> (10-4)<\/li>\n
  3. Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> (6-8)<\/li>\n
  4. Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> (2-12)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    AFC playoff picture<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Denver Broncos<\/a> (12-2; AFC West leaders)<\/li>\n
    2. New England Patriots (11-3; AFC East leaders)<\/li>\n
    3. Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> (10-4; AFC South leaders)<\/li>\n
    4. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6; AFC North leaders)<\/li>\n
    5. Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>\u00a0(10-4; wild card No. 1)<\/li>\n
    6. Buffalo Bills<\/a> (10-4; wild card No. 2)<\/li>\n
    7. Houston Texans<\/a>\u00a0(9-5; wild card No. 3)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If the season ended today, the Chargers would travel to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chargers defeated the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, knocking Kansas City out of playoff contention. So, how much…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":448384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[10519,55787,8015,8019,4231,4503,32525,17546,8995,1582,276,7151,3001,2451,8605,8999,1318,4345,2505,11652,7310,8017,8013,19785,3570,2961,4230,224,8986,5337,1571,5382,942,50,1232,12623,450,950,15776,3948,1926,15779,62,1458,15777,26570,646],"class_list":{"0":"post-448383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-afc","9":"tag-afc-south","10":"tag-american","11":"tag-american-football","12":"tag-angeles","13":"tag-bills","14":"tag-broncos","15":"tag-buffalo","16":"tag-buffalo-bills","17":"tag-ca","18":"tag-california","19":"tag-chargers","20":"tag-chiefs","21":"tag-city","22":"tag-denver","23":"tag-denver-broncos","24":"tag-football","25":"tag-houston","26":"tag-houston-texans","27":"tag-hub","28":"tag-jacksonville","29":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","30":"tag-jaguars","31":"tag-kansas","32":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","33":"tag-la","34":"tag-los","35":"tag-los-angeles","36":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","37":"tag-losangeles","38":"tag-national","39":"tag-national-sports","40":"tag-neutral","41":"tag-news","42":"tag-nfl","43":"tag-nfl-hub","44":"tag-overall","45":"tag-overall-neutral","46":"tag-scores","47":"tag-south","48":"tag-sport","49":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","50":"tag-sports","51":"tag-sports-news","52":"tag-statistics","53":"tag-texans","54":"tag-u0026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}