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NFL 2026 · Regular season Week 9

What does Jets vs Chiefs change in the NFL playoff race?

Jets

New York Jets

2-6

1:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

5-2

Sun, Nov 8, 2026 · 1:00 PM ET (Nov 9, 03:00 KST)Arrowhead Stadium

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What's at stake

Current standings (120 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 16 AFC teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Jets win

Chiefs win

  • ChiefsMagic 10→9Tragic 10→-
  • JetsAFC #12→#13 seedTragic 6→5
  • ColtsAFC #13→#12 seed

Tie

Both teams going in

TeamSeedMagicTragicDivision magic
JetsAFC #12 seed · 2-612-6-
ChiefsAFC #5 seed · 5-251010-

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-7 seed (division magic: first place); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team in question (official tiebreakers such as head-to-head are not applied; equal records are ordered by BALLDONTLIE seed). How we calculate →

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Sun, Nov 8 game · Kansas City

Local date

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Team records

Season records as listed by BALLDONTLIE.

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  • Seed — seven teams per conference (AFC, NFC) make the playoffs. The four division winners take seeds 1–4 whatever their records; the best three of the rest take seeds 5–7.
  • Wild card — seeds 5–7, earned on record without winning the division. Only the No. 1 seed skips the first round (the Wild Card round).
  • Tie — a regular-season game still level after a 10-minute overtime ends as a tie, counted as half a win in winning percentage.
How we calculate →
Jets playoff scenarios →Chiefs playoff scenarios → NFL schedule & results Playoff seeds Magic numbersNFL standings & scenarios →

Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic numbers, tragic numbers and seeds are computed by this site.