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5. Los Angeles Chargers (7-3)

Kansas City avoided an unexpected slip-up with a last-minute rout over Carolina to become the first AFC team to reach 10 wins.

The Chiefs are still a full game ahead of the Buffalo Bills for home-field advantage. The longtime rivals are the only likely contenders for the No. 1 overall seed. 1.

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans each lost in Week 12 to fall further behind the Chiefs.

Pittsburgh’s primary concern must be the AFC North title because it is only one game ahead of the Baltimore Ravens. The gap could drop to a half if the Ravens beat the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night.

Houston is still comfortably ahead of the AFC South as it holds a two-game lead and two head-to-head wins over the Indianapolis Colts.

The Colts fell to 5-7 with a loss to the Lions, but are still in the mix for the final wild-card spot.

Both the Colts and Miami Dolphins have five wins, and they will be rooting for the Las Vegas Raiders to upset the Denver Broncos in the late afternoon window.

Conversely, a Denver win would put three seven-win teams in the wild-card spots, and it would force Miami and Indianapolis to be near-perfect down the stretch.