Your Denver Broncos have won their first AFC West title in 10 years with one game to go in the 2025 season, and for fans, players and coaches alike, it's a time to be excited and celebrate the rise from the ashes Denver has seen in recent years.

Sitting at 13-3, the Broncos can officially secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC by defeating the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field at Mile High on Sunday in the 2025 regular-season finale. Ironically, it was the rival Chargers who helped Denver to its West title by falling to the Texans last Saturday.

Welcome back to my weekly AFC West check-in – a quick, data-driven power ranking that tracks how the divisional shifts from Sunday to Sunday. Rankings aren’t box-score trophies – they’re context-adjusted judgments on where these teams are at and who’s sitting pole week to week.

"I know all the guys in that locker room will tell you that their goals are bigger than winning the AFC West," Broncos WR Courtland Sutton said.

Quietly, the Chargers might also benefit well into 2026 as AFC West rivals like the Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs become prominent staples of another after-season activ

The Denver Broncos returned to the top of the AFC West on Saturday when the Los Angeles Chargers fell to the Houston Texans. The Kansas City Chiefs had been the champs since 2016.

Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper posted a profane message aimed at the Chiefs after Denver’s winning of the AFC West. What it means heading into Week 18.

The Denver Broncos are the 2025 AFC West champions. After defeating the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Night, the Broncos needed the Houston Texans to knock off the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday.

Week 17. Damn. One more full slate of games left, and then it’s on to the playoffs. Soooooo… What did Seventeen show us? The Broncos had to work for it in Arrowhead, the Chargers offense ran into a brick wall,

Denver will get the first-round bye while New England and Jacksonville play on Wild Card Weekend — and neither has an easy matchup. Chargers vs. Patriots will feature two of the NFL’s best young quarterbacks with Drake Maye and Justin Herbert facing off. The Jaguars drew the shortest straw and will have to host Josh Allen.