AFC Championship Odds, Favorites to Win, Best Bets 2022/23

• Check out our best AFC Championship Odds 2023 to help you make the smartest bets
• This season, Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs (+165) are the odds on favorites to win the AFC.
• Watch the AFC Championship live on Sunday, January 29, 2023, the first game of a double-header that includes the NFC Championship game.

It’s the same matchup as last season when the young Cincinnati Bengals under HC Zac Taylor and led by playmaking QB Joe Burrow took the AFC Championship title after beating the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime by a field goal, 27-24.

This year the Kansas City Chiefs under HC Andy Reid are expected to win it but not by much since their star QB Patrick Mahomes (ankle) could be hobbling while the Bengals defensive line continues to step up as this team attempts to return to the Big Game they lost last year.

Now that the postseason is almost over, the oddsmakers have picked their favorite teams to win the AFC Championship as this playoff tournament continues to crescendo, so here we share our greatest odds and predictions to help you make the best bets and place the smartest wagers.

AFC Championship Odds

Odds taken from BetMGM

AFC Championship Pick

With Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes suffering a high ankle sprain, that could be enough for the Bengals to win the Conference title for the 2022/23 NFL season.

Cincinnati Bengals +1 (-115)

Kansas City Chiefs -1 (-105)

The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in the same Conference matchup as last season when their pathway to another Lombardi Trophy was stopped in overtime, this year HC Andy Reid having to game plan around injured QB Patrick Mahomes (high ankle sprain) which could hamper that #1 ranked offense.

Cincinnati Bengals +1 (-115)

No team wants to get back to the Super Bowl more than the Cincinnati Bengals since they came up short last year against the Los Angeles Rams, now with a healthy QB Joe Burrow who gets to target a top WR in the league, Ja’Marr Chase, who posted 9 touchdown receptions during the regular season.

Who Won the AFC Championship in 2021/22?

At the end of the 2021/22 NFL season, it was the young Cincinnati Bengals under HC Zac Taylor and led by playmaking QB Joe Burrow who took the AFC Championship title after beating the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime by a field goal, 27-24.

The Bengals went on to lose Super Bowl LVI to the Los Angeles Rams by a field goal, 20-23.

AFC Championship Winner History

The structure of the NFL has shifted over the years to include more teams and more cities in the league, and in 1970 the AFC and NFC were born, and since then there has been a champion of each conference that earns their place in the Super Bowl.

Ever since the 1984–85 NFL playoffs, the winner of the AFC Championship Game has received the Lamar Hunt Trophy, named after the founder of the AFL, an honor that all teams fight for, including the impressive (and expensive) rings that go along with that title.

History of Past AFC Champions

Popular NFL Futures Bets

There are plenty of popular NFL futures bets, and the winner of the AFC Championship game is just one of them, a fun way to put money on future outcomes that your favorite team might enjoy.

Regular Season Wins

Another exciting futures bet is to guess the over/under on how many games your favorite team will win during the course of the regular season, a bet that your football franchise will succeed (or fail) the way you predict.

Record Breakers

Every year, NFL records are broken, and sports gamblers have enjoyed putting money on whether certain players will achiever record-breaking feats, like if any player will break the record for most Passing Yards or most TDs scored in a season.

Player Totals

For sports gamblers with a favorite player, it can be fun to bet on certain totals that they will (or will not) achieve, for example whether Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow will throw of over 4450.5 yards (-100) or under 4450.5 yards (-120) for the year.

How to Choose the Best Sportsbook for Betting on the AFC Championship

There are many factors to consider when you are shopping around for the best sportsbook to use to place your wagers, and the most successful gamblers make sure to do their research before any bets are made.

With some shopping around among all the various sportsbooks, you could save a lot of money and time with the right choice and waste a lot of both if you choose wrong.

AFC Championship Winner Odds

The way oddsmakers express their odds may look tricky but it’s a relatively simple system that’s being used.

• If the odds show a minus (–), then that amount of money must be wagered to win $100. (e.g. –150 means you must bet $150 to win $100.)
• If the odds show a plus (+), then you’d earn that amount of money on a successful $100 bet. (e.g. +150 means you make $150 on a $100 wager.)

Welcome Bonus

This is essentially FREE MONEY, the amount of credit the sportsbook is willing to give to its new customers when they sign up to play.

The amount of Welcome Bonus offered varies so it definitely pays to shop around, with some gamblers joining multiple sportsbooks and enjoying just as many bonuses as a result.

Payment Options

Be sure the sportsbook you choose to work with allows for whatever payment option you prefer because that becomes a critical part of the relationship since you are not only transferring money in to wager, you will also be transferring out all your massive winnings.