2025 Strength of Schedule

The latest newsletter from KCSN Sports Data Scientist, Joseph Hefner

The NFL just released the 2025 NFL Schedule, to much fanfare. We have known the opponents each team would face since the conclusion of the 2024 regular season, but now we know the when and where. Social media buzzes for a solid week about the biggest games each week, or how many prime time games teams play, or how many teams off bye weeks. The list goes on and on.

Honestly, I know a lot of people mock the schedule release, especially with the leaked games for a week or two leading up to the official release. Personally, it makes a big difference for me being able to see the games on a schedule rather than just the list of teams the Chiefs will play. I find it much easier to visualize the upcoming season.

With that in mind, here are the schedule graphics I use to get a mental picture of our schedule, and how it looks vs the rest of the NFL. First up, here are the Vegas odds for each Chiefs game this season. I took the early moneylines for each game, removed the vig, and converted them to percentage odds to win.