- The Baltimore Ravens (-118) are predicted to win the AFC North in 2026.
- Baltimore won the AFC North title in two of the previous three seasons.
- Oddsmakers price the Steelers at +550 to repeat as division winners.
Below, bettors can find NFL odds for the AFC North division winner.
Oddsmakers opened the Baltimore Ravens at -110 to win the 2026 AFC North title. New head coach Jesse Minter inherits a team that won two of the previous three division crowns and now sits at -118.
Cincinnati (+200) and 2025 division winners Pittsburgh (+550) qualify as the closest challengers. Sitting in a distant fourth on the odds board are the Cleveland Browns (+1800).
2026 AFC North Odds
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AFC North Prediction 2026
Based on the positive regression potential and the easy schedule of opposing offenses, I predict the Cincinnati Bengals (+225) win the AFC North in 2026.Â
Unless you think the Shedeur Sanders-led Browns are primed for a division title, the AFC North is Cincinnati’s to lose.Â
By 2026 season win totals, the Bengals play the NFL’s third-easiest schedule. Outside the division, the Bengals face only three games against teams with win totals set at 9.5 or higher.Â
That should help Zac Taylor’s quad positively regress from last year – the team finished 1.4 wins under expected.Â
Driving that underperformance? A 3-5 record in one-possession games. It coincided with a season where Joe Burrow missed significant time.Â
Even accounting for Jake Browning’s starts, the offense finished 13th in offensive DVOA. Two years ago, a Burrow-led offense finished fifth in the NFL.Â
The big question mark is the Bengals defense. Trey Hendrickson appears headed for newer pastures, but the Bengals have $53 million in cap room and $45.8 million in effective cap room.Â
Cincinnati can expand that room by restructuring Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins’ contracts. In that event, it allows them to spend on a defense that should face easy competition.Â
By 2025 offensive DVOA record, Cincinnati projects to face the 27th-hardest set of opposing offenses. A two-year blended average projects that they face the league’s easiest set of offenses.Â
Assuming the offense stays healthy, Cincinnati – in my estimation – carries the highest offensive ceiling within the division.Â
That renders the Bengals an intriguing division prediction at just over 30% implied probability.Â
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