Denver has a lot to play for on Sunday afternoon against the Chargers. If they win, the Broncos would secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC and a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

Here’s a look at how various national experts rated the Broncos in their power rankings entering Week 18:

Week 18 is officially set. The NFL on Sunday announced the Denver Broncos' regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers will take place on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High, with kickoff scheduled for 2:25 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast on CBS.

The NFL announced the following scenarios for the Broncos (vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2:25 p.m., CBS) to clinch the AFC's No. 1 seed in Week 18: Denver clinches the AFC West division title and the AFC's No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

NFL Week 18 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming information for the Sunday football game between Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos.

The Denver Broncos defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 20-13 in week 17 at Arrowhead Stadium Thursday night. The Broncos closed it out with the game-winning touchdown coming late in the fourth quarter.

While those are the playoff implications for this Christmas Day slate, one of the other storylines will be the onslaught of injuries at quarterback for an array of these teams suiting up on Thursday. The Commanders, Vikings and Chiefs will all be starting backups, which sort of feels like a lump of coal, but we'll make do.

Much has been made about the freshly released AFC West champion merchandise — and none of it good. Denver Broncos fans across social media have skewered the hats and T-shirts commemorating the club's first division crown since 2015.