Colts vs. Chiefs: TV Channel, Start Time and How to Watch Sunday Night Football

The Indianapolis Colts visit the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, September 20 at 8:20 p.m. ET, the Sunday Night Football game on NBC from Arrowhead Stadium. Both teams are coming off Week 1 results that could not have looked more different.

Odds and Spread

Colts +2.5 | total 57.5

SportsbookColts spreadChiefs spreadTotalColts MLChiefs ML
DraftKings+2.5 (+640)-2.5 (-1000)57.5 (-104)+720-1160
Caesars+2.5 (+675)-2.5 (-1600)59.5 (-135)+700-1250
Polymarket+4.5 (-1329)-4.5 (+1329)46.5 (-199900)+3900-3900
Kalshi-10.5 (+4900)+10.5 (-4900)75.5 (+9900)+9900-19900
FanDuel+2.5 (+7500)-2.5 (-100000)63.5 (+7500)+10000-100000
BetRivers+2.5 (-112)-2.5 (-118)60.5 (-109)+700-1430
BetMGM-2.5 (-130)+2.5 (+105)57.5 (+150)+600-1100
Fanatics+1.5 (+1100)-1.5 (-4000)59.5 (-115)+575-1000

Lines from BALLDONTLIE and refreshed automatically. Numbers move, so confirm at your sportsbook before betting.

Kansas City is favored by close to a touchdown at home with a total in the mid 40s, which is the market saying it expects a defensive game rather than a shootout. Lines move on injury news through the week, so check your book before kickoff.

Start Time, TV Channel and How to Watch

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 · 8:20 P.M. ET · NBC
Colts at Chiefs
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Date Sunday, September 20, 2026
Kickoff 8:20 p.m. ET / 7:20 p.m. CT
TV NBC, national. Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth on the call
Streaming Peacock, plus Fubo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream and Sling Blue. Also on NFL+ for mobile
Week NFL Week 2
Stadium Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

How Both Teams Got Here

Kansas City opened with a 31-10 win over Denver on Monday night, the kind of statement result the Chiefs did not manage often last season. Indianapolis went the other way, losing 41-23 at home to Baltimore in a game that was out of hand by the fourth quarter.

That gives this a clear shape on paper: a rested Chiefs team at home on short national television against a Colts side that just gave up 41 points. The counterweight is that Kansas City played Monday and has a shorter turnaround than most of the league.

What to Watch

Whether Indianapolis can slow the game down. Giving up 41 to Baltimore was a defensive problem more than an offensive one, and Arrowhead at night is the worst possible place to try to fix that in a hurry. The Colts need long drives and a low possession count.

For Kansas City the question is whether the Denver performance was real. One win over a division rival does not settle much, but a second straight comfortable night would say the offense is genuinely back.

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The Bottom Line

Colts at Chiefs kicks off Sunday, September 20 at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock from Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City is 1-0 after beating Denver 31-10; Indianapolis is 0-1 after losing 41-23 to Baltimore. The odds table above updates automatically.