When is NFL Week 13 2026?

Week 13 runs Thursday 3 December through Monday 7 December 2026. It opens with Kansas City at the Los Angeles Rams on Prime Video, the main Sunday slate falls on 6 December, and the week closes with Dallas at Seattle on Monday night.

What is the biggest spread in NFL Week 13 2026?

Denver is laying 9.5 against Miami at Empower Field, with Philadelphia at 8.5 in Arizona close behind. There are no double-digit spreads on the board for the second consecutive week.

Do NFL totals drop in December?

Generally yes for outdoor northern venues, as wind and cold suppress passing efficiency and kicking accuracy. Week 13's board is a partial exception, with only two games below 43 and several outdoor fixtures priced in the high forties, suggesting the market rates the offences involved highly enough to offset the calendar.

Does altitude affect the Denver game?

Denver plays at roughly 5,280 feet, the highest home stadium in the league. Thinner air affects visiting player conditioning and also ball flight, with kicks travelling further. Home teams are acclimatised and visitors are not, which is one of the few genuine venue advantages in the NFL.

What is the lowest total in NFL Week 13 2026?

Houston at Pittsburgh at 41.5 on Sunday night, an outdoor game at Acrisure Stadium in early December. Miami at Denver and Carolina at Minnesota share the next lowest at 42.5.

NFL Week 13, 2026

Every game with kickoff, TV, venue, spread and total — the first December board, and the totals have not fallen the way the calendar suggests they should.

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Week 13 runs Thursday 3 December through Monday 7 December. Fourteen games, and the season enters its final stretch.

The full Week 13 board

Matchup	Kickoff / TV	Line	Total
Thu 3 Dec
Kansas City @ LA RamsSoFi Stadium, Inglewood CA	8:15 PMPrime Video	LAR -4.5	47.5
Sun 6 Dec
Detroit @ AtlantaMercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta GA	1:00 PMCBS	DET -3.5	48.5
Jacksonville @ ChicagoSoldier Field, Chicago IL	1:00 PMFOX	CHI -3	47.5
Cincinnati @ ClevelandHuntington Bank Field, Cleveland OH	1:00 PMCBS	CIN -4.5	45.5
Washington @ TennesseeNissan Stadium, Nashville TN	1:00 PMCBS	WSH -1.5	46.5
Green Bay @ New OrleansCaesars Superdome, New Orleans LA	1:00 PMFOX	GB -4.5	45.5
San Francisco @ NY GiantsMetLife Stadium, East Rutherford NJ	1:00 PMFOX	SF -3	47.5
LA Chargers @ Tampa BayRaymond James Stadium, Tampa FL	1:00 PMCBS	LAC -2.5	46.5
Miami @ DenverEmpower Field at Mile High, Denver CO	4:05 PMFOX	DEN -9.5	42.5
Philadelphia @ ArizonaState Farm Stadium, Glendale AZ	4:05 PMFOX	PHI -8.5	43.5
Carolina @ MinnesotaU.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis MN	4:25 PMCBS	MIN -3.5	42.5
Buffalo @ New EnglandGillette Stadium, Foxborough MA	4:25 PMCBS	NE -1.5	48.5
Houston @ PittsburghAcrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh PA	8:20 PMNBC	HOU -1.5	41.5
Mon 7 Dec
Dallas @ SeattleLumen Field, Seattle WA	8:15 PMESPN/ABC	SEA -4.5	48.5

Lines and totals as posted at time of writing. Numbers move — check current pricing before betting anything.

December arrives, and the totals hold up

The expectation going into December is that outdoor totals fall. Across our weekly boards the floor dropped steadily — 40.5 in Week 4, 39.5 in Week 8, 38.5 in Week 10, 39.5 twice in Week 12.

This board partly breaks that. Only two games sit below 43, and several outdoor fixtures carry numbers in the high forties: Buffalo at New England at 48.5, Detroit at Atlanta at 48.5, Dallas at Seattle at 48.5.

A total is a forecast about the teams as well as the weather. When the market prices an outdoor December game at 48.5, it is saying the offences involved are good enough to overcome conditions it fully understands.

The exception proves it

Houston at Pittsburgh carries 41.5 on Sunday night, the lowest on the board. Acrisure Stadium in December, two defences the market respects, and neither offence rated highly enough to fight the conditions. That is what a December number looks like when the teams do not offset the calendar.

Denver -9.5, and the altitude question

Denver hosts Miami laying 9.5, the largest number on the board. It is also the matchup that most exposes a genuine venue effect.

Empower Field sits at roughly 5,280 feet, the highest home stadium in the league. Visiting players are not acclimatised and home players are, and the effect shows most in the fourth quarter when conditioning matters. Ball flight changes too, with kicks carrying further than either side is used to.

Add a Miami team travelling from sea level in a warm climate to Denver in December, and the number reflects several stacked disadvantages rather than one.

No double digits, for a second week

Week 12 had none. Week 13 tops out at 9.5. That is a market with settled but moderate views — it knows which teams are better and does not think any gap this week is enormous.

Five games sit at 3 or fewer, including three at 1.5: Washington at Tennessee, Buffalo at New England, and Houston at Pittsburgh. The pattern that has run all season continues into December.

Buffalo at New England at 1.5

A divisional game at Gillette in December priced within a field goal, with a 48.5 total. Two things worth holding together: the market cannot separate these teams, and it expects them to score.

Divisional games in December carry an additional dimension — by this point both sides have already played once, and the second meeting comes with the first as evidence. Familiarity has been compressing margins all season, and it compresses them hardest in the second meeting.

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