Kansas City has lost two straight after a 5-0 start, 20-3 at Seattle and 28-24 at Denver, and it hosts a Jets team that has lost three in a row. New York gave up 28 to Miami and 38 to Las Vegas in its last two games. The Chiefs allow 18.7 points a game, fourth-fewest in the NFL, against a Jets offense that scores 21.3, ninth-fewest, and plays without Garrett Wilson, who is out in the concussion protocol. Kansas City is 3-0 at home and has outscored opponents 86-46 there, an average win of 13.3 points, and both of its losses came on the road, so Kansas City wins.

South Carolina opened with an 81-55 win over Stetson, shooting 51% and turning the ball over 5 times to Stetson’s 13. The Gamecocks went 13-19 last year. Twelve of the 15 players on this roster are new, so the opener is the sample that counts. Southeast Missouri State is 2-0 with wins of 86-79 over Lipscomb and 90-65 over Webster, and it turned the ball over 13 and 15 times in them. South Carolina’s 26-point margin over Stetson is larger than the Redhawks’ margins of 7 and 25, and South Carolina protected the ball far better than Southeast Missouri State did. South Carolina wins this one.

Take Kansas City (-426 moneyline) plus South Carolina (-1718 moneyline) in a two-team parlay at -326.