Kansas City, Mo. ? Is the only unbeaten team left in the AFC this good, or just lucky?

Or maybe the 6-0 Kansas City Chiefs are a team of destiny. After all, say fans, there’s not a winning team on the schedule for the next five weeks, including Monday night’s tilt against archrival Oakland.

So a 12-0 start is certainly within reach, right coach?

“I’m not even going to comment on that,” Dick Vermeil said Monday with a pained expression on his sleep-deprived face.

“The only thing I’m interested in is being 7-0,” he said. “You start talking about winning 12 in a row … that looks like a mountain to climb. One football game, that’s the only game we play this week.

“As corny as it may sound, that’s how we approach it.”

Nevertheless, even Vermeil would be hard-pressed to keep a lid on the outbreak of cockiness the 6-0 record has triggered among a loyal fan base that has kept Arrowhead Stadium sold out for years, even during the lean times.

Consecutive victory No. 6 was the most impressive, and possibly the most fortunate of all in what has become the greatest getaway in the Chiefs’ 44-year history.

Facing Green Bay and Brett Favre Sunday, the Chiefs overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half — something no other Kansas City team ever had done — and won in overtime, 40-34. It was the Chiefs’ third straight come-from-behind win and the first in five weeks when Dante Hall did not return a kick for a TD.

Now if the high-flying Chiefs can overcome the Raiders, they’ll tie the team record with their seventh consecutive regular-season win.

Green Bay's Ahman Green (30) fumbles after being hit by Kansas City's Scott Fujita. The Chiefs recovered and scored the winning touchdown on the following play Sunday in Green Bay, Wis.

“I’m not surprised we’re 6-0,” Vermeil said. “But I also know we’re fortunate to be 6-0.”

In the last three wins — against Baltimore, Denver and the Packers — the Chiefs have been particularly fortunate. The Chiefs beat Baltimore on Hall’s long kickoff return after the Ravens had tied it at 10 in the fourth quarter.

Then Hall’s electrifying 93-yard punt return, which will no doubt go down as one of the most amazing plays of the season, pulled out a 24-23 come-from-behind victory over the Broncos.

Each time, either with turnovers, big defensive plays or heroics by Hall, the Chiefs overcame some glaring deficiency in some part of their game — such as Trent Green’s 128 yards passing against Denver.

Then Sunday was no exception. The normally reliable ground game netted only 82 yards, much of that in overtime.

But Green had one of his finest days as an NFL quarterback, throwing for 400 yards and three TDs, including a 51-yard game-winner to Eddie Kennison.

“Any one of those teams could have beaten us. And they all varied in their approach and had varied strengths,” Vermeil said.

The defense, which has shown signs of significant improvement over the woeful unit that was dead last in the league a year ago, was gouged for 440 yards. In total defense, the only unbeaten team in the AFC ranks 13th among the 16 teams.

“It doesn’t fit the profile of a championship team,” Vermeil agreed.

“Sometimes it’s hard to improve in the regular season because you only get one day in pads,” he said. “But I like to believe we can if we maintain our focus and our discipline and be critical of ourselves, coaching-wise and player performance, so we just don’t close our eyes to the things we’re not doing well enough.”

“I believe we haven’t played our best football yet.”

But while he won’t go near any projections beyond Monday night’s game at Oakland, neither does Vermeil downplay the notion the Chiefs could be on the ride of a lifetime.

“We believe we’re competitive with any team we play,” he said. “We believe if we play a smart, tough, better-conditioned fast brand of football, that we’re very, very tough to beat.”