The entire AFC South played each other on Sunday it it rocked the standings in the division. The Houston Texans beat the Indianapolis Colts and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans. The Jaguars take the record vs common opponents tiebreaker and the lead in the division by a slim margin.
The Jaguars have wins over the Titans, Raiders, Cardinals, Chargers, and Chiefs and losses to the Rams and Texans for a 5-2 record vs common opponents. The Colts have two wins over the Titans and wins over the Raiders, Cardinals and Chargers with losses to the Chiefs and Texans for a 5-3 record.
The New England Patriots play Monday and the Denver Broncos won Sunday night to pass them for now.
The rest of the playoff picture was pretty interesting. The Jaguars are in third but the fourth-place Pittsburgh Steelers lost, allowing the Baltimore Ravens to hop into fourth despite their Thanksgiving loss.
The Los Angeles Chargers move into fifth thanks to their win and pass the Colts. Indianapolis is sixth, slightly ahead of the Bills in AFC record.
The 7-5 Texans are knocking on the door ahead of the 6-6 Steelers and Chiefs.
AFC South standings after Week 13
The Houston Texans beat the Indianapolis Colts while the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Titans, so it was an All AFC South weekend. And it shook up the standings. The Jaguars nip the Colts in record vs common opponents.
1. Jacksonville Jaguars (8-4, 6-2 vs common opponents)
2. Indianapolis Colts (8-4, 5-3 vs common opponents)
3. Houston Texans (7-5)
4. Tennessee Titans (1-11)
AFC standings during Week 13
In the tie between the Broncos and Patriots, Denver is undefeated against the Jets, Raiders, Titans, and Bengals. The Patriots lost to the Raiders in Week 1 and that’s the difference.
1. Denver Broncos (10-2, record vs common opponents > NE)
2. New England Patriots (10-2, record vs common opponents < DEN)
3. Jacksonville Jaguars (8-4)
4. Baltimore Ravens (6-6, record vs common opponents > PIT)
5. Los Angeles Chargers (8-4, 7-2 AFC)
6. Indianapolis Colts (8-4, 6-3)
7. Buffalo Bills (8-4, 5-3 AFC)
9. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-6, record vs common opponent < BAL, 5-3 AFC)
10. Kansas City Chiefs (6-6, 3-4 AFC)
11. Miami Dolphins (5-7)
12. Cincinnati Bengals (4-8)
13. New York Jets (3-9)
14. Cleveland Browns (3-9)
15. e-Las Vegas Raiders (2-10)
16. e-Tennessee Titans (1-11)
The Tennessee Titans were eliminated from playoff contention as were the Las Vegas Raiders.
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