The Most Important Games for the Texans are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Texans final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Texans fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Texans Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Titans (3‑13) vs Jaguars (12‑4) |
58 | Titans Wins | X | X | 77% | X | 1% | 16% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Jaguars Wins | X | X | X | X | 78% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Texans (11‑5) vs Colts (8‑8) |
18 | Texans Wins | X | X | 6% | X | 94% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Colts Wins | X | X | X | X | 5% | 65% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Jets (3‑13) vs Bills (11‑5) |
2 | Jets Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 88% | 7% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Bills Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 71% | 16% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Broncos (13‑3) vs Chargers (11‑5) |
2 | Broncos Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 22% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Chargers Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 72% | 2% | 21% | ^ | ||
| Bengals (6‑10) vs Browns (4‑12) |
0 | Bengals Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Browns Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Patriots (13‑3) vs Dolphins (7‑9) |
0 | Patriots Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Dolphins Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Raiders (2‑14) vs Chiefs (6‑10) |
0 | Raiders Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Chiefs Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Steelers (9‑7) vs Ravens (8‑8) |
0 | Steelers Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Ravens Wins | X | X | 5% | X | 73% | 15% | 7% | ^ | ||