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 | |||
| Texans (10‑5) vs Chargers (11‑4) |
41 | Texans Wins | X | <1% | 31% | X | 18% | 41% | 9% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Chargers Wins | X | X | 2% | X | X | 2% | 89% | 7% | ||
| Colts (8‑7) vs Jaguars (11‑4) |
19 | Colts Wins | X | <1% | 36% | X | <1% | 8% | 45% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | X | <1% | 3% | X | 13% | 26% | 59% | ^ | ||
| Eagles (10‑5) vs Bills (11‑4) |
1 | Eagles Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 19% | 10% | 49% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Bills Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 2% | 24% | 54% | 4% | ||
| Jets (3‑12) vs Patriots (12‑3) |
0 | Jets Wins | X | 1% | 15% | X | 9% | 18% | 53% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Patriots Wins | X | X | 16% | X | 8% | 20% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Browns (3‑12) vs Steelers (9‑6) |
0 | Browns Wins | X | <1% | 15% | X | 8% | 20% | 53% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Steelers Wins | X | <1% | 15% | X | 8% | 19% | 53% | 4% | ||
| Packers (9‑5‑1) vs Ravens (7‑8) |
0 | Packers Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Ravens Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Bengals (5‑10) vs Cardinals (3‑12) |
0 | Bengals Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Cardinals Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Dolphins (6‑9) vs Buccaneers (7‑8) |
0 | Dolphins Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Titans (3‑12) vs Saints (5‑10) |
0 | Titans Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Saints Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Raiders (2‑13) vs Giants (2‑13) |
0 | Raiders Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||
| Giants Wins | X | <1% | 16% | X | 8% | 19% | 52% | 4% | ||