There are exactly zero NFL teams with a .500 record right now.
Fourteen teams have winning records and the other 18 teams having losing records, giving us the clearest picture yet of the NFL playoff race.
The Colts, Vikings, and Seahawks firmly put themselves in the wild card hunt, while the Dolphins, Eagles, and Jets all took brutal loses.
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Once again, here's how we came up with them.
We took our rankings from last week and moved teams up and down based on the following criteria:
- A win: up 2 spots
- A loss: down 1 spot
- A loss by 10+ points: down 2 spots
- A win against a top-5 team from the week before: up 2 spots
- A win against a top-12 team from the week before (aka, a playoff team): up 1 spot
- Covering the point spread: up 1 spot
- A winning record: up 1 spot
- A losing record: down 1 spot
- No team with a winning record can be outside the top 16
1. Houston Texans (#3 last week): Beat the Bears
Record: 8-1
Biggest thing we learned this week: The defense can single-handedly win a big game on the road.
2. Atlanta Falcons (#1 last week): Lost to the Saints
Record: 8-1
Biggest thing we learned this week: The running game is starting to go in the tank. They're now 25th in the league in yards per rush.
3. Baltimore Ravens (#5 last week): Beat the Raiders
Record: 7-2
Biggest thing we learned this week: They're great at home. Baltimore isn't talked about as being a tough place to play, but the Ravens are undefeated there this year.
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