Week 13 was a huge for a few teams at the edge of the NFL playoff picture.
Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and Seattle all got big wins to keep the upper hand in the wild card race, while division leaders Chicago and Baltimore both lost in disappointing fashion.
As a result our top 10 shuffled significantly.
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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 (#1 last week): Beat the Titans
Record: 11-1
Biggest thing we learned this week: Now the fun begins for this team. They play New England, Indianapolis (twice), and Minnesota in a brutal last month of the season.
2. Atlanta Falcons (#3 last week): Beat the Saints
Record: 11-1
Biggest thing we learned this week: The defense is quietly consistent. They're now in the top five in scoring defense.
3. New England Patriots (#4 last week): Beat the Dolphins
Record: 9-3
Biggest thing we learned this week: Aaron Hernandez is the main benefactor of Rob Gronkowski's injury. He was thrown to 13 times on Sunday.
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