Houston Texans Playoffs 2027

The Houston Texans are 2-5, 3rd in the AFC South, 2½ games behind the Jacksonville Jaguars. They are 2½ games behind the No. 7 seed with 10 to play. Next: at the Los Angeles Chargers, Sun, Nov 8 · 4:05 PM EST.

Houston TexansAFC SouthOut · 2½ GB of No. 7

2-5Record

2-1Division

2-3Conference

-5Point diff

0-4Home

2-1Away

L1Streak

10Games left

Next gameat ChargersSun, Nov 8 · 4:05 PM EST

Last gameL 21-27 vs GiantsSun, Oct 25

Playoff race2½ games behind No. 710 games left

Season Trend

AFC South Standings

#	Team	W-L	Div	Conf	Diff	Strk
1	Jaguars	4-2	0-1	3-2	+50	L1
2	Colts	2-5	1-1	1-4	-26	L3
3	Texans	2-5	2-1	2-3	-5	L1
4	Titans	1-6	1-1	1-4	-48	L1

AFC Playoff Race

Seed	Team	W-L	Via	GB
1	Chiefs	5-1	Division winner	–
2	Bills	5-1	Division winner	–
3	Browns	5-2	Division winner	½
4	Jaguars	4-2	Division winner	1
5	Broncos	5-2	Wild card	½
6	Steelers	5-2	Wild card	½
7	Bengals	4-2	Wild card	1
–	Patriots	4-3	In the hunt	1½
–	Ravens	4-3	In the hunt	1½
–	Raiders	3-4	In the hunt	2½
–	Texans	2-5	In the hunt	3½

Four division winners (seeds 1-4) and three wild cards; only the No. 1 seed gets a bye. GB = games behind the No. 1 seed. Full AFC playoff picture →

Texans 2026 Schedule and Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Result	TV
1	Sep 13	vs Bills	L 31-36
2	Sep 20	vs Bengals	L 6-20
3	Sep 27	at Colts	L 17-19
4	Oct 4	vs Cowboys	L 30-34
5	Oct 11	at Titans	W 26-3
6	Oct 18	at Jaguars	W 34-31
7	Oct 25	vs Giants	L 21-27
9	Nov 8	at Chargers	4:05 PM
10	Nov 15	at Browns	1:00 PM
11	Nov 19	vs Colts	8:15 PM
12	Nov 29	vs Ravens	1:00 PM
13	Dec 6	at Steelers	8:20 PM
14	Dec 13	at Commanders	1:00 PM
15	Dec 20	vs Jaguars	1:00 PM
16	Dec 24	at Eagles	8:15 PM
17	Jan 4	at Packers	8:15 PM
18	Jan 10	vs Titans	1:00 PM

Times Eastern. Bye week omitted.

This Houston Texans playoffs page refreshes after every Texans game: record, seed, magic number and remaining schedule. Compare them with the rest of the AFC playoff picture, or see their projected route on the bracket.