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The Houston Texans falling in the power rankings is commensurate with each loss they have taken over the past three weeks.
Doug Farrar from the Touchdown Wire released his weekly power rankings, and the Texans dropped from No. 21 to No. 24.
Not all 0-3 teams are built equally. The Texans have lost to the Chiefs, the Ravens, and the Steelers this season. You could say right now that any one of those three teams are going to represent the AFC in the next Super Bowl, and nobody would bat an eye. And it should come as no surprise that Houston isn’t at that level after all the moves made by Bill O’Brien. Houston has the Vikings, Jaguars, and Titans to deal with in their next three games, which at least gives them opportunities against teams a lot like they are — fundamentally flawed, but officially feisty.
The Texans’ 0-3 is even better than the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals’ 0-2-1, which is technically a better winning percentage than the Texans: .167 to .000.
The Tennessee Titans improved two spots, going from No. 11 to No. 9. The Indianapolis Colts had the largest movement of any AFC South team as they went from No. 20 to No. 10 after thumping the hapless New York Jets 36-7. The Jacksonville Jaguars dropped from No. 15 to No. 23.
Houston is going to be hanging out in the bottom half of the power rankings for the next few weeks, even if they do get a win in each of their next two games. The Texans will have a chance to earn back some national respect if they can take a 2-3 record into their Week 6 matchup with the Titans and come away with victory. At that point, they will be .500 and faring better with two divisional wins. Until then, the Texans have a ton of mediocrity to work through.