Rankings: Texans Triumph Edition
You're deep in the heart of Texans playoff history with ESPN.com's Page 2 Power Rankings! Our formula combines the results of two surveys: a human poll concocted by ESPN Page 2's Greg Hardy and a scientifically calibrated poll generated by computer analysis. Unfortunately, our computer spent the weekend trying to calculate the BCS title game scenarios under which No. 3 Oklahoma State could be catapulted to national champs. The best it could come up with was that Alabama wins a 9-6 overtime game in the Superdome, immediately followed by Cowboys super-booster T. Boone Pickens beating Les Miles in a game of chess orchestrated over a human chessboard where all the pieces are played by ESPNU's production assistants wearing Mardi Gras costumes. To the results!
1. Texans-Lions fortunes
9.4
9.6
19.0
Credentials: Sorry to make you do bust out the calculators so early in this week's countdown, but the wild card weekend marked a milestone in one of our favorite records to keep track of. The Houston Texans won their first playoff game, which has to be a relief for any season ticket holder who promised he'd wear his lucky underpants until this came to pass. And the Detroit Lions qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1999, but got crushed by the Saints. Now OK, got your calculators ready? Since 2001, the Houston Texans have won 66 games and the Detroit Lions have won 49. Why is this significant? Because the Houston Texans did not exist until 2002. That's right, with Deroit's 16-game head start — not to mention being in existence since George Washington opened training camp in Valley Forge — the expansion Texans have won 17 more games than the Lions. Don't worry, this factoid will get a lot more play once the Texans and the Lions meet in the Super Bowl next season. Or at least some time before a 62-year-old Taylor Swift performs as halftime entertainment.
2. "Mile High miracle"
Rankings: Texans Triumph Edition
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