Wk 18 · 2026

Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans — Sun, Jan 10

Sun, Jan 10 · Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX

Weather

This one is played indoors. There is nothing to forecast.

Tennessee Titans

AFC South · no games yet

TBDET

HOU -7 · total 39.5 DraftKings

Ratings differential HOU by 7.7

Houston Texans

AFC South · no games yet

What is at stake

An AFC South game. These two play each other twice a season, home and away, and when the AFC South finishes level it is the head-to-head result and then the division record that separate them — before any of the rest. Division standings. Flex Game: 1/9 or 1/10.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 1.7 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have been through a draft and a free-agency window since.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Titans: -3.7#27

Efficiency margin

Texans: +2.3#9

Titans: -2.0#26

Offense

Texans: -0.4#21

Titans: -1.6#28

Defense

Texans: +2.7#2

Titans: 16.7

Points / game

Texans: 23.8

Titans: 28.1

Points allowed / game

Texans: 17.4

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats

The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.

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Titans this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Texans this season

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Common opponents · 10

Opponent	Titans	Texans
Eagles NFC	vs Wk 2 · scheduled preview	at Wk 16 · scheduled preview
Giants NFC	at Wk 3 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Ravens AFC	at Wk 4 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview
Colts AFC	at Wk 6 · scheduled preview	at Wk 3 · scheduled preview
Browns AFC	vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview	at Wk 10 · scheduled preview
Bengals AFC	at Wk 8 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 2 · scheduled preview
Jaguars AFC	vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview	N Wk 6 · scheduled preview
Cowboys NFC	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview
Commanders NFC	vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview	at Wk 14 · scheduled preview
Steelers AFC	vs Wk 17 · scheduled preview	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview

Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Texans leads 22–18 · Texans has won the last 3

40 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 5.0 points toward Texans

Yr	Date	Result	Site	Won
2025	2025-11-16	Texans 16 — 13 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2025	2025-09-28	Titans 0 — 26 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2024	2025-01-05	Texans 23 — 14 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2024	2024-11-24	Titans 32 — 27 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2023	2023-12-31	Titans 3 — 26 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2023	2023-12-17	Texans 19 — 16 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2022	2022-12-24	Texans 19 — 14 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2022	2022-10-30	Titans 17 — 10 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2021	2022-01-09	Titans 28 — 25 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2021	2021-11-21	Texans 22 — 13 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2020	2021-01-03	Titans 41 — 38 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2020	2020-10-18	Texans 36 — 42 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2019	2019-12-29	Titans 35 — 14 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2019	2019-12-15	Texans 24 — 21 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2018	2018-11-26	Titans 17 — 34 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2018	2018-09-16	Texans 17 — 20 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2017	2017-12-03	Texans 13 — 24 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2017	2017-10-01	Titans 14 — 57 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2016	2017-01-01	Texans 17 — 24 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2016	2016-10-02	Titans 20 — 27 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2015	2015-12-27	Texans 34 — 6 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2015	2015-11-01	Titans 6 — 20 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2014	2014-11-30	Titans 21 — 45 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2014	2014-10-26	Texans 30 — 16 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2013	2013-12-29	Texans 10 — 16 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2013	2013-09-15	Titans 24 — 30 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2012	2012-12-02	Texans 24 — 10 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2012	2012-09-30	Titans 14 — 38 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2011	2012-01-01	Titans 23 — 22 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2011	2011-10-23	Texans 41 — 7 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2010	2010-12-19	Texans 17 — 31 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2010	2010-11-28	Titans 0 — 20 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2009	2009-11-23	Titans 20 — 17 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2009	2009-09-20	Texans 34 — 31 Titans	at TEN	Texans
2008	2008-12-14	Titans 12 — 13 Texans	at HOU	Texans
2008	2008-09-21	Texans 12 — 31 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2007	2007-12-02	Texans 20 — 28 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2007	2007-10-21	Titans 38 — 36 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2006	2006-12-10	Titans 26 — 20 Texans	at HOU	Titans
2006	2006-10-29	Texans 22 — 28 Titans	at TEN	Titans

Titans leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Cam Ward QB #1	323/540, 3169 YDS, 15 TD, 7 INT
	Brandon Allen QB #12	17/30, 72 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing	Tony Pollard RB #20	242 CAR, 1082 YDS, 5 TD
	Tyjae Spears RB #2	72 CAR, 283 YDS, 2 TD
	Cam Ward QB #1	39 CAR, 159 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving	Chig Okonkwo TE #85	56 REC, 560 YDS, 2 TD
	Elic Ayomanor WR #5	41 REC, 515 YDS, 4 TD
	Chimere Dike WR #17	48 REC, 423 YDS, 4 TD
	Gunnar Helm TE #84	44 REC, 357 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Cedric Gray LB #33	164
	Cody Barton LB #50	81
	Amani Hooker S #37	81
Sacks	Jeffery Simmons DT #98	11
	Jihad Ward LB #53	5
	Dre'Mont Jones DE #5	4.5
Interceptions	Cody Barton LB #50	3
	Xavier Woods S #23	2
	Roger McCreary CB #21	1

full roster and per-player history

Texans leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	C.J. Stroud QB #7	273/423, 3041 YDS, 19 TD, 8 INT
	Davis Mills QB #10	91/159, 915 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Woody Marks RB #4	196 CAR, 703 YDS, 2 TD
	Nick Chubb RB #21	122 CAR, 506 YDS, 3 TD
	C.J. Stroud QB #7	48 CAR, 209 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Nico Collins WR #12	71 REC, 1117 YDS, 6 TD
	Dalton Schultz TE #86	82 REC, 777 YDS, 3 TD
	Jayden Higgins WR #81	41 REC, 525 YDS, 6 TD
	Xavier Hutchinson WR #19	35 REC, 428 YDS, 3 TD

Defense

Tackles	Azeez Al-Shaair LB #0	103
	Henry To'oTo'o LB #39	95
	Kamari Lassiter CB #3	91
Sacks	Danielle Hunter DE #55	15
	Will Anderson Jr. DE #51	12
	Derek Barnett DE	5
Interceptions	Jalen Pitre S #5	4
	Derek Stingley Jr. CB #24	4
	Calen Bullock S #2	4

full roster and per-player history

These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.