Jaguars sit 5-2 atop AFC South after 42-7 rout of Colts
The gist
The Jacksonville Jaguars are 5-2 and first in the AFC South after beating Indianapolis 42-7.
ESPN ranks them third in the NFL before a Thursday game at Baltimore.
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2026The Jaguars beat the Eagles in London on a 57-yard field goal in the final second, moving to 4-1 and winning 12 of their last 13 regular-season games.
- Nov 1, 2026Jacksonville improved to 5-2 by crushing Indianapolis 42-7, with a plus-85 point differential.
- Nov 3, 2026ESPN's power rankings placed Jacksonville third, behind only the 6-1 Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers; jaguars.com's Week 9 rankings had them No. 6, down one spot.
Key terms
- AFC South
- One of four divisions of the American Football Conference in the NFL, created in 2002.
- NFL
- A journalist who reports inside news and analysis about the National Football League, a US professional American football league.
- power rankings
- An ordered list of sports teams by competitive strength, often derived from ratings rather than win-loss records.
Source: Wikipedia