With their resounding victory over the Seahawks on Sunday, the Jaguars’ chance of hosting an opening round wild-card game at EverBank Field took a positive step.

But this Sunday, they have a chance to clinch the most important step.

With a win over the Houston Texans, the Jaguars will earn their first playoff berth since 2007.

The Jaguars could finish no worse than 10-6 with nine AFC wins if they beat the Texans.

With three games remaining in the regular season, Jacksonville holds the No. 3 seed in the AFC and if they win out they would earn the AFC South title.

If the AFC playoffs started this weekend, the Jaguars (9-4) would host a wild-card game against the sixth-seeded Buffalo Bills (7-6), but the Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers are also 7-6 and the final AFC seeds remain very much up for grabs.

The Pittsburgh Steelers (11-2) and the New England Patriots (10-2), who played the Miami Dolphins on Monday night, currently hold the top two seeds in the AFC.

Both teams would draw first-round byes if they hold those spots when the regular season ends in three weeks.

The Jaguars, winners of six of their last seven games, are in sole possession of first place in the AFC South entering Week 15 for the first time since 2010.

But you couldn’t tell from Coach Doug Marrone’s reaction on Monday that the Jaguars are on the brink of clinching anything.

"All I know is this – I have the players coming in on Wednesday," Marrone said. "We will work our butt off to have the best Wednesday we can have. I know who our opponent is this week and they are the two-time division champ. I know they are coming in here. That is where I try to keep the focus. All of the other stuff – we haven’t accomplished anything right now.

"All we have accomplished are nine wins and we have four losses. There are three games left. I acknowledge that. I don’t want to look like an idiot. That is not the way we have been going about our business from day one. Why should we change now?"

By beating the Seahawks 30-24 on Sunday, the Jaguars clinched their first winning season since 2007. The Jaguars are five games over .500 for the first time in 10 seasons.

"We are going to keep grinding week in and week out to stack some wins up," cornerback Jalen Ramsey said. "It’s our first winning season in a while and we’re happy about that."

On Sunday, the Titans (8-5) dropped a game behind the Jaguars after their 12-7 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. However, the Titans could still could win the division if they win out, which would include beating the Jaguars in the regular-season finale on Dec. 31.

In Week 2, the Titans beat the Jaguars 37-16 at EverBank Field.

With remaining games against Houston, at San Francisco and at Tennessee, PlayoffStatus.com gives the Jaguars at a 54 percent chance of holding onto the third seed. Tennessee is given a 26 percent chance.

In Week 1, the visiting Jaguars easily handled the Texans 29-7. Jacksonville had 10 sacks, four takeaways and rookie running back Leonard Fournette rushed for 100 yards in his NFL debut game.

"Everybody has a one-track mindset," Jaguars defensive tackle Abry Jones said. "We know where we want to go, we know how to get there. We’ve just got to keep ourselves in the right position."