AFC South

The AFC South is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. It was created before the 2002 season when the league realigned divisions after expanding to 32 teams. Since its creation, the division has had the same four members: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans. Before the 2002 season, the Texans did not exist, the Colts belonged to the AFC East, and the Titans and Jaguars were members of the AFC Central. Indianapolis, Tennessee, and Jacksonville all won multiple division titles and wild card berths in their prior respective divisions.

2000s
When the NFL realigned for the 2002 schedule, the newly created AFC South was formed from two former AFC Central teams, an AFC East team, and an expansion team. Its inaugural season was won by the Tennessee Titans who went on to play in the AFC Championship game. For the next five years, the Indianapolis Colts won the division including their victory in Super Bowl XLI. In 2007, the AFC South became the best division of all time based on the combined record of 42–22 (.656 winning percentage). The record was previously held by the 1975 AFC Central's .643 winning percentage. In 2008, the Tennessee Titans won the division, ending Indianapolis' five year streak of division titles. However in 2009, the Colts would storm back to win their 6th division championship in Week 12 of the season with a win over the Houston Texans and a loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars to the San Francisco 49ers.

Division champions
{| class="wikitable" ! Season !! Team !! Record !! Playoff Results
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 2002 || Tennessee Titans || 11–5–0 ||
 * 1) Lost AFC Championship Game
 * 2003 || Indianapolis Colts || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Championship Game
 * 2004 || Indianapolis Colts || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2005 || Indianapolis Colts || 14–2–0 ||
 * 1) Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2006 || Indianapolis Colts || 12–4–0 || Won Super Bowl XLI
 * 2007 || Indianapolis Colts || 13–3–0 ||
 * 1) Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2008 || Tennessee Titans || 13–3–0 ||
 * 1) Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2009 || Indianapolis Colts || 14–2–0 ||
 * 1) Lost Super Bowl XLIV
 * 2010 || Indianapolis Colts || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 1) Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2008 || Tennessee Titans || 13–3–0 ||
 * 1) Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2009 || Indianapolis Colts || 14–2–0 ||
 * 1) Lost Super Bowl XLIV
 * 2010 || Indianapolis Colts || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 1) Lost Super Bowl XLIV
 * 2010 || Indianapolis Colts || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 2010 || Indianapolis Colts || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs


 * 1) Team earned first-round bye.

Wild Card qualifiers
{| class="wikitable" ! Season !! Team !! Record !! Playoff Results ! Team !! Division Championsundefined
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 2002 || Indianapolis Colts || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 2003 || Tennessee Titans || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2005 || Jacksonville Jaguars || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 2007 || Jacksonville Jaguars || 11–5–0 || Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2007 || Tennessee Titans || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 2008 || Indianapolis Colts || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs==Total playoff berths=={| class="wikitable"
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 2007 || Jacksonville Jaguars || 11–5–0 || Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
 * 2007 || Tennessee Titans || 10–6–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
 * 2008 || Indianapolis Colts || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs==Total playoff berths=={| class="wikitable"
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 2008 || Indianapolis Colts || 12–4–0 || Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs==Total playoff berths=={| class="wikitable"
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1) !! Wild Card Berths
 * 2) !! Playoff Berths
 * Indianapolis Colts || 7 (14) || 2 (10) || 9 (24)
 * Tennessee Titans || 2 (9) || 2 (12) || 4 (21)
 * Jacksonville Jaguars || 0 (2) || 2 (4) || 2 (6)
 * Houston Texans || 0 (0) || 0 (0) || 0 (0)
 * Tennessee Titans || 2 (9) || 2 (12) || 4 (21)
 * Jacksonville Jaguars || 0 (2) || 2 (4) || 2 (6)
 * Houston Texans || 0 (0) || 0 (0) || 0 (0)
 * Houston Texans || 0 (0) || 0 (0) || 0 (0)
 * Houston Texans || 0 (0) || 0 (0) || 0 (0)


 * 1) Franchise totals listed in parentheses, including those won prior to AFC South.