Steelers 17, Ravens 10

And now they wait.

The Steelers didn’t make it look easy against an offense that would make a preseason game plan seem sophisticated and a defense missing three of its best players, but they did enough for a win over the Balti-less Ravens on a relentlessly rainy Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium.

It even appeared the AFC’s No. 1 seed, resting many regulars — including MVP frontrunner Lamar Jackson at quarterback — might have the momentum going into halftime, but one play into the fourth quarter, Mason Rudolph helped the Steelers grab it right back and end the regular season on a three-game win streak.

Rudolph’s perfect pass to an in-breaking Diontae Johnson led to a 71-yard touchdown with 14:49 left that stood up as the deciding score. It also sent the Steelers into a scenario in which they only need the Jaguars or Bills to lose Sunday and they’ll eke into the playoffs (likely as the No. 7 seed). Jacksonville plays at the Titans at 1 p.m. and Buffalo is at the Dolphins at 8:20.

The Steelers outgained the Ravens 290-224 and rushed for 156. They also nearly snapped Baltimore’s streak of 33 consecutive games with 100-plus yards rushing — though it obviously helped that their leading rusher, Jackson, was standing on the sideline.

Texans 23, Colts 19

Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans wrapped up a playoff spot with a victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night, with Devin Singletary scoring the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard run with 6:20 left.

The Texans (10-7) are going to the postseason for the first time since 2019 and still could win the AFC South if Jacksonville loses at Tennessee on Sunday.

Indianapolis (9-8) was eliminated from the playoff chase with its third loss in five weeks.

Stroud was 20 of 26 with 264 yards and two touchdowns. Nico Collins had nine catches for 195 yards and a score, and Singletary had 64 yards on 24 carries.

The Colts had a late fourth-and-1 play from the Houston 15. But a wide-open Tyler Goodson dropped Gardner Minshew’s pass, ending the Colts’ hopes.

The loss ruined Jonathan Taylor’s best game of the season. He rushed 30 times for 188 yards and a TD.

It was an odd game that started with Stroud’s 75-yard TD pass to Collins on the Texans’ first play from scrimmage and included an extended third quarter and a do-over play in the second half.

But after Taylor’s 49-yard TD run and a nifty 2-point conversion with Minshew faking a handoff before backing up and floating a pass to Mo Alie-Cox early in the third quarter, the game swung on Colts coach Shane Steichen gambling on Matt Gay’s 57-yard field goal that hit the right upright.