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Who wins the AFC North? It's the NFL's tightest race in 44 years

The AFC North might not be the best division in football, but it's certainly the tightest.

With three weeks left in the regular season, any team can win it or finish last. It's the closest division race in 44 years at this point in the season, with one game separating the teams at the top (Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens at 8-6) from the bottom (the Cleveland Browns at 7-7). The defending division champion Pittsburgh Steelers are a half-game back at 7-6-1.

According to research by the Elias Sports Burueau, the last time a division was this crowded with three weeks remaining was the AFC Central in 1977, when the Oilers were in Houston, the Ravens were the Browns and Terry Bradshaw was quarterbacking the eventual division champion Steelers.