LANDOVER, Md. — The Broncos have taken over the No. 1 seed for the AFC playoff race.

At least for a day.

With a wild 27-26 overtime win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday night at Northwest Stadium, the Broncos moved to 10-2, the same record as New England, but the Broncos hold a tiebreaker over the Patriots. However, New England plays Monday night at home against the New York Giants before having its bye week.

In winning their ninth straight game, the Broncos took a 27-20 lead in overtime on 5-yard touchdown run by RJ Harvey with 6:59 left. Washington’s Marcus Mariota then threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin with 2:47 left in overtime to cut the deficit to 27-26. But Nik Bonitto batted down Mariota’s 2-point conversion pass attempt.

Trailing 20-17, Washington (3-8) had tied the score 20-20 on a 32-yard field goal by Jake Moody on the final play of regulation. The Commanders drove 71 yards in 18 plays, which included converting a fourth-and-1 and a fourth-and-6.

The Broncos trailed 14-13 before taking a 20-14 lead on Harvey’s 1-yard touchdown run with 3:59 left in the third quarter. The Commanders cut the deficit to 20-17 on Moody’s 38-yard field goal with 12:37 left in regulation.

The Broncos got a strong game from quarterback Bo Nix, who completed 29 of 45 passes for 321 yards and a touchdown. Nix threw an impressive 11-yard touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton with 23 seconds left in the first half for a 13-7 lead when he was under pressure and his right knee almost hit the ground.

The Broncos drove twice into the red zone in the first quarter and half and both times had to settle for 33-yard field goals by Wil Lutz for a 6-0 lead.

The Commanders finally put together a scoring drive in which Chris Rodriguez scored on an 8-yard run put them up 7-6 with 2:21 left in the half. On the play before, with Washington facing first-and-15 at the Denver 16, Broncos outside linebacker Nik Bonitto had been called for a personal foul for unnecessary roughness, giving the Commanders a first down at the 8.

But the Broncos stormed back to take the 13-7 lead at halftime on Nix’s touchdown pass to Sutton while under pressure.

The Commanders (3-9) regained the lead at 14-13 when Marcus Mariota hit Treylon Burks for a spectacular, leaping one-handed 5-yard touchdown catch on the first drive of the third quarter. Burks had a tryout with Denver in October before signing with the Commanders.

The Broncos, though, came back to take the 20-14 lead on Harvey’s seventh touchdown of the season. He later added his eighth and leads the team in that category.

There was an anxious moment for the Broncos early in the fourth quarter when Nix threw an interception right into the hands of Commanders linebacker Bobby Wagner, who returned it 6 yards to the Denver 36. But the Broncos held Washington to the 38-yard field goal by Moody.

Despite Harvey’s touchdowns, Denver’s running game was nothing impressive for the second straight game after J.K. Dobbins was placed on injured reserve with a foot injury. Broncos running backs Harvey and Jaleel McLaughlin combined for 59 yards on 19 carries.

The game marked the return to the lineup of cornerback Pat Surtain II, who had missed three games with a pectoral strain, and of linebacker Alex Singleton, who had missed one game following testicular cancer surgery on Nov. 7. Singleton had a breakup on a long throw to Washington tight end Zach Ertz late in regulation.