The Indianapolis Colts will be at home fairly often during the early portion of their 2025 NFL schedule.
The Indianapolis Colts will be at home fairly often during the early portion of their 2025 NFL schedule.
The first two games of the Colts’ season will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium. Of their first six games, four will be at home, and of the Colts’ first eight games in 2025, five will be at home.
The only opponent in those first five home games who made the playoffs last season will be Denver. The Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals will also be making cross-country trips to visit Indianapolis as well.
Indianapolis Colts opponents and win probabilities in first eight games
Win probabilities courtesy of ESPN
Now, the road games that the Colts have in this stretch will be difficult, and include two long flights of their own to the West Coast on separate occasions to face the Rams and Chargers.
While trying to decipher at this time of the year what matchups will be the most difficult isn’t always easy, on paper anyway, this front end of the Colts’ schedule could be a stretch where they have to maximize their games at home and bank some early wins.
On the back end, coming out of their bye week, Indianapolis faces a potentially difficult stretch to close out the year. So, going into that portion of the schedule in a positive standing record-wise could be quite valuable.