{"id":753506,"date":"2026-02-15T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753506\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T08:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:38:29","slug":"ranking-32-nfl-teams-including-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753506\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking 32 NFL teams (including Falcons)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 strength of schedule: Ranking 32 NFL teams (including Falcons)<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/>Where does Atlanta&#8217;s strength of schedule rank among the 32 NFL teams in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 12, 2026, 5:31 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> finished the season on a four-game winning streak, but they fell short of the playoffs for the eighth year in a row. The team dismissed head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot, and opted to go in a different direction in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Falcons hired Matt Ryan as president of football to lead the search for Morris and Fontenot&#8217;s replacements. Ryan and the team&#8217;s front office eventually hired Kevin Stefanski as head coach and Ian Cunningham as general manager. While Atlanta still has plenty of work to do this offseason, the 2026 NFL season is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The full schedule has yet to be released, but we know which opponents each team will face next year. Here&#8217;s every\u00a0NFL team&#8217;s 2026 strength of schedule (including the Falcons), ranked from most difficult to easiest.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771144709_716_88306778007-usatsi-9646487.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/02\/02\/falcons-2026-nfl-schedule\/88476760007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - 2026 NFL schedule: Which teams will the Falcons face in 2026?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771144709_166_88477485007-2236618080.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 thefalconswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 strength of schedule: Ranking 32 NFL teams (including Falcons)Where does Atlanta&#8217;s strength of schedule rank among the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,96607,96608,95882,95890,96609,95898,96033,96059,96089,95913,95957,95886,96242,95976,95953,95903,95936,96503,95951,95988,95896,96129,95891,95888,95895,95899,96191,95977,95902,95883,96239,96006,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-753506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","16":"tag-sstsnfalcons","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagatlanta-falcons","20":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","21":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","22":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","23":"tag-tagchicago-bears","24":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","25":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","26":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","27":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","28":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","29":"tag-taghouston-texans","30":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","31":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","32":"tag-tagmatt-ryan","33":"tag-tagmiami-dolphins","34":"tag-tagminnesota-vikings","35":"tag-tagnational-sports","36":"tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","37":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","38":"tag-tagnfl","39":"tag-tagnfl-hub","40":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","41":"tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","42":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","43":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","44":"tag-tagsports-news","45":"tag-tagtampa-bay-buccaneers","46":"tag-tagwashington-commanders","47":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}