{"id":861014,"date":"2026-04-08T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861014\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:06:28","slug":"nfl-schedule-release-when-will-the-2026-slate-of-games-be-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861014\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL schedule release: When will the 2026 slate of games be revealed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re now 15 days from Round 1 of the NFL draft<\/a>, and while the focus is on the Raiders’ selection with the No. 1 overall pick, most eyes are on the official NFL schedule release. Based on past years, we’re about 38 days or a little over a month away from the schedule reveal. In 2024, the schedule was revealed on May 15, <\/a>with the Brazil game announced one month earlier on April 10. The year prior in 2023, the NFL announced its 18-week, 272-game regular-season schedule on May 12. Last off-season, the schedule dropped on May 14. <\/a><\/p>\n

Rumors will start swirling in early May, and the league will eventually begin leaking games until the schedule is released on a Thursday night. The second-place finish in the AFC North will give Jesse Minter’s team a middle-of-the-pack schedule in 2026.<\/p>\n

With the regular season now complete, Baltimore’s 2026 opponents are set. Their schedule will be one of the league’s most demanding. They will face the gauntlet of juggernauts in the NFC South and AFC South and the second-place finishers in the AFC West, NFC East, and AFC East.<\/p>\n

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The official schedule, including dates and times, will be revealed in the spring, but the league has already announced next year’s opponents.<\/p>\n

2025 record<\/p>\n

8-9, second in the AFC North<\/p>\n

2025 playoff teams<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

Jaguars: <\/p>\n

The Jaguars won 13 games under first-year head coach Liam Coen and secured the AFC South title before losing 27-24 to the Bills in the AFC wild-card playoffs.<\/p>\n

Texans<\/p>\n

After a slow start, the Texans went 12-5, second in the AFC South, lost to the Patriots in the divisional round, and were fourth in DVOA.<\/p>\n

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Bills<\/p>\n

Buffalo finished 12-5, second in the AFC East, and lost to the Broncos in the divisional round, after finishing eighth in DVOA.<\/p>\n

Steelers<\/p>\n

The Steelers will usher in a new era after Mike Tomlin departed. Pittsburgh 10-7, finished first in the AFC North, lost to the Texans in the AFC wild card, and were 12th in DVOA.<\/p>\n

Chargers <\/p>\n

The Chargers will regroup again, after an 11-6 finish, second in the AFC West, lost in the AFC wild-card round, 17th in DVOA.<\/p>\n

Panthers<\/p>\n

The ever-improving Panthers finished 8-9, first in the NFC South, and lost to the Rams in the NFC wild card, while finishing 25th in DVOA.<\/p>\n

Home Opponents<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n

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Away Opponents<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Final Analysis<\/p>\n

Baltimore will face six playoff teams in 2026, and key non-division games will be against Jacksonville, Buffalo, Dallas, the Los Angeles Chargers, and Houston.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: NFL schedule will likely be revealed Tuesday May 12 or Thursday May 14<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’re now 15 days from Round 1 of the NFL draft, and while the focus is on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[1990,1466,254,184,232,53,260,256,54,257,65784,7,253,392,212,125,2401,213,262,55,6,208,57,525,424,250,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-861014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-afc-north","9":"tag-afc-south","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-baltimore","12":"tag-broncos","13":"tag-buffalo-bills","14":"tag-carolina-panthers","15":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","16":"tag-cleveland-browns","17":"tag-dallas-cowboys","18":"tag-dvoa","19":"tag-football","20":"tag-houston-texans","21":"tag-indianapolis-colts","22":"tag-jacksonville","23":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","24":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","25":"tag-jaguars","26":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","27":"tag-new-orleans-saints","28":"tag-nfl","29":"tag-patriots","30":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","31":"tag-raiders","32":"tag-rams","33":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","34":"tag-tennessee-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116369475733352675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861014","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=861014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}