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NFL schedule, 2026

Updated

Every game of the 2026 NFL regular season: the kickoff in Central and Eastern time, the final once played, and our call for each game, with its game page. This week first.

Bye weeks →

Data through Week 5's games (the last played Mon, Oct 12), from nflverse play-by-play; nflverse last published it .

Week 6 This weekOct 15–19

Week 6 scheduleWeek 6 predictions

Thursday, Oct 15

Sunday, Oct 18

Monday, Oct 19

Bye: Bengals, Dolphins, Lions, Vikings.

Week 7Oct 22–26

Week 7 scheduleWeek 7 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Oct 22

Sunday, Oct 25

Monday, Oct 26

Bye: Bills, Chargers, Commanders, Jaguars.

Week 8Oct 29 – Nov 2

Week 8 scheduleWeek 8 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Oct 29

Sunday, Nov 1

Monday, Nov 2

Bye: 49ers, Giants, Saints, Texans.

Week 9Nov 5–9

Week 9 scheduleWeek 9 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Nov 5

Sunday, Nov 8

Monday, Nov 9

Bye: Steelers, Titans.

Week 10Nov 12–16

Week 10 scheduleWeek 10 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Nov 12

Sunday, Nov 15

Monday, Nov 16

Bye: Bears, Broncos, Buccaneers, Eagles.

Week 11Nov 19–23

Week 11 scheduleWeek 11 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Nov 19

Sunday, Nov 22

Monday, Nov 23

Bye: Browns, Falcons, Packers, Patriots, Rams, Seahawks.

Week 12Nov 25–30

Week 12 scheduleWeek 12 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Wednesday, Nov 25

Thursday, Nov 26

Friday, Nov 27

Sunday, Nov 29

Monday, Nov 30

Week 13Dec 3–7

Week 13 scheduleWeek 13 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Dec 3

Sunday, Dec 6

Monday, Dec 7

Bye: Colts, Jets, Raiders, Ravens.

Week 14Dec 10–14

Week 14 scheduleWeek 14 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Dec 10

Sunday, Dec 13

Monday, Dec 14

Bye: Cardinals, Cowboys.

Week 15Dec 17–21

Week 15 scheduleWeek 15 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Dec 17

Saturday, Dec 19

Sunday, Dec 20

Monday, Dec 21

Week 16Dec 24–28

Week 16 scheduleWeek 16 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Dec 24

Friday, Dec 25

Sunday, Dec 27

Monday, Dec 28

Week 17Dec 31 – Jan 4

Week 17 scheduleWeek 17 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Thursday, Dec 31

Sunday, Jan 3

Monday, Jan 4

Week 18Jan 10

Week 18 scheduleWeek 18 predictions

Early predictions, updated weekly until kickoff.

Sunday, Jan 10

Earlier weeks

Week 1Sep 9–14

Week 1 scheduleWeek 1 predictions

Reconstructed: Week 1 came before these pages existed, so our calls for it were worked out afterwards from data before the week. The scorecard keeps reconstructed weeks apart.

Wednesday, Sep 9

Thursday, Sep 10

Sunday, Sep 13

Monday, Sep 14

Week 2Sep 17–21

Week 2 scheduleWeek 2 predictions

Reconstructed: Week 2 came before these pages existed, so our calls for it were worked out afterwards from data before the week. The scorecard keeps reconstructed weeks apart.

Thursday, Sep 17

Sunday, Sep 20

Monday, Sep 21

Week 3Sep 24–28

Week 3 scheduleWeek 3 predictions

Reconstructed: Week 3 came before these pages existed, so our calls for it were worked out afterwards from data before the week. The scorecard keeps reconstructed weeks apart.

Thursday, Sep 24

Sunday, Sep 27

Monday, Sep 28

Week 4Oct 1–5

Week 4 scheduleWeek 4 predictions

Reconstructed: Week 4 came before these pages existed, so our calls for it were worked out afterwards from data before the week. The scorecard keeps reconstructed weeks apart.

Thursday, Oct 1

Sunday, Oct 4

Monday, Oct 5

Week 5Oct 8–12

Week 5 scheduleWeek 5 predictions

Thursday, Oct 8

Sunday, Oct 11

Monday, Oct 12

Bye: Chiefs, Panthers.

Kickoff times as nflverse's schedule lists them; the league can still move later games. Our call is the team the consensus of our models favors, updated until kickoff and never changed after it.

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