NFL reveals background details for the 2026 regular season schedule
The NFL has released background details for the 2026 regular season schedule, which will feature a 17-game format across 18 weeks. The season will begin on September 9 in Seattle and conclude with division matchups in Week 18 on January 9-10, 2027. Notable games include the Denver Broncos visiting the Kansas City Chiefs on Kickoff Weekend and the Chiefs facing the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving Night.
- ▪The 2026 NFL regular season will consist of 17 games over 18 weeks, starting on September 9 in Seattle.
- ▪Week 18 will feature 16 division games, with three played on Saturday, January 9, and 13 on Sunday, January 10, 2027.
- ▪The 17th game for each team will involve interconference matchups between teams that finished in the same standing in their divisions in 2025.
- ▪The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football to conclude Kickoff Weekend.
- ▪The NFL continues to use AWS for high-performance computing to optimize the annual schedule creation.
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