The 2026 NFL schedule will officially be released at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, but you probably won’t have to wait that long to see the entire schedule and that’s because most of the games tend to leak out beforehand.
During the early portion of the week, the NFL’s broadcasting partners will each get to announce a game or two that will be featured on their schedule this year and that process started on Monday with NBC revealing that the New York Giants will be hosting the Dallas Cowboys in the first Sunday night game of the season.
The Cowboys actually had two of their games announced on Monday with Fox revealing that Dallas would be hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on Thanksgiving (Week 12).
The Cowboys will also be taking part in the NFL’s first game ever in Rio De Janeiro, which will take place in Week 3 on CBS. That’s one of a record-setting nine international games that will be played in 2026. The NFL will be revealing the full international slate on Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET on “Good Morning Football.”
Of course, it’s completely possible that all nine of those games get leaked out before then, because we are in leak season, people. According to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, he didn’t actually approve the final schedule until Tuesday afternoon, which is one reason why the leaks have been scarce so far, but they should pick up soon.
The biggest day for leaks will be on Thursday and since it’s hard to keep track of all the leaks, we’re going to do that here by keeping a running list of every game that’s officially announced and every game that’s leaked out.
With that in mind, let’s get to our list (And as a quick note, if a week on the schedule isn’t listed below, it’s because we don’t have any information or leaks on that week just yet. For instance, you’ll notice that Week 7 isn’t listed, but that doesn’t mean Week 7 has been canceled, it just means we don’t have anything to put there yet).
Week 1 (Sept. 9-14)
Wednesday, Sept. 9
Thursday, Sept. 10
- 49ers vs. Rams, 8:35 p.m. ET (Netflix) — Melbourne, Australia
Sunday, Sept. 13
- Cowboys at Giants, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 14
- Broncos at Chiefs, 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Week 2 (Sept. 17-21)
Thursday, Sept. 17
- Lions at Bills, 8:15 p.m. ET (Amazon)
Week 3 (Sept. 24-28)
Sunday, Sept. 27
Week 4 (Oct. 1-5)
Sunday, Oct. 4
Week 5 (Oct. 8-12)
Sunday, Oct. 11
Week 6 (Oct. 15-19)
Sunday, Oct. 18
Week 7 (Oct. 22-26)
Sunday, Oct. 25
- Steelers vs. Saints, 9:30 a.m. ET — Paris (Source)
Week 9 (Nov. 5-9)
Sunday, Nov. 8
- Bengals vs. Falcons, 9:30 a.m. ET (NFL Network) — Madrid
Week 10 (Nov. 12-16)
Sunday, Nov. 15
- TBA vs. Lions, 9:30 a.m. ET (Fox) — Munich, Germany (Source)
Week 11 (Nov. 19-23)
Sunday, Nov. 22
- Vikings vs. 49ers, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC) — Mexico City (Source)
Week 12 (Nov. 25-30)
Wednesday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Eve)
- TBA at TBA, 8:20 p.m. ET (Netflix) (Source)
Thursday, Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving)
- TBA at Lions, 1 p.m. ET (CBS, Paramount+)
- Eagles at Cowboys, 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
- TBA at TBA, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
Friday, Nov. 27 (Black Friday)
- TBA at TBA, 3 p.m. ET (Amazon)
Week 15 (Dec. 17-21)
Saturday, Dec. 19
- TBA vs. TBA, 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox) (Source)
- TBA vs. TBA, 8 p.m. ET (CBS, Paramount+)
Week 16 (Dec. 24-28)
Thursday, Dec. 24
- TBA at TBA, 8:15 p.m. ET (Amazon)
Friday, Dec. 25
- TBA at TBA, 1 p.m. ET (Netflix)
- TBA at TBA, 4:30 p.m. ET (Netflix)
- TBA at TBA, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox)
Week 17 (Dec. 31-Jan. 4)
Saturday, Jan. 2
- TBA at TBA, 4:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
- TBA at TBA, 8 p.m. ET (Peacock exclusive)
Sunday, Jan. 3
- TBA at TBA, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
Week 18 (Jan. 9-10)
Saturday, Jan. 9
- TBA at TBA, 1 p.m. ET (Netflix)
- TBA at TBA, 4:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- TBA at TBA, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sunday, Jan. 10
- TBA at TBA, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
