By Thursday at the absolute latest, we’ll know the entirety of the Buffalo Bills’ 2026 schedule. But it’s become common practice for the league — and its broadcast partners — to slowly roll out schedule-based throughout the week ahead of the schedule release.
The schedule release has become the NFL’s tentpole event for the month of May.
This article will provide readers with a catch-call for the rumors, leaks, and released information Bills’ fans will want to know.
We do know who Buffalo’s 2026 opponents
will be, based on the NFL’s rotating opponent formula. In 2026, the Bills will play their usual AFC East rival twice, the NFC North, the AFC West, and three second-place teams from 2025 after finishing second in their division. The 17th game was determined by the AFC East vs. NFC West match up (for the Bills case, the Rams).
Here’s a full list of the home and away split:
Home: Jets, Patriots, Dolphins, Lions, Bears, Chiefs, Chargers, Ravens
Away: Jets, Patriots, Dolphins, Broncos, Raiders, Packers, Vikings, Texans, and Rams
According to Warren Sharp, who based Strength of Schedule on Vegas win total predictions for opponents, Buffalo is projected to have the 14th-easiest schedule in the NFL—and that could be why, according to the folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook, the Bills are once again the favorites to win the AFC East (-130). They have the best odds to make the playoffs in the AFC (-330), and contend for a Super Bowl (+1000 to win).
As new rumors about the Bills’ schedule emerge, we will continue to update this post, including a full list of Buffalo’s 2026 games when they’re announced:
Latest Bills schedule news, leaks:
- 5/11: RUMOR NOT CONFIRMED: Lions at Bills on Thursday Night Football in Week 2
Bills 2026 schedule leaks:
(Primetime games are bolded, nationally-televised games are in italics)
Week 1 —
Week 2 — RUMOR — Lions at Bills — Thursday Night Football
Week 3 —
Week 4 —
Week 5 —
Week 6 —
Week 7 —
Week 8 –
Week 9 —
Week 10 —
Week 11 —
Week 12 (Thanksgiving) —
Week 13 —
Week 14 —
Week 15 —
Week 16 —
Week 17 —
Week 18 —
