We can now calculate the Kansas City Chiefs’ opponents for the 2026 season.
Under the NFL scheduling formula, each franchise plays every team in its own division twice. It also plays every team in one other AFC division and one other NFC division. This accounts for 14 games of the 17-game schedule. These other AFC and NFC divisions rotate every year.
Then, each franchise plays the team from the remaining two divisions of its own conference with the same division finish in the previous season — and
the team in a rotating division of the other conference with the same division finish.
Kansas City Chiefs 2026 Opponents
Kansas City Chiefs 2026 Opponents
So in 2026, the Chiefs will play teams from the AFC West (twice), the AFC East and the NFC West — and then 2025’s third-place finishers from the AFC South, AFC North and NFC South.
The league decides which games will be at home and which will be on the road.
2026 Home Game Schedule
2026 Home Game Schedule
- Denver Broncos
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Las Vegas Raiders
- New England Patriots
- New York Jets
- Arizona Cardinals
- San Francisco 49ers
- Indianapolis Colts
2026 Away Game Schedule
2026 Away Game Schedule
- Broncos
- Chargers
- Raiders
- Buffalo Bills
- Miami Dolphins
- Seattle Seahawks
- Los Angeles Rams
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Atlanta Falcons
Sometime in May, we’ll learn exactly when all these games will be played.
