Luckily, the Buffalo Bills are one of 14 NFL franchises that do not yet have to concern themselves with next season. The Bills are preparing for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the only game that matters on the Monday following the end of the 2025 NFL regular season.
Of course, fans can always look ahead to what is coming next. With the regular season wrapped up, the full slate of 2026 opponents for the Buffalo Bills has been revealed.
While the team prepares to make a run at Super Bowl LX, let’s take an early peek at which teams Buffalo will face in the regular season when they make a run for Super Bowl LXI in 2026.
A demanding schedule awaits the Buffalo Bills in 2026
First, there are the obvious encounters that the Bills contend with each year, home and away games against each AFC East division rival. Of course, with the New England Patriots ending the Bills’ five-year streak of winning the division, Buffalo will quickly circle those two matchups when the NFL schedule is released next summer. Meanwhile, the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins will likely be rolling out new quarterbacks next year.
In the 2026 season, the AFC East is matched with the AFC West and the NFC North. Buffalo will host the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago Bears, and Detroit Lions from those divisions. They’ll face the Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings on the road.
Having finished in second place in the AFC East, Buffalo will face the two remaining second-place teams from the AFC’s North and South divisions. The Bills will host the Baltimore Ravens and face the Houston Texans on the road.
Similarly, the Bills will face the NFC West’s second-place team, the Los Angeles Rams, on the road for their “17th” game of the 2026 regular season.
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The 2026 campaign is filled with marquee matchups for the Bills, with the rivalries renewed against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, as well as Lamar Jackson and the Ravens. Meanwhile, exciting inter-conference matchups against the Rams, Packers, Lions, and Bears each present potential Super Bowl preview ramifications.
It comes with the territory of a second-place finish, but the Bills’ 2026 season looks like a gauntlet fresh off the books of the 2025 regular season. The blossoming 2026 offseason will bend the perception and alter expectations, but Bills Mafia should preemptively prepare for a slugfest nearly every week next fall.