ExtremeRavens Posted yesterday at 06:01 AM Posted yesterday at 06:01 AM The 2025 NFL regular season is over, which means the 2026 matchups are set. For the Ravens, who lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night to finish as the runner-up in the AFC North, that means playing a second-place schedule for the first time since 2022. In addition to their six games against the AFC North — three at home and three away against the Steelers, Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals — the Ravens will face the AFC South, NFC South and the runners-up of the AFC East, AFC West and NFC East. Under the NFL’s scheduling rotation, the Ravens will host the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Chargers. They’ll play road games against the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys. NFC teams will have the extra home game in 2026. In finishing 8-9 this season after last-second heartbreak in Pittsburgh, Baltimore fell just short of becoming the fourth team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger and the first since the 2020 Washington Football Team to overcome a 1-5 start and make the playoffs. In a roller-coaster season, just two of the Ravens’ wins came against teams that made the postseason: the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. Backup quarterback Tyler Huntley started both of those games for injured star Lamar Jackson. The Ravens also uncharacteristically struggled at home, going 3-6 at M&T Bank Stadium for their first losing record in Baltimore since 2015. Since coach John Harbaugh’s first season in 2008, the Ravens have won 102 home games, which ranks third-most in the NFL over that span behind only Green Bay and New England. Next season figures to be much easier in Charm City, with the Saints (6-11), Titans (3-14) and Buccaneers (8-9) all finishing below .500 in 2025. At the same time, the Jaguars (13-4) and Chargers (11-6) were among the top teams in the AFC and are the most likely bets for a prime-time home game in 2026, especially with the Harbaugh brothers connection between Baltimore and Los Angeles. The road slate also includes three teams that finished below .500 in the Falcons (7-10), Panthers (8-9) and Colts (8-9). But the Texans (12-5) and Bills (12-5) put together strong seasons and are likely to be Super Bowl contenders again. The Cowboys went a disappointing 7-9-1 but always draw attention. Those three matchups are likely to be appealing for the NFL’s schedule-makers when it comes to setting prime-time dates, too. Thanks to a pair of flexible scheduling games in Weeks 16, 17 and 18, the Ravens finished the 2025 season with seven prime-time games, going 2-5 in them. Even coming off a disappointing regular season, the Ravens are likely to command the spotlight once again next year when the full schedule is announced in May. Ravens 2026 opponents Home: Bengals, Browns, Steelers, Jaguars, Titans, Saints, Buccaneers, Chargers Away: Bengals, Browns, Steelers, Falcons, Panthers, Colts, Texans, Bills, Cowboys Have a news tip? Contact C.J. Doon at cdoon@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/CJDoon. View the full article Quote
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