With the 2025 NFL regular season now officially at an end, we now know exactly who the Green Bay Packers will face during the 2026 campaign.
While the full 2026 schedule isn't typicially released until mid-May, the complete list of the 14 opponents Green Bay will battle next season materialized once the '25 regular season concluded.
For those who may not be familiar with how a team's 17 games are determined, the following criteria are used:
- Six games against every other team within the division — two per team; one at home and one on the road.
- Four games against teams from a specific division within its conference on a rotating, three-year cycle; two at home and two on the road.
- Four games against teams from a specific division in the opposing conference on a rotating, four-year cycle; two at home and two on the road.
- Two games against teams from the two remaining divisions within the same conference based on the previous season's standings; one at home and one on the road.
- One game against a team from a division from the opposing conference on a rotating, four-year cycle that the team isn't already scheduled to play based on the previous season's standings.
The Packers will play seven games against playoff teams during the 2026 regular season
Packers 2026 home opponents
- Chicago Bears
- Detroit Lions
- Minnesota Vikings
- Atlanta Falcons
- Carolina Panthers
- Buffalo Bills
- Miami Dolphins
- Dallas Cowboys
- Houston Texans
Packers 2026 road opponents
- Chicago Bears
- Detroit Lions
- Minnesota Vikings
- New Orleans Saints
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- New England Patriots
- New York Jets
- Los Angeles Rams
First, of course, the Packers will play their typical two games each against their fellow teams from the NFC North, those being the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, and Minnesota Vikings.
Next, with the three-year intraconference rotation dictating that all NFC North teams will play all NFC South teams in 2026, Green Bay will face the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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The four-year interconference cycle dictates that all NFC North teams will play all AFC East teams, meaning the Packers will square off with the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and New York Jets.
As the Packers finished second in the NFC North, they'll play the second-place teams from the other two NFC divisions they're not already scheduled to play, meaning they'll face the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams.
And finally, the rotating cycle dictates that every NFC North team will play the AFC South team that finished in the same position in 2025, meaning Green Bay will take on the Houston Texans.
As 2026 is an even year, each NFC team will have nine home games, which obviously means the Packers will host nine games at Lambeau Field—unless they're chosen to serve as the home team in one of the International Series games.
For those scoring at home, the Packers will play seven games in 2026 against teams that made the postseason, with two against the Bears and one each against the Panthers, Bills, Texans, Patriots, and Rams.