Ravens to face 12 first-round picks from 2026 NFL Draft
The Baltimore Ravens will face 12 first-round selections from the 2026 NFL Draft, highlighting a challenging schedule filled with young talent and playoff-caliber opponents.
We're now days away from the 2026 NFL schedule reveal, and those matchups have come into sharper focus after free agency and the NFL draft. In 2024, the schedule was revealed on May 15, with the Brazil game announced one month earlier on April 10. The year prior in 2023, the NFL announced its 18-week, 272-game regular-season schedule on May 12.
Last off-season, the schedule dropped on May 14. Rumors will start swirling in the coming days, and the league will eventually begin leaking games until the schedule is released on a Thursday night. The second-place finish in the AFC North will give Jesse Minter's team a middle-of-the-pack schedule in 2026.
With the regular season now complete, Baltimore's 2026 opponents are set. Their schedule will be one of the league's most demanding. They will face the gauntlet of juggernauts in the NFC South and AFC South and the second-place finishers in the AFC West, NFC East, and AFC East.
The official schedule, including dates and times, will be revealed in the spring, but the league has already announced next year's opponents. 2025 record 8-9, second in the AFC North 2025 playoff teams Jacksonville Jaguars , Houston Texans , Buffalo Bills , Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina Panthers Jaguars: The Jaguars won 13 games under first-year head coach Liam Coen and secured the AFC South title before losing 27-24 to the Bills in the AFC wild-card playoffs. Texans After a slow start, the Texans went 12-5, second in the AFC South, lost to the Patriots in the divisional round, and were fourth in DVOA.