Patriots schedule leaks tracker: Rumored and confirmed games for 2026 season
The New England Patriots will get their full schedule for the 2026 campaign on Thursday night. Follow our tracker for the latest confirmed and rumored games on New England's 2026 slate.
Patriots schedule leaks tracker: Rumored and confirmed games for 2026 season originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . We are just one day away from the release of the New England Patriots ' 2026 schedule.
The NFL will unveil the upcoming slate for all 32 teams on Thursday night, and Patriots fans can get their hands on the team's schedule through social media. Ahead of the schedule release, expect to see some confirmed games by the NFL, and plenty of leaks from different sources. We'll be tracking all of that in our tracker below.
Patriots schedule leaks tracker Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Week 5: Week 6: Week 7: Week 8: Week 9: Week 10: at Detroit Lions in Munich ( confirmed ) Week 11: Week 12: Week 13: Week 14: Week 15: Week 16: Week 17: Week 18: Patriots list of 2026 opponents Home opponents: Bills , Dolphins , Jets , Broncos , Raiders , Packers , Vikings , Steelers Away opponents: Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Bears, Lions, Chiefs, Chargers, Seahawks, Jaguars Patriots 2026 strength of schedule According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis , the Patriots have the 12th-easiest schedule in the NFL for 2026. Sharp calculates strength of schedule based on 2026 win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than using opponent records from 2025. This is a better method because it takes into account changes teams have made during the offseason.
Making the Patriots' schedule a bit more difficult is all the traveling the team will have to do. According to Bill Speros of Bookies. com , New England will be traveling the fifth-most miles in 2026.