NFL Betting Odds, Futures Predictions & Picks 2026

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2026 NFL Season Key Dates

The 2026 season runs 18 weeks and 272 games, and it ends later than any before it. Nine games are being played overseas between September and November, all with morning ET kickoffs.

• Kickoff Game: Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Seattle hosts New England.

• Week 1 Sunday: September 13, 2026.

• Season length: 18 weeks, 272 games, 17 per team.

• Thanksgiving Eve: Wednesday, November 25. Green Bay at the LA Rams.

• Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 26. Tripleheader.

• Christmas Day: Friday, December 25. Two games.

• Regular season ends: Sunday, January 10, 2027.

• Wild Card round: January 16 to 18, 2027. Six games, 14 teams.

• Divisional round: January 23 and 24, 2027.

• Conference Championships: Sunday, January 31, 2027.

• Super Bowl LXI: Sunday, February 14, 2027 at SoFi Stadium. Latest Super Bowl date in league history.

Interesting Facts About the NFL

Here are some interesting facts about the Super Bowl and NFL in general.

• The NFL consists of 32 teams divided into two conferences. The two conferences are made up of the two former leagues before they were joined into the modern NFL in 1967 and held the first Super Bowl that year. The Conference rings that are awarded to the winners of the separate conferences are remnants of the old two-league system.

• NFL players were not required to wear helmets until 1943. Luckily, that rule changed, which led to a much-needed decrease in NFL head injuries.

• The most valuable franchise as of 2025 was the Dallas Cowboys with a price tag of $13 billion.

• The NFL season is broken into 17 games across 18 weeks of football. The top seven teams in each conference qualify for the postseason, but only the top seed in each conference gets a bye. Those teams then compete in a bracket-style elimination set-up until a Super Bowl champion is crowned.