Baltimore Ravens opponents 2026: Who’s on the schedule, how easy or hard will their schedule be

The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2025 season with high expectations of reaching the Super Bowl and ended up being arguably the biggest disappointment in the entire league. Injuries to Lamar Jackson and poor defensive performances doomed the team to a 1-5 start out the gate and they spent the rest of the year playing catch up within the AFC North. They put themselves in a position to reach the postseason in a Week 18 winner-take-all matchup against the Steelers, but those hopes died with Tyler Loop missing what would’ve been the game-winning field goal as time expired.

Several questions about this team will have to be answered in offseason, particularly the future of head coach John Harbaugh. But at least for now, we know their opponent list for the 2026 season.

The Ravens will have eight home games and nine road games next season pending the announcement of the matchups for the 2026 international games. The rotation will include matchups against the entire NFC South and AFC South, along with their usual six divisional games within the AFC North. Since they finished second in the division, they will be matched up with the second-place finishers of the NFC East (Cowboys), AFC West (Chargers), and AFC East (Bills) to round out the 17-game schedule.

The Ravens have a pretty manageable schedule next season with just seven matchups against 2025 playoff participants, two of them being against a Steelers team who barely squeaked into the postseason as AFC North champions. Their toughest home game will be against a Jags team fresh off a 13-win season while road matchups against the Texans, Bills, and Cowboys could present a challenge. If the Ravens are healthy, this is the exact type of schedule that could guide them right back into the postseason.