NFL Schedule Release Date: When Will the 2025 Schedule Be Announced?

Following the NFL Draft, the league's schedule release is the next big day for football fans. This is when the league will unveil the 272-game regular season schedule including dates, times, and locations

But how is the schedule determined and when will the 2025 NFL schedule be released? Learn more below.

When Will the 2025 NFL Schedule Be Released?

There is no set date for when the 2025 NFL schedule will be released.

Although, based on trends from previous years, we can likely expect to see a schedule during the week of May 12th. The release has also historically happened on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

Previous NFL Schedule Release Dates

• 2024 - May 15th
• 2023 - May 11th
• 2022 - May 12th
• 2021 - May 12th
• 2020 - May 7th
• 2019 - April 17th
• 2018 - April 19th
• 2017 - April 20th
• 2016 - April 14th
• 2015 - April 21st

How Is the NFL Schedule Set?

Every NFL team will play 17 regular season games, in addition to one bye week. This will include:

• Six divisional games — two games against each division team (one home, one away)
• Four games against teams outside their division, but in their conference (two home, two away)
• Four games against teams outside their division AND outside their conference (two home, two away)
• Two games against teams from the other divisions in the same conference (one home, one away)
  • Matchups are based on 2024 divisional rankings
• One game against a non-conference team from a division that the team is not already scheduled to play
  • Matchups are based on 2024 divisional rankings

Other Important NFL 2025-26 Dates

Here are some other dates to keep in mind as we approach the start of the NFL season:

Preseason - Week 1 of the three-week NFL preseason will begin on August 7th, 2025.

International Games - The NFL has released some information about the regular season international games, including the locations and teams. So far, we know:

• Jacksonville Jaguars play in London
• Cleveland Browns play in London
• New York Jets play in London
• Pittsburgh Steelers play in Dublin
• Miami Dolphins play in Madrid
• Indianapolis Colts play in Berlin
• Los Angeles Chargers play in Sao Paulo

Playoffs - The Wild-Card Round will likely begin on January 10th, 2026.

Super Bowl LX - The Super Bowl will take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA on February 8th, 2026.

NFL Futures Super Bowl LX Odds

Here are each team's odds to win Super Bowl LX as of April 24th, prior to the NFL Draft.

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