With two weeks to go in the season, the Cleveland Browns' 2026 schedule is all but solidified, featuring multiple trips to New York and a potential overseas adventure.
Without much to cheer for for the rest of the 2025 season, Cleveland Browns fans can officially start looking ahead to 2026. Not just because Cleveland is now toward own one of the top two picks in the NFL Draft for a second consecutive year, but also because their opponents for next season are officially finalized.
The Browns are slated to play the south divisions in both the AFC and NFC. That part was already set. But even with two weeks to go, which opponents the Browns will face from the AFC East and West, plus their fifth NFC opponent, which next year hails from the East, have been all but finalized.
Cleveland is guaranteed to finish last in the AFC North at this point, even if they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals to close out the season, they'd finish 5-12, but don't have the tie-breakers to leap Cincy should they finish with an identical record.
That means they're locked in to facing the last place teams in those aforementioned divisions, which are also, mathematically locked in.
The Las Vegas Raiders are the basement dwelling team from the AFC West that will play Cleveland next season. Ironically, the New York Jets and New York Giants will finish last in their respective divisions, paving the way for the Browns to make two trips to The Big Apple next season to face those teams.
With everything now set, Cleveland's full list of home and away opponents in 2026 is as follows...
Home: Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, Las Vegas Raiders
Away: Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, New York Giants
For what it's worth, the NFL recently announced that the Saints will play one home game in Paris, France next year, which means there's a chance Cleveland could be headed overseas for a second consecutive year.
Fans will have to wait until mid-May for the NFL's annual schedule release to start making any travel plans regarding the Browns 2026 campaign.