Jaguars face AFC North, NFC East, and tough inter-conference foes. Check out their challenging 2026 opponents and critical matchups.
The Jacksonville Jaguars throttled the Tennessee Titans 41-7 to finish the regular season 13-4 and win their first AFC South title since 2022. They still have work to do this season, as they will enter the playoffs as the No. 3 seed and host the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Wild Card. That said, their road in 2026 has already been laid out as their schedule of opponents for next season was finalized Sunday.
As always, the Jaguars will have their six divisional games, three at home and three on the road against the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and Titans.
The Jaguars will have two full divisions as part of the schedule, based on a constant rotation each year. For 2026, those divisions are the AFC North and the NFC East. Out of the AFC North, Jacksonville will host the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers and visit the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals.
Their NFC East schedule will include visits from the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders and they will travel to the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants.
Those 14 games were already set based on the schedule rotations. The 2025 regular-season standings helped decide the final three games on the Jaguars' schedule. The rotation set up the Jaguars against the same-place finishers in the AFC East (at home) and the AFC West (on the road) within the conference and on the road against the NFC North (the "17th game").
With the Jaguars winning the AFC South, they will host the New England Patriots and visit the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears.
In total, the Buccaneers will face six teams in 2026 that reached the playoffs this season: Texans, Steelers/Ravens, Patriots, Eagles, Broncos, Bears.
Among some of the highlights of their road schedule, the Jaguars will visit Chicago for the second time in three seasons, a feat now made possible by adding the 17th game. The Jaguars lost at Chicago in 2024, 35-16. They will visit the Cowboys and Giants for the first time since 2018. They'll head to Cincinnati for the second year in a row as they will look for their first win over the Bengals since 2019. They will make their first trip to Baltimore since 2020.
To summarize, here is the full list of opponents for the Jaguars in 2026:
Home: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, New England Patriots
Away: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears