2026 NFL Season Kickoff

The 2026 NFL season begins Wednesday with a Super Bowl rematch between Seattle and New England.

The 2026 NFL season is just three days away, with the first Sunday of games set to begin. This is the last Sunday without an NFL game until February, when the Super Bowl matchup will be set. While there are no NFL games on Sunday, there are three college football games, including the Wisconsin Badgers vs. the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The season begins on Wednesday, Sept. 9, with a rematch of last season's Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. The first of 272 games during the NFL season will be played over an 18-week schedule, with 17 games for each team and one bye each. NFL games will air on a variety on TV stations and streaming platforms, including Prime Video, Fox and CBS, NBC, and Peacock, and ESPN.

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