Overview

• The NFL will officially release the 2025 regular-season schedule on Wednesday, May 14, detailing all matchups and bye weeks for every team.
• This year’s schedule release is happening one day earlier than the 2024 release, which took place on May 15.
• Opponent lists for multiple teams, including the Cowboys, Colts, Bengals, and others, have already been published, following the NFL’s established scheduling formula.
• The league’s scheduling formula includes divisional matchups, games against rotating intra- and inter-conference divisions, and standings-based opponents from the prior season.
• Discussions around early playoff predictions, such as Pro Football Network’s exclusion of the Cowboys, are already generating debate ahead of the official schedule drop.