When do football schedules come out

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The schedule makers will have to work around events that are already scheduled to take place in or near NFL stadiums — events that may compete with the games, put undue stress on the playing surface, or create traffic or logistical nightmares.

The league begins collecting information from the clubs in January about any events that may create scheduling conflicts. The schedulers are also constrained by internal factors. It takes thousands of cloud-based computers to produce thousands of possible schedules — a process that sets the stage for the schedule makers to begin the arduous task of picking the best possible one.

The NFL's scheduling formula ensures that all teams will play every team from every division in the other conference once every four years. The 16 teams in each conference are split into the East, North, South and West divisions; every division has four teams. Every team will play 17 regular-season games with one bye week.

Teams will alternate seasons where they host nine regular-season games and one preseason game, or eight regular-season games and two preseason games.

The AFC will have nine regular season home games in the season. The league typically schedules the Super Bowl champion at home for the Thursday night game that kicks off the new season. The league will also schedule games on the Saturdays of Weeks 15, 16 and In , the Week 15 start times and matchups will be announced no later than four weeks prior to gameday.

The Week 16 Saturday games will be set when the schedule is released, and the Week 18 Saturday games will be identified at the conclusion of Week Most NFL games are played on Sunday afternoons, with early games starting at p. ET and the late games starting at either p. ET or p. ET, depending on whether the game is part of a network doubleheader. For the first time, the season will open and close with doubleheaders on both CBS and FOX and every market will see four Sunday afternoon games in Weeks 1 and In those weeks, one network will show games in both Sunday afternoon time slots, while the other will air only one game in either of the two time slots.

Doubleheader weeks generally alternate between networks; but not always. Seattle Seahawks 7 Oct. Indianapolis Colts 8 Oct. Dallas Cowboys 9 Nov. Tennessee Titans 10 Nov. Kansas City Chiefs 11 Nov. Pittsburgh Steelers 12 Nov. Cleveland Browns 13 Dec. San Francisco 49ers 14 Dec. Chicago Bears 15 Dec.

New Orleans Saints 16 Dec. Dallas Cowboys 17 Jan. Minnesota Vikings 18 Jan. Week Date Matchup Week 1 Sept. Baltimore Ravens Week 2 Sept. Detroit Lions Week 3 Sept.

Philadelphia Eagles Week 4 Oct. Las Vegas Raiders Week 5 Oct. Indianapolis Colts Week 6 Oct. Buffalo Bills Week 7 Oct. New Orleans Saints Week 8 Nov.