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Week 8 · Oct 29–Nov 2

NFL Bye Weeks 2026

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Who is off this week, every team’s bye weeks, and each team’s full season with results. All 32 NFL teams.

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NFL teams on bye in week 8 (Oct 29–Nov 2)

AFC South · 1

Texans

NFC East · 1

Giants

NFC South · 1

Saints

NFC West · 1

49ers

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Bye weeks 5 to 14 at a glance

Bye calendar

How many teams sit out each week. Tap a week to see who.

Week 5Oct 8–12

2teams

Panthers NFC South

Chiefs AFC West

Week 6Oct 15–19

4teams

Bengals AFC North

Lions NFC North

Dolphins AFC East

Vikings NFC North

Week 7Oct 22–26

4teams

Bills AFC East

Jaguars AFC South

Chargers AFC West

Commanders NFC East

Week 8Oct 29–Nov 2

4teams

Texans AFC South

Saints NFC South

Giants NFC East

49ers NFC West

Week 9Nov 5–9

2teams

Steelers AFC North

Titans AFC South

Week 10Nov 12–16

4teams

Bears NFC North

Broncos AFC West

Eagles NFC East

Buccaneers NFC South

Week 11Nov 19–23

6teams

Falcons NFC South

Browns AFC North

Packers NFC North

Rams NFC West

Patriots AFC East

Seahawks NFC West

Week 12Nov 25–30

0teams

Nobody.

Week 13Dec 3–7

4teams

Ravens AFC North

Colts AFC South

Raiders AFC West

Jets AFC East

Week 14Dec 10–14

2teams

Cardinals NFC West

Cowboys NFC East

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4 NFL teams are on bye in week 8 (Oct 29–Nov 2): Texans, Saints, Giants and 49ers.

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Every NFL team gets one bye week in 2026. Byes fall between weeks 5 and 14.

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Every NFL team’s schedule

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Team

Division

Bye week

Team	Div	Bye	Week 8	Week 9
	NFC West	14	@DAL	@SEA
Week 1@ LAC W 26-14 Week 2vs SEA L 7-31 Week 3@ SF L 30-36 Week 4@ NYG L 24-36 Week 5vs DET L 21-45 Week 6@ LAR W 18-16 Week 7vs DEN L 16-30 Week 8@ DAL Week 9@ SEA Week 10vs LAR Week 11@ KC Week 12vs WSH Week 13vs PHI Week 14Bye Week 15vs NYJ Week 16@ NO Week 17vs LV Week 18vs SF
	NFC South	11	@TB	vsCIN
Week 1@ PIT L 13-20 Week 2vs CAR L 3-34 Week 3@ GB W 35-14 Week 4@ NO W 45-24 Week 5vs BAL L 23-30 Week 6vs CHI L 23-31 Week 7vs SF W 29-20 Week 8@ TB Week 9vs CIN Week 10vs KC Week 11Bye Week 12@ MIN Week 13vs DET Week 14@ CLE Week 15@ WSH Week 16vs TB Week 17vs NO Week 18@ CAR
	AFC North	13	@BUF	vsJAX
Week 1@ IND W 41-23 Week 2vs NO L 17-24 Week 3vs DAL W 34-31 Week 4vs TEN W 24-18 Week 5@ ATL W 30-23 Week 6@ CLE L 10-13 Week 7vs CIN L 13-35 Week 8@ BUF Week 9vs JAX Week 10vs LAC Week 11@ CAR Week 12@ HOU Week 13Bye Week 14vs TB Week 15@ PIT Week 16vs CLE Week 17@ CIN Week 18vs PIT
	AFC East	7	vsBAL	@MIN
Week 1@ HOU W 36-31 Week 2vs DET W 41-31 Week 3vs LAC W 24-16 Week 4vs NE L 26-29 Week 5@ LAR W 37-34 Week 6@ LV W 33-30 Week 7Bye Week 8vs BAL Week 9@ MIN Week 10@ NYJ Week 11vs MIA Week 12vs KC Week 13@ NE Week 14@ GB Week 15vs CHI Week 16@ DEN Week 17@ MIA Week 18vs NYJ
	NFC South	5	@GB	vsDEN
Week 1vs CHI L 37-59 Week 2@ ATL W 34-3 Week 3@ CLE L 18-21 Week 4vs DET W 32-26 Week 5Bye Week 6@ PHI W 25-14 Week 7vs TB L 13-43 Week 8@ GB Week 9vs DEN Week 10@ NO Week 11vs BAL Week 12@ TB Week 13@ MIN Week 14vs NO Week 15vs CIN Week 16@ PIT Week 17vs SEA Week 18vs ATL
	NFC North	10	@SEA	vsTB
Week 1@ CAR W 59-37 Week 2vs MIN L 3-9 Week 3vs PHI W 27-7 Week 4vs NYJ W 23-12 Week 5@ GB L 7-31 Week 6@ ATL W 31-23 Week 7vs NE W 30-24 Week 8@ SEA Week 9vs TB Week 10Bye Week 11vs NO Week 12@ DET Week 13vs JAX Week 14@ MIA Week 15@ BUF Week 16vs GB Week 17vs DET Week 18@ MIN
	AFC North	6	vsTEN	vsATL
Week 1vs TB W 33-27 Week 2@ HOU W 20-6 Week 3@ PIT L 27-30 Week 4vs JAX L 17-22 Week 5@ MIA W 31-24 Week 6Bye Week 7@ BAL W 35-13 Week 8vs TEN Week 9vs ATL Week 10vs PIT Week 11@ WSH Week 12vs NO Week 13@ CLE Week 14vs KC Week 15@ CAR Week 16@ IND Week 17vs BAL Week 18vs CLE
	AFC North	11	@PIT	@NO
Week 1@ JAX L 10-34 Week 2@ TB W 23-19 Week 3vs CAR W 21-18 Week 4vs PIT W 27-24 Week 5@ NYJ L 12-17 Week 6vs BAL W 13-10 Week 7@ TEN W 27-24 Week 8@ PIT Week 9@ NO Week 10vs HOU Week 11Bye Week 12vs LV Week 13vs CIN Week 14vs ATL Week 15@ NYG Week 16@ BAL Week 17vs IND Week 18@ CIN
	NFC East	14	vsARI	@IND
Week 1@ NYG L 20-28 Week 2vs WSH W 37-20 Week 3vs BAL L 31-34 Week 4@ HOU W 34-30 Week 5vs TB L 16-24 Week 6@ GB L 13-23 Week 7@ PHI W 38-21 Week 8vs ARI Week 9@ IND Week 10vs SF Week 11vs TEN Week 12vs PHI Week 13@ SEA Week 14Bye Week 15@ LAR Week 16vs JAX Week 17vs NYG Week 18@ WSH
	AFC West	10	vsKC	@CAR
Week 1@ KC L 10-31 Week 2vs JAX W 20-13 Week 3vs LAR W 30-26 Week 4@ SF L 14-24 Week 5@ LAC W 23-17 Week 6vs SEA W 17-14 Week 7@ ARI W 30-16 Week 8vs KC Week 9@ CAR Week 10Bye Week 11vs LV Week 12@ PIT Week 13vs MIA Week 14@ NYJ Week 15@ LV Week 16vs BUF Week 17@ NE Week 18vs LAC
	NFC North	6	vsMIN	@MIA
Week 1vs NO W 31-30 Week 2@ BUF L 31-41 Week 3vs NYJ W 31-24 Week 4@ CAR L 26-32 Week 5@ ARI W 45-21 Week 6Bye Week 7vs GB W 20-17 Week 8vs MIN Week 9@ MIA Week 10vs NE Week 11vs TB Week 12vs CHI Week 13@ ATL Week 14vs TEN Week 15@ MIN Week 16vs NYG Week 17@ CHI Week 18@ GB
	NFC North	11	vsCAR	@NE
Week 1@ MIN L 22-39 Week 2@ NYJ W 20-17 Week 3vs ATL L 14-35 Week 4@ TB W 17-14 Week 5vs CHI W 31-7 Week 6vs DAL W 23-13 Week 7@ DET L 17-20 Week 8vs CAR Week 9@ NE Week 10vs MIN Week 11Bye Week 12@ LAR Week 13@ NO Week 14vs BUF Week 15vs MIA Week 16@ CHI Week 17vs HOU Week 18vs DET
	AFC South	8	Bye	@LAC
Week 1vs BUF L 31-36 Week 2vs CIN L 6-20 Week 3@ IND L 17-19 Week 4vs DAL L 30-34 Week 5@ TEN W 26-3 Week 6vs JAX W 34-31 Week 7vs NYG L 21-27 Week 8Bye Week 9@ LAC Week 10@ CLE Week 11vs IND Week 12vs BAL Week 13@ PIT Week 14@ WSH Week 15vs JAX Week 16@ PHI Week 17@ GB Week 18vs TEN
	AFC South	13	@JAX	vsDAL
Week 1vs BAL L 23-41 Week 2@ KC L 30-33 Week 3vs HOU W 19-17 Week 4vs WSH W 30-13 Week 5@ PIT L 22-34 Week 6vs TEN L 20-26 Week 7@ MIN L 10-16 Week 8@ JAX Week 9vs DAL Week 10vs MIA Week 11@ HOU Week 12vs NYG Week 13Bye Week 14@ PHI Week 15@ TEN Week 16vs CIN Week 17@ CLE Week 18vs JAX
	AFC South	7	vsIND	@BAL
Week 1vs CLE W 34-10 Week 2@ DEN L 13-20 Week 3vs NE W 35-6 Week 4@ CIN W 22-17 Week 5vs PHI W 19-17 Week 6vs HOU L 31-34 Week 7Bye Week 8vs IND Week 9@ BAL Week 10@ TEN Week 11@ NYG Week 12vs TEN Week 13@ CHI Week 14vs PIT Week 15@ HOU Week 16@ DAL Week 17vs WSH Week 18@ IND
	AFC West	5	@DEN	vsNYJ
Week 1vs DEN W 31-10 Week 2vs IND W 33-30 Week 3@ MIA W 24-10 Week 4@ LV W 30-27 Week 5Bye Week 6vs LAC W 22-6 Week 7@ SEA L 3-20 Week 8@ DEN Week 9vs NYJ Week 10@ ATL Week 11vs ARI Week 12@ BUF Week 13@ LAR Week 14@ CIN Week 15vs NE Week 16vs SF Week 17@ LAC Week 18vs LV
	AFC West	13	@NYJ	@SF
Week 1vs MIA W 27-13 Week 2@ LAC W 26-14 Week 3@ NO W 35-27 Week 4vs KC L 27-30 Week 5@ NE L 17-45 Week 6vs BUF L 30-33 Week 7vs LAR L 21-35 Week 8@ NYJ Week 9@ SF Week 10vs SEA Week 11@ DEN Week 12@ CLE Week 13Bye Week 14vs LAC Week 15vs DEN Week 16vs TEN Week 17@ ARI Week 18@ KC
	AFC West	7	@LAR	vsHOU
Week 1vs ARI L 14-26 Week 2vs LV L 14-26 Week 3@ BUF L 16-24 Week 4@ SEA L 23-30 Week 5vs DEN L 17-23 Week 6@ KC L 6-22 Week 7Bye Week 8@ LAR Week 9vs HOU Week 10@ BAL Week 11vs NYJ Week 12vs NE Week 13@ TB Week 14@ LV Week 15vs SF Week 16@ MIA Week 17vs KC Week 18@ DEN
	NFC West	11	vsLAC	@WSH
Week 1vs SF L 7-27 Week 2vs NYG W 28-6 Week 3@ DEN L 26-30 Week 4@ PHI W 24-20 Week 5vs BUF L 34-37 Week 6vs ARI L 16-18 Week 7@ LV W 35-21 Week 8vs LAC Week 9@ WSH Week 10@ ARI Week 11Bye Week 12vs GB Week 13vs KC Week 14@ SF Week 15vs DAL Week 16@ SEA Week 17@ TB Week 18vs SEA
	AFC East	6	vsNE	vsDET
Week 1@ LV L 13-27 Week 2@ SF L 13-35 Week 3vs KC L 10-24 Week 4@ MIN L 10-15 Week 5vs CIN L 24-31 Week 6Bye Week 7@ NYJ W 28-25 Week 8vs NE Week 9vs DET Week 10@ IND Week 11@ BUF Week 12vs NYJ Week 13@ DEN Week 14vs CHI Week 15@ GB Week 16vs LAC Week 17vs BUF Week 18@ NE
	NFC North	6	@DET	vsBUF
Week 1vs GB W 39-22 Week 2@ CHI W 9-3 Week 3@ TB W 23-16 Week 4vs MIA W 15-10 Week 5@ NO W 23-13 Week 6Bye Week 7vs IND W 16-10 Week 8@ DET Week 9vs BUF Week 10@ GB Week 11vs SF Week 12vs ATL Week 13vs CAR Week 14@ NE Week 15vs DET Week 16vs WSH Week 17@ NYJ Week 18vs CHI
	AFC East	11	@MIA	vsGB
Week 1@ SEA L 10-13 Week 2vs PIT W 20-3 Week 3@ JAX L 6-35 Week 4@ BUF W 29-26 Week 5vs LV W 45-17 Week 6vs NYJ W 26-19 Week 7@ CHI L 24-30 Week 8@ MIA Week 9vs GB Week 10vs DET Week 11Bye Week 12@ LAC Week 13vs BUF Week 14vs MIN Week 15@ KC Week 16@ NYJ Week 17vs DEN Week 18vs MIA
	NFC South	8	Bye	vsCLE
Week 1@ DET L 30-31 Week 2@ BAL W 24-17 Week 3vs LV L 27-35 Week 4vs ATL L 24-45 Week 5vs MIN L 13-23 Week 6@ NYG W 34-27 Week 7vs PIT L 10-16 Week 8Bye Week 9vs CLE Week 10vs CAR Week 11@ CHI Week 12@ CIN Week 13vs GB Week 14@ CAR Week 15@ TB Week 16vs ARI Week 17@ ATL Week 18vs TB
	NFC East	8	Bye	@PHI
Week 1vs DAL W 28-20 Week 2@ LAR L 6-28 Week 3vs TEN W 12-7 Week 4vs ARI W 36-24 Week 5@ WSH T 27-27 Week 6vs NO L 27-34 Week 7@ HOU W 27-21 Week 8Bye Week 9@ PHI Week 10vs WSH Week 11vs JAX Week 12@ IND Week 13vs SF Week 14@ SEA Week 15vs CLE Week 16@ DET Week 17@ DAL Week 18vs PHI
	AFC East	13	vsLV	@KC
Week 1@ TEN W 23-10 Week 2vs GB L 17-20 Week 3@ DET L 24-31 Week 4@ CHI L 12-23 Week 5vs CLE W 17-12 Week 6@ NE L 19-26 Week 7vs MIA L 25-28 Week 8vs LV Week 9@ KC Week 10vs BUF Week 11@ LAC Week 12@ MIA Week 13Bye Week 14vs DEN Week 15@ ARI Week 16vs NE Week 17vs MIN Week 18@ BUF
	NFC East	10	@WSH	vsNYG
Week 1vs WSH W 24-22 Week 2@ TEN W 24-20 Week 3@ CHI L 7-27 Week 4vs LAR L 20-24 Week 5vs JAX L 17-19 Week 6vs CAR L 14-25 Week 7vs DAL L 21-38 Week 8@ WSH Week 9vs NYG Week 10Bye Week 11vs PIT Week 12@ DAL Week 13@ ARI Week 14vs IND Week 15vs SEA Week 16vs HOU Week 17@ SF Week 18@ NYG
	AFC North	9	vsCLE	Bye
Week 1vs ATL W 20-13 Week 2@ NE L 3-20 Week 3vs CIN W 30-27 Week 4@ CLE L 24-27 Week 5vs IND W 34-22 Week 6@ TB W 26-19 Week 7vs NO W 16-10 Week 8vs CLE Week 9Bye Week 10@ CIN Week 11@ PHI Week 12vs DEN Week 13vs HOU Week 14@ JAX Week 15vs BAL Week 16vs CAR Week 17@ TEN Week 18@ BAL
	NFC West	8	Bye	vsLV
Week 1vs LAR W 27-7 Week 2vs MIA W 35-13 Week 3vs ARI W 36-30 Week 4vs DEN W 24-14 Week 5@ SEA W 32-29 Week 6vs WSH W 23-17 Week 7@ ATL L 20-29 Week 8Bye Week 9vs LV Week 10@ DAL Week 11vs MIN Week 12vs SEA Week 13@ NYG Week 14vs LAR Week 15@ LAC Week 16@ KC Week 17vs PHI Week 18@ ARI
	NFC West	11	vsCHI	vsARI
Week 1vs NE W 13-10 Week 2@ ARI W 31-7 Week 3@ WSH L 31-33 Week 4vs LAC W 30-23 Week 5vs SF L 29-32 Week 6@ DEN L 14-17 Week 7vs KC W 20-3 Week 8vs CHI Week 9vs ARI Week 10@ LV Week 11Bye Week 12@ SF Week 13vs DAL Week 14vs NYG Week 15@ PHI Week 16vs LAR Week 17@ CAR Week 18@ LAR
	NFC South	10	vsATL	@CHI
Week 1@ CIN L 27-33 Week 2vs CLE L 19-23 Week 3vs MIN L 16-23 Week 4vs GB L 14-17 Week 5@ DAL W 24-16 Week 6vs PIT L 19-26 Week 7@ CAR W 43-13 Week 8vs ATL Week 9@ CHI Week 10Bye Week 11@ DET Week 12vs CAR Week 13vs LAC Week 14@ BAL Week 15vs NO Week 16@ ATL Week 17vs LAR Week 18@ NO
	AFC South	9	@CIN	Bye
Week 1vs NYJ L 10-23 Week 2vs PHI L 20-24 Week 3@ NYG L 7-12 Week 4@ BAL L 18-24 Week 5vs HOU L 3-26 Week 6@ IND W 26-20 Week 7vs CLE L 24-27 Week 8@ CIN Week 9Bye Week 10vs JAX Week 11@ DAL Week 12@ JAX Week 13vs WSH Week 14@ DET Week 15vs IND Week 16@ LV Week 17vs PIT Week 18@ HOU
	NFC East	7	vsPHI	vsLAR
Week 1@ PHI L 22-24 Week 2@ DAL L 20-37 Week 3vs SEA W 33-31 Week 4vs IND L 13-30 Week 5vs NYG T 27-27 Week 6@ SF L 17-23 Week 7Bye Week 8vs PHI Week 9vs LAR Week 10@ NYG Week 11vs CIN Week 12@ ARI Week 13@ TEN Week 14vs HOU Week 15vs ATL Week 16@ MIN Week 17@ JAX Week 18vs DAL

Schedules and results are published fixtures, reproduced as fact. A bye is a regular-season week, 1 to 18, with no game. Nothing here is betting advice.

Fantasy playoffs · all 32 teams

Fantasy playoff schedule, weeks 15, 16, 17

Every team’s opponents in weeks 15 to 17, the weeks most fantasy and best ball playoffs are decided in.

Team	Bye	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17
ARI	14	vs NYJ	@ NO	vs LV
ATL	11	@ WAS	vs TB	vs NO
BAL	13	@ PIT	vs CLE	@ CIN
BUF	7	vs CHI	@ DEN	@ MIA
CAR	5	vs CIN	@ PIT	vs SEA
CHI	10	@ BUF	vs GB	vs DET
CIN	6	@ CAR	@ IND	vs BAL
CLE	11	@ NYG	@ BAL	vs IND
DAL	14	@ LA	vs JAX	vs NYG
DEN	10	@ LV	vs BUF	@ NE
DET	6	@ MIN	vs NYG	@ CHI
GB	11	vs MIA	@ CHI	vs HOU
HOU	8	vs JAX	@ PHI	@ GB
IND	13	@ TEN	vs CIN	@ CLE
JAX	7	@ HOU	@ DAL	vs WAS
KC	5	vs NE	vs SF	@ LAC
LA	11	vs DAL	@ SEA	@ TB
LAC	7	vs SF	@ MIA	vs KC
LV	13	vs DEN	vs TEN	@ ARI
MIA	6	@ GB	vs LAC	vs BUF
MIN	6	vs DET	vs WAS	@ NYJ
NE	11	@ KC	@ NYJ	vs DEN
NO	8	@ TB	vs ARI	@ ATL
NYG	8	vs CLE	@ DET	@ DAL
NYJ	13	@ ARI	vs NE	vs MIN
PHI	10	vs SEA	vs HOU	@ SF
PIT	9	vs BAL	vs CAR	@ TEN
SEA	11	@ PHI	vs LA	@ CAR
SF	8	@ LAC	@ KC	vs PHI
TB	10	vs NO	@ ATL	vs LA
TEN	9	vs IND	@ LV	vs PIT
WAS	7	vs ATL	@ MIN	@ JAX

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