The Broncos will face a first-place schedule next season. There will be eight home games and nine road games in total. They also get the brutal NFC West that is far and away the best division in football this season with all three teams competing for the NFC one seed. Next season will be a real test for how far this team has come.

Coming off a 20-13 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, the Denver Broncos do not have a game today (Sunday, Dec. 28). Up next on Denver's schedule is a showdown with the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 18. The NFL has not yet set the date and time for that AFC West matchup.

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After going 10-7 and reaching the NFL playoffs last season, the Broncos have five nationally-televised games on their 2025 schedule. Denver will be featured on Sunday Night Football , Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football this fall.

The complete list of 2026 opponents will be finalized after the 2025 regular season concludes, and the finalized schedule will be announced with dates and times next spring, presumably in May. For now, Denver's focused on this week's opponent -- the Chargers -- but it's never too early for fans and pundits to look ahead to what's next.

For the second straight year, a divisional battle in the regular-season finale will determine the NFC's No. 1 seed. The 49ers host the Seahawks on Saturday night, and the winner gets the NFC West crown, a first-round bye and potential home-field advantage until the Super Bowl.

The NFL's Week 18 schedule is about to fall into place, but there's still some sorting out to be done in the penultimate week of the regular season.

Here's how the NFL playoff picture looks after the Houston Texans' win over the Los Angeles Chargers, which clinched the Texans a playoff berth, eliminated the Indianapolis Colts and won the AFC West for the Denver Broncos.