Giants 2026 Schedule Tracker: Confirmed Games, Rumors & Everything Else We Know

The New York Giants’ 2026 opponents are set, but it won’t be until Thursday when it’s announced the dates and times–and in one case, the location–of when they’ll see their various foes

Over the next few days leading up to the official schedule release on Thursday night, there will be leaks as well as confirmed dates and times released by the networks and the league.

Given the excitement surrounding the arrival of head coach John Harbaugh, interest in the Giants' schedule is at an all-time high, as there is much optimism that the days of lousy football will soon be behind everyone.

We’ll have all the latest in terms of the schedule rumors for you right here, so please make sure to follow along and bookmark this page for all the Big Blue schedule news.

2026 Opponents

The New York Giants will host the Dallas Cowboys in the Week 1 season opener. | Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Giants’ Week 1 game has already been confirmed to be a Sunday night date against the Dallas Cowboys, whom Big Blue will also see later in the season at AT&T Stadium, where they haven’t won a game since Sept. 11, 2016.

The rest of the Giants’ 2026 home opponents include the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, and New Orleans Saints.

New York will visit the Cowboys, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Detroit Lions.

There will be no shortage of storylines given that slate of opponents. Washington has two new coordinators under head coach Dan Quinn.

The Titans, who signed four former Giants in free agents (receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, cornerback Cor’Dale Flott, tight end Daniel Bellinger, and offensive lineman Ausin Schlottmann) return with former Jets head coach Robert Saleh as their head coach and former Giants head coach Brian Daboll as the team’s offensive coordinator.

The game against the Browns will see Harbaugh square off against Todd Monken, who was all set to join Harbaugh as his offensive coordinator until he won the Browns head coaching job.

The Giants will see the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks on the road, always a tough place to play. They’ll also see the Rams, whose starting quarterback, Matthew Stafford, was heavily reported to be heading to the Giants in a trade prior to the 2025 NFL draft.

And depending on when the Colts game is scheduled, the Giants will likely face former quarterback Daniel Jones, who has found success in Indianapolis after being driven out of New York.

International Possibilities

Nov 10, 2024; Munich, Germany; Banners of New York Giants and Carolina Panthers players during the 2024 NFL Munich Game at Allianz Arena. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Giants were pioneers of international play, having taken part in the first-ever NFL regular-season game played overseas as part of the league’s International Series back in 2007, when they beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10 on October 28 at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Since then, the Giants, who are 3-1 in games abroad, have appeared in two additional games played in London (2016 in a win over the Los Angeles Rams and 2022 in a win over the Green Bay Packers), and one in Munich (2024 in a loss to Carolina).

The Giants, who are reportedly among those teams who will play overseas this year, were granted international marketing rights in Germany, as were the Detroit Lions. The two teams are scheduled to meet this season, with the Giants playing on the road.

However, the Giants were last in Germany in 2024 when they lost to the Carolina Panthers in what was quarterback Daniel Jones's final game with Big Blue. Despite both the Giants and Lions having international marketing rights in Germany, it doesn't make sense to put the Giants back there so soon after their last visit.

Preseason/Training Camp Matchups

Florham Park, NJ -- August 21, 2024 -- The Giants defensive line up against the Jets offensive line during practice. The New York Giants came to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, New Jersey to take part in a joint practice with the New York Jets. | Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK

Giants head coach John Harbaugh told reporters at the league meetings that he was looking into one, if not two, possible joint practices this summer, which would in turn lead to the scheduled preseason games.

While the Giants’ preseason opponents aren’t known, whoever they play will presumably be East Coast teams not on the team’s 20226 regular-season schedule.

The Jets are likely to be one of the three teams the Giants face in the preseason. Last year, the two teams spent one day each at the other’s training camp sites, leading up to their preseason game.

But with the post-World Cup construction/deconstruction at MetLife Stadium forcing the Giants to take training camp on the road this year to The Greenbriers if a joint practice is on tap with the Jets, it will almost certainly be held at Florham Park, where Gang Green is based.

As for the preseason opponents, figure that, in addition to the Jets, the Giants will face teams east of the Mississippi River that are not on Big Blue’s 2026 regular-season schedule.

Might the Giants and Ravens set up a joint practice and preseason game? It would certainly make for an interesting week with head coach John Harbaugh returning to Baltimore with his new team.

The official 2026 NFL schedule, including dates and times, will be released in full on May 14. We will update this story when games/times are announced, or if any schedule leaks are dropped.

Giants Travel Note

Now that it’s been confirmed that the Giants will not be travelling overseas for an international game this coming season, Big Blue can take some solace in the fact that its road game travel won’t be among the most grueling in the league.

According to Bookies.com, the Giants’ 2026 travels will cover 18,109 miles, 19th in the league. That includes two trips to the West Coast, Los Angeles, 2,780 miles each way) and Seattle (2,841 miles each way).

Four of the Giants’ 2026 opponents have the most gruelling of travel schedules in terms of overall mileage this year and are ranked as the top four on the list. Those teams, in order, are the San Francisco 49ers (38,105 miles), Los Angeles Rams (34,847 miles), Houston Texans (28,470 miles) and Dallas Cowboys (27,980 miles).

All four of those teams also have at least one international game on their schedule, the 49ers having two (Melbourne, Australia and Mexico City).

Latest Rumors and Updates

REPORT: Gary Myers reported that while the Giants do have plans to honor the 40th anniversary of the Super Bowl XXI team, it will NOT be the Week 1 opener, which falls two days and 25 years after the 9/11 terror attacks.

We're thinking that the two games that make the most sense for the Giants to have this celebration would be their home game against Washington, whom they shut out 17-0 before going to the Super Bowl.

CONFIRMED: The Giants, as it turns out, will not be getting an international game. The Lions will host the the New England Patriots in Munich, and the Washington Commanders, the other team the Giants were thought to have a chance of facing overseas, will host the Indianapolis Colts in London.

CONFIRMED: The Giants will not be playing a game on Thanksgiving. There had been speculation that after they did not draw the Lions in Munich that they might instead get them instead for Thanksgiving.

The Schedule (Per the New York Post)

This is all unconfirmed until 8 p.m. ET when the official schedule is released.

Week 1 – Dallas Cowboys, Sept. 13 (Sunday Night Football)
Week 2 - at Los Angeles Rams (Monday Night Football), Sept. 21
Week 3 - Tennessee Titans, Sept. 27
Week 4 - Arizona Cardinals, Oct. 4
Week 5 - at Washington Commanders, Oct. 11
Week 6 - New Orleans Saints, Oct. 18
Week 7 - at Houston Texans, Oct. 25
Week 8 - Bye
Week 9 - at Philadelphia, Nov. 8
Week 10 - Washington Commanders, Nov. 12 (Thursday Night Football)
Week 11 - Jacksonville Jaguars, Nov. 22
Week 12 - at Indianapolis Colts, Nov. 29
Week 13 - San Francisco 49ers, Dec. 6
Week 14 - at Seattle Seahawks, Dec. 13
Week 15 - Cleveland Browns, Dec. 20
Week 16 - at Detroit Lions, Dec. 28 (Monday Night Football)
Week 17 - at Dallas Cowboys, Jan. 3
Week 18 - Philadelphia Eagles, Jan. 10

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