San Francisco 49ers 2026 schedule: Two worldwide video games make for travel-heavy slate

The NFL will launch the 2026 schedules for all 32 groups at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday. Here’s what we all know in regards to the San Francisco 49ers’ schedule to date.

The 49ers will play every workforce from the NFC East and AFC West, in addition to the 2025 third-place groups from the NFC North, NFC South and AFC East. San Francisco may also see its NFC West division rivals twice, as soon as on the street (with one notable exception) and as soon as at Levi’s Stadium, as a part of its 17-game schedule.

We already know particulars for 2 49ers video games, as they are going to play in two of the league’s 9 worldwide contests this season: Thursday, Sept. 10 (Week 1) in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia, and Sunday, Nov. 22 (Week 11) in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings in Mexico Metropolis. The Rams are the designated “house” workforce in Melbourne — they requested the Niners as their opponent, preferring a impartial web site to a SoFi Stadium overrun by Niners followers — whereas the 49ers are the “house” workforce in Mexico Metropolis.

Right here is the lineup of house and street opponents, listed alphabetically with worldwide video games highlighted.

The 49ers went 12-5 within the 2025 common season, overcoming a sequence of accidents to win a wild-card playoff sport earlier than being routed within the divisional spherical by the eventual Tremendous Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks. Because the Niners look to bounce again with a more healthy 2026, they’ll have to take action whereas touring extra miles than another NFL workforce: 38,105, in response to Bill Speros of Bookies.com. The spherical journey to Melbourne (7,850 miles every manner) accounts for greater than 40 % of that determine alone.

Come again Thursday night time for the 49ers’ week-to-week schedule, plus season evaluation and predictions.