The Cincinnati Bengals ' opponents for the 2026 NFL regular season are set, with the team's third-place finish in the AFC North this season.

The Cincinnati Bengals' opponents for the 2026 season have now been set.Next year, the Bengals are set to play the Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home at Paycor Stadium,

Speaking with reporters on Monday, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said that the team will approach the week as if they had a Monday night game. That means Wednesday is the ramp up with some potentially lighter work near the end of the week before the Sunday home game against the Cardinals. Taylor also had some injury updates to share.

CINCINNATI — The Bengals' opponents for the 2026 regular season are set following the conclusion of Saturday night's Week 17 games. Cincinnati will finish third in the AFC North, regardless of what happens over the final two games. That was the determining factor in establishing their list of opponents for next season.

The Cincinnati Bengals (6-10) will play the Cleveland Browns (4-12) in Week 18 to close their 2025 regular season, but the date and time of the game has been a mystery since the schedule was revealed all the way back in May.

Big 3. Cincinnati is a vastly better team when they have Burrow, Chase and fellow wideout Tee Higgins on the field together. The Bengals are 31-17 in games when all three players are available. Conversely, they are just 13-20 when they don't.

That's because three will be played as part of the NFL's Thursday tripleheader, while an additional three will be played on Saturday (two games) and Monday (one). Add in the stand-alone "Sunday Night Football" game and CBS and Fox will split just nine total games across their usual offering of Sunday afternoon games.