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What international games are being played in the NFL this year?<\/div>

2026 International Games Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n
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  • Sept. 10 (Week 1): <\/strong><\/span>San Francisco 49ers<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Los Angeles Rams<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne, Australia), 8:35 p.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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    • Sept. 27 (Week 3):<\/strong>\u00a0Baltimore Ravens<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Maracan\u00e3 Stadium (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 4:25 p.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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      • Oct. 4 (Week 4):<\/strong>\u00a0Indianapolis Colts<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Washington Commanders<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, U.K.), 9:30 a.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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        • Oct. 11 (Week 5):<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, U.K.), 9:30 a.m. ET<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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          • Oct. 18 (Week 6):<\/strong>\u00a0Houston Texans<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Wembley Stadium (London, U.K.), 9:30 a.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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            • Oct. 25 (Week 7):<\/strong>\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0New Orleans Saints<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Stade de France (Paris, France), 9:30 a.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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              • Nov. 8 (Week 9):<\/strong>\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Atlanta Falcons<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Bernab\u00e9u Stadium (Madrid, Spain), 9:30 a.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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                • Nov. 15 (Week 10):<\/strong>\u00a0New England Patriots<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0Detroit Lions<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 FC Bayern Munich Arena (Munich, Germany), 9:30 a.m. ET<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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                  • Nov. 22 (Week 11):<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota Vikings<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0vs.\u00a0San Francisco 49ers<\/span><\/span><\/u>\u00a0\u2014 Estadio Banorte (Mexico City, Mexico), 8:20 p.m. E<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
                    When are my picks due?<\/div>

                    Week 1<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the Sunday games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 2 \u2013 Week 3<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the Sunday games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 4 \u2013 Week 7<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 9:00 AM Sunday for the Sunday morning International Series game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the remaining games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 8<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the Sunday games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 9 \u2013 Week 10<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 9:00 AM Sunday for the Sunday morning International Series game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the remaining games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 11<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the Sunday games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 12 (Thanksgiving Week)<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Wednesday for the Thanksgiving Eve night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Thursday for the Thanksgiving Day games<\/p>\n

                    No later than 2:00 PM Friday for the Black Friday game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the remaining games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 13 \u2013 Week 14<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the remaining games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 15<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 4:00 PM Saturday for the Saturday games<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the remaining games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 16 (Christmas Week)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 4:00 PM Thursday for the Christmas Eve game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Friday for the Christmas Day games<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the remaining games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 17<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 7:00 PM Thursday for the Thursday Night game<\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the Sunday games<\/p>\n

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                    Week 18<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                    No later than 12:00 PM Sunday for the Sunday games<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

                    When does the season start?<\/div>

                    The 2026 NFL regular season opens on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, with the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zbestofficepools.com\/officepools\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}