The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
By C. B. Zakarian · Updated July 29, 2026
The Indianapolis Colts enter 2026 off a 8–9 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 134–154–1 in 2025 (a .465 strength of schedule, 29 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of -6 days (24 of 32), with week 5 (-3), week 7 (-7), week 8 (-7), week 12 (+3), week 14 (+7); the bye falls in week 13, they play 1 Thursday game, and 2 of their final four games are divisional. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13 | vs Baltimore Ravens | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at Kansas City Chiefs | +1 | — | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Houston Texans | — | DIV | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Washington Commanders | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | -3 | — | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | vs Tennessee Titans | — | DIV | — |
| 7 | Oct 25 | at Minnesota Vikings | -7 | — | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | -7 | DIV | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Dallas Cowboys | — | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | vs Miami Dolphins | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 19 | at Houston Texans | — | DIV Thu | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | vs New York Giants | +3 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | at Philadelphia Eagles | +7 | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | at Tennessee Titans | — | DIV | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | at Cleveland Browns | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | — | DIV | — |
Final record 8–9, 466 points scored against 412 allowed (+54). Home 6–3, road 2–6. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 3–7 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in our game log the franchise is 259–177–1 (.594). Best season in the window: 2005 (14–2); leanest: 2011 (2–14). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (IND), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved July 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.