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.
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 is 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. The slate has 2 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the AFC South preview.
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 | vs Washington Commanders | — | Neutral (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) | — |
| 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 the bundled 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 August 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.