The 2026 NFL regular season will kick off Wednesday Sept. 9 at 8:20 p.m. ET in Seattle with the Super Bowl LX champion Seahawks.
The San Francisco 49ers will face the Los Angeles Rams in the first-ever NFL regular season game in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, Sept. 10 at approximately 8:35 p.m. ET at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
This would set up a world in which we could have a 10-day stretch of:
Saturday: Full CFB slate
Sunday: Full NFL slate
Monday: MNF
Tuesday: MACtion
Wednesday: NFL game
Thanksgiving: 3 NFL game
Black Friday: NFL game/CFB rivalry week
Saturday: CFB Rivalry week
Sunday: Full NFL slate
Monday: MNF