Vikings 2025 Schedule + Opponents Take Shape
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The Minnesota Vikings have six games remaining in 2024, and if they finish 1-5 or better, they will almost assuredly participate in the postseason tournament.
Minnesota is 9-2 through Week 12 and has won its last four games after losing two following a Week 6 bye.
Vikings 2025 Schedule + Opponents Take Shape
And while this season isn’t over, the 2025 Vikings schedule has taken shape. Minnesota will likely either play a second or third-place schedule next season unless it catches the Detroit Lions for the NFC North crown.
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For starters, the Vikings will have eight home games in 2025, as the NFL switched from a nine-game versus eight-game home format every year. In 2024, AFC teams received eight home games. Next year, the Vikings and 15 other NFC clubs will be afforded the eight.
So, for sure, these are the Vikings’ home opponents in 2025:
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Commanders
Injured Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) paces the sideline in the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 11 game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The Bengals fell to the Ravens, 34-20.
Then, if Minnesota finishes in second or third place inside the NFC North, it would probably play one of these teams at home next season:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers or New Orleans Saints or Atlanta Falcons
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Regarding road opponents, these are the guarantees:
Chicago Bears
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers
For the maybe-road opponents:
Los Angeles Chargers or Denver Broncos
— and —
an NFC West Team
Follow along for a moment. Wherever the Vikings finish in the NFC North, they’ll play the like-minded NFC West team on the road. So, if Minnesota stays in second place inside the division while the Seattle Seahawks, for example, grab second place in the NFC West, the Vikings would travel to Seattle next season.
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Overall, this is the most likely outcome (not in order) —
vs. Baltimore Ravens
vs. Chicago Bears
vs. Cincinnati Bengals
vs. Detroit Lions
vs. Green Bay Packers
vs. Philadelphia Eagles
vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers*
vs. Washington Commanders
at Chicago Bears
at Cleveland Browns
at Dallas Cowboys
at Detroit Lions
at Green Bay Packers
at Los Angeles Chargers*
at New York Giants
at Pittsburgh Steelers
at Seattle Seahawks*
*Not totally solidified but somewhat probable
Pertaining to the remainder of this season, the Vikings have a 98% probability of reaching the postseason, according to DVOA. They would need a heinous and epic collapse to miss the January tournament.
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