A look at the Vikings’ 2025 opponents

The Minnesota Vikings have one game left in the regular season and face the Detroit Lions for the NFC North crown, the NFC’s No. 1 seed and home-field advantage in the playoffs. It is arguably the most important regular season game in franchise history.

Minnesota is 14-2 in Week 17 and has won its last nine games after losing two following a bye in Week 6.

Vikings 2025 schedule + opponents are taking shape

And even though this season isn’t over yet, it is 2025 The Vikings’ schedule has taken shape. Minnesota will play either a first or second place finish next season, which will be determined late Sunday night.

For starters, the Vikings will play eight home games in 2025, as the NFL has moved from a nine-game home format to an eight-game home format each year. In 2024, AFC teams received eight home games. Next year, the Vikings and 15 other NFC clubs will receive the eight.

So these are definitely the Vikings’ home opponents in 2025:

• Baltimore Ravens
• Cincinnati Bengals
• Chicago Bears
• Detroit Lions
• Green Bay Packers
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Washington commanders

If Minnesota then finishes first or second in the NFC North, it will play one These teams will be at home next season:

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers or Atlanta Falcons

As for the street opponents, these are the guarantees:

• Chicago Bears
• Cleveland Browns
• Dallas Cowboys
• Detroit Lions
• Green Bay Packers
• New York Giants
• Pittsburgh Steelers

For the maybe-street opponents:

• Kansas City Chiefs or Los Angeles Chargers or Denver Broncos
  – And –
• Los Angeles Rams or Seattle Seahawks

Follow us for a moment. Wherever the Vikings end up in the NFC North, they will play on the road against the like-minded NFC West team. So if Minnesota stays in second place within the division, it will play the Seahawks on the road in 2025. The purple team defeated Seattle in their stadium a week and a half ago. The Vikings would play the Rams at SoFi Stadium if they beat the Lions this weekend.

Overall, this is the most likely schedule if the Vikings beat the Lions:

• 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 Kansas City Chiefs
• at New York Giants
• at Pittsburgh Steelers
• at Los Angeles Rams
  *Not fully solidified, but somewhat likely

This is the most likely game plan if the Lions beat the Vikings:

• vs. Baltimore Ravens
• vs. Chicago Bears
• vs. Cincinnati Bengals
• vs. Detroit Lions
• vs. Green Bay Packers
• vs. Philadelphia Eagles
• vs. Atlanta Falcons*
• 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 fully solidified, but somewhat likely

Related to the rest of The This season, the Vikings have a +850 chance of winning the Super Bowl, which – in a good way – is quite a departure from their +8000 Super Bowl odds in Week 1.

Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube channel. VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis and opinion on all things purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates back to 1996. Guilty Pleasures Performed: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, “The Sopranos,” Basset Hounds and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA just as closely as he follows the NFL.

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