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Chicago Bears Schedule for 2026-27 NFL Season – Bears Strength of Schedule Analysis, Odds for Super Bowl 61, Conference Winners Odds, and Division Winner Odds
The Chicago Bears enjoyed a resurgent 2025-26 season under new head coach Ben Johnson. After years of mediocrity, the team shocked the NFL by finishing 11-6 and earning a wild-card berth. Second-year quarterback Caleb Williams thrived in Johnson’s innovative, high-octane offense, displaying elite accuracy, poise, and playmaking ability. The defense, bolstered by key additions and coaching adjustments, showed improvement which earned them the No.1 seed at NFC North. Chicago pulled off an upset of the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round before falling in a close Divisional round battle against the Rams.
Nobody expected the Bears to reach this level at the start of the year. Ben Johnson’s scheme unlocked Williams’ potential, turning a rebuilding roster into a legitimate contender. With young talent maturing, cap flexibility, and Johnson’s proven system in place, Chicago is poised for sustained success. The Bears are expected to improve further in upcoming seasons, potentially becoming perennial playoff threats and legitimate Super Bowl contenders.
Chicago Bears Schedule for 2026-27 NFL Season
Opponents
Home/Away
Division
Week
Detroit Lions
Home
NFC North
TBD
Green Bay Packers
Home
NFC North
TBD
Minnesota Vikings
Home
NFC North
TBD
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Home
NFC South
TBD
Philadelphia Eagles
Home
NFC East
TBD
Jacksonville Jaguars
Home
AFC South
TBD
New York Jets
Home
AFC East
TBD
New England Patriots
Home
AFC East
TBD
New Orleans Saints
Home
NFC South
TBD
Detroit Lions
Away
NFC North
TBD
Green Bay Packers
Away
NFC North
TBD
Minnesota Vikings
Away
NFC North
TBD
Buffalo Bills
Away
AFC East
TBD
Miami Dolphins
Away
AFC East
TBD
Atlanta Falcons
Away
NFC South
TBD
Carolina Panthers
Away
NFC South
TBD
Seattle Seahawks
Away
NFC West
TBD
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Bears Strength of Schedule Analysis and Prediction for 2026-27 NFL Season
Strength of Schedule Analysis
The Chicago Bears face the hardest strength of schedule in the NFL for 2026 at .550, featuring nine home games but brutal matchups against every NFC South team (Buccaneers, Falcons, Panthers, Saints), all AFC East squads (Bills, Dolphins, Jet, Patriots), and place-matched first-place finishers (Eagles home, Jaguars home, Seahawks road).
Coming off their surprising 11-6 wild-card season under Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams, the Bears will encounter far more resistance than 2025. While their young core and coaching continuity remain strengths, this punishing slate makes repeating playoff success difficult.
Making the playoffs will certainly be a much harder task than it was this season, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned about the Bears, it’s that we need to stop doubting them. And they are not a up-and-coming team anymore, they are here and they are legit contenders.
The Chicago Bears enter 2026 with the NFL’s toughest schedule (.550 SOS), featuring brutal cross-conference matchups against every NFC South and AFC East teams plus first place-finishers (Eagles home, Jaguars home, Seahawks road). After their surprising 11-6 wild-card run in 2025 under Ben Johnson, where Caleb Williams thrived and the defense stepped up, repeating that success will be far harder.
The grueling slate, combined with expected regression risks and young-roster growing pains, make a deep playoff push unlikely. We expect the Bears to finish with a 9-8 or a 10-7 record, fighting for a wild-card spot but likely to make an early exit in the playoffs even if they seek in. Their ceiling remains high long-term, but 2026-27 schedule is without a doubt the most brutal for them, making a step back likely.
Our Prediction: Bears make the playoffs but barely in the 2026-27 Season
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Chicago Bears Super Bowl LXI Odds for 2026-27 Season
The Chicago Bears have the 15th best odds to win the Super Bowl LXI trophy next season, with odds at (+2700), as per FanDuel.
As we mentioned earlier, the Bears have a brutal schedule coming up in the 2026-27 season and even making the playoffs will be a very challenging task for them, as they go up against teams from NFC North (arguably the hardest division in the league) and also teams like the Bills, Panthers, Seahawks, Eagles, Jaguars, Patriots, and Buccaneers.
The Bears will have play 8 teams who were in the 2025-26 playoffs, and have very few easy opponents on their schedule. Even winning their division will be tough as they still have to deal with the Lions, Packers, and possibly the Vikings who may improve next season. With a lot of difficult opponents in their list, we highly doubt their chances to make the Super Bowl next season, even though their ceiling remains sky high.
Chicago Bears Conference Winner Odds for 2026-27 Season
In terms of the Bears to win the conference, their odds currently sit at (+1400), which is the 7th best odds at NFC to win their conference, as per FanDuel. They are behind teams like the Seahawks (Champs), Rams, Packers, Eagles, Lions, and the 49ers.
The Seahawks are the Super Bowl champs and are one of the most complete teams in the NFL currently, with the Rams closely behind, who also have what it takes to win the conference and even win the Super Bowl. However, after these two teams, the Bears, in our opinion, can knock anybody off. They defeated the Packers in the Wild Card round last season even though they were missing some key player due to injury. While the Lions missed out on the playoffs completely but could have a bounce back season with an easier schedule. The 49ers have always been hindered by injuries and there is no guarantee if they’ll be at a 100% even next season. And lastly, the former Super Bowl champs, the Eagles, who have shown clear vulnerabilities in the offensive side of the field.
Beating the Seahawks or the Rams (who knocked them out of the playoffs last season) will be a tall task, however, we believe they do have what it takes to knock off any team in the playoffs, as the Bears can be unpredictable with their play. The Bears will need to improve their defensive roster, and possibly add better receivers in the offensive end, in order for us to consider them a serious threat to win their conference.
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Chicago Bears Division Winner Odds for 2026-27 Season
The odds to win the NFC North division for the Bears, is set at (+350), as per Draftkings. This odds are heavily stacked against the Bears possibly because of their hardest strength of schedule at .550.
The Bears surprised everybody when they were crowed the NFC North champs in the 2025-26 season, but repeating as champs is highly unlikely in the 2026-27 season with their schedule. Meanwhile, their divisional rivals the Lions have one of the easiest schedules in the league with an SOS of only .467, placing their schedule at 27th.
We believe the Lions will most likely win the division next season, but the Bears to finish second in their division, in front of the Packers and the Vikings, particularly because the Packers were highly inconsistent last season on the offensive end, while the Vikings have huge questions looming around with their QB J.J. McCarthy, who had an extremely disappointing start to his career.
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