2026 'NFL Season Preview

The time has arrived. The waiting is over. The National Football League has returned for the 2026 season! There's a lot to dive into and look at for what's about to go down during the NFL season. Seattle is looking to defend its world title, while New England is looking to get back to the big game and make atone for last season. There's going to be a lot of highlighted games this season as well. We will have nine games played on international soil, four games played on Thanksgiving weekend in prime time, and four games played around Christmas, one on Christmas eve and three on Christmas day.

We've also seen plenty of player movement going around the league this season too. Kirk Cousins (Vegas), Kyler Murray (Minnesota), Tua (Atlanta), Travis Etienne (New Orleans), Mike Evans (San Francisco), Stefon Diggs (Washington), Deboo Samuel (San Francisco), Bradley Chubb (Buffalo), Geno Smith (Jets), Minkah Fitzpatrick (Jets), Jaylen Waddle (Denvcer), Miles Garrett (Rams), AJ Brown (New England) have all been moved either via free agency or trades this offseason.

So with all that being said, trades, free agents, the draft what have you, the season is finally ready to rock and roll. Here's how we see the 2026 NFL season playing out!

NFC:
NFC East:
1. Dallas Cowboys (12-5)*
2. Philadelphia Eagles (9-8)
3. Washington Commanders (9-8)
4. New York Giants (6-11)

We're starting things off with what looks to be a very rebuilt Cowboys team. The Defense in Dallas looks like they might be a handful to deal with this season, with Qwuinnen Williams getting his new contract and hoping to have a big year for that defense. Dallas seems to have the weapons for Dak to work with on the offensive side of the football to really be able to make some noise this season. A team that could be taking a step back this season would be the Eagles, who are coming off the division title last season. Philly still has plenty of offensive weapons for Jalen Hurts to really work with. Having a new offensive coordinator to work with could make things interesting for the Eagles What could be holding back the Commanders from being the team to really challenge for that division is how well their new offensive coordinator David Blough can mesh with Jaylen Daniels. He's got a receiving core that's a little bit older and one guy in Diggs who is still trying to prove something that he can still produce in this league. With everybody healthy, it looks like Washington could have that bounce back year. But it might not be enough to get them over the hump as being a playoff team is concerned. Finally we have a team in flux in the form of the Giants. New York is still trying to solve a problem at quarterback, but with Jaxon Dart showing some signs last year, they MAY have found something to work with. Now having a guy like John Harbaugh to learn under as his head coach, Big Blue could be starting to make a trend upward. Also getting Cam Skattebo back and health will be a big plus for the Giants, if he can be as close to productive as he was before he got hurt last season.

NFC North:
1. Detroit Lions (13-4)*
2. Chicago Bears (10-7) (WC)*
3. Green Bay Packers (10-7)
4. Minnesota Vikings (9-8)

For the third time in the last four seasons, the North title is going to go through the Lions, who are coming off a low season last year. They had the injury bug hit them last year, but this year will see Detroit have one of the easiest schedules in the league. They got a new offensive coordinator in Drew Petzing who should have a healthy offense to try and get humming quick. After last year's division title, the Bears are going to be good but take a slight step backwards this season. They lead the league in takeaways last year but might not get that high a number again this season. Still, with the play of Caleb Williams, they should still be able to keep pace with what they did a season ago. Even with losing DJ Moore in a trade, the Bears offense can still have weapons for Williams to work with. It's been winning seasons as of late for the Packers, and this year is going to be no different. it may get off to a slower start, but it will still finish above .500. Micah Parsons is going to be out the first month of the year, but once he comes back, this Green Bay defense is going to be tough to deal with. What worries me could be the paly of the offensive line and really giving Jordan Love time and room to make plays. They will turn it on enough to make noise towards a playoff push, but it comes up short. Finally, the Vikings round out a division where all teams finish with winning records. You got the best receiver in the entire division in Justin Jeffersoni, but the big wild card for Minnesota is what they are going to get under center. Can Kyler Murray rejuvenate his career? And what will the future hold for JJ McCarthy? Defense looks about aver, middle of the pack kind of team on paper.

NFC South:
1. Carolina Panthers (9-8)*
2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)
3. New Orleans Saints (7-10)
4. Atlanta Falcons (6-11)

For the second year in a row, the Panthers will reign atop the NFC South. This year, it won't be because of anybody collapsing. In the weakest division in all of the NFC, the Panthers have the roster that might be the best of the bunch when they healthy. Bryce Young gained more confidence as last year went along, and he knows he can play and hang in this league. Having Chubba Hubbard a little banged up could slow things down a little for Carolina, but having Coker and McMillan catching passes from Young can help make up for it. The defense could have ability to be somewhat solid, but like aspects of the offense, they are a little banged up going into the season. Once they get healthy, they take the division. Right behind them are going to be the Buccaneers, who pose the closest thing to a threat to taking this division. Losing Mike Evans to free agency and Lavonte David to retirement put a hamper on things in Tampa Bay. There's also the sting of that on top of last year's collapse down the stretch that cost them the division. Baker Mayfield is playing on the final year of his contract and he's healthy. So you know he's going to come out motivated They still have some solid pieces on offense for them to work with. The Defense could be pretty good, especially if rookie Ruban Baine can live up to expectations. Not too sure what kind of team you're going to get out of the Falcons this season. Tuua Tunbgovailoa is taking over under center instead of Michael Penix. Tua's getting one final shot at this go around while Penix tries his hardest to prove he's finally ready to take over for this team for good. Atlanta still has Robinson, Pitts, and London to make the offense go. But it's the defense in the end that's going to let Atlanta down just a little. Same kind of argument can be made for the Saints, who don't have many prospects to really work on for being good this season. Sure, New Orleans has the third easiest schedule in the league this season, but what could carry the Saints to being a surprise team at all this year is the paly of Tyler Shough. Between him and Spencer Rattler as the backup, there's some speculation how good the QB play is going to be this year. You could have a good run game with Etienne and Kamara (when he gets healthy). But the pass game is weak behind Chris Olave. And on the other side of the football, outside of Cam Jordan, nobody on that defense scares anybody.

NFC West:
1. Los Angeles Rams (13-4)*
2. Seattle Seahawks (12-5) (WC)*
3. San Francisco 49ers (10-7) (WC)*
4. Arizona Cardinals (3-14)

This is, on paper, going to be another dominating year in the West for the Rams. Even though Matthew Stafford doesn't have much left in the tank, he's still got plenty of loaded weapons to get the ball to. Too many weapons on one side of the ball, while the other side adds the best pass rusher in the game today. There's star power all over the place on this Rams team, and anything less than a Lombardi Trophy would be a massive disappointment for this team. Following right behind them would be the defending world champion Seahawks. Seattle made changes to their coaching staff this season, but Mike MacDEonald still has the plan set in stone for what they want to do this season. They did take a bit of a hit with MVP Kenneth Walker III going to KC. But there's still enough talent here on both sides of the ball that's back from last year to where they can almost go punch for Punch with LA. Another team that's going to try and keep pace with them is a slightly reloaded 49ers club. It was injuries that hampered San Francisco last year, and even coming out of camp with new weapon Mike Evans dealing with them, this team could still be good. If they are healthy, or as healthy as they possibly can be, this team might be a dangerous team to deal with. Unfortunately, there's one team in this division that's not going to be able to keep pace is the Cardinals. Sure, there's a few pieces in the likes of Marvin Harrison Jr and Trey McBride, It's going to be hard to contend in the West if they don't have a future at quarterback. Brissett and Minshew aren't even close to being the answer now or long term. Anything above 4 or so wins this season in Arizona would be a miracle.

AFC:
AFC East:
1. Buffalo Bills (10-7)*
2. New England Patriots (9-8) (WC)*
3. New York Jets (5-12)
4. Miami Dolphins (3-14)

It was an off year for the Bills last year, playing second fiddle in the division. This year, Buffalo goes right back to the top of the mountain in the East. There's a new stadium for new coach Joe Brady to help break in. Adding DJ Morore for Josh Allen to throw to makes his targets even more deadly. Bolstering the defense by adding in Bradley Chubb. Buffalo has a good enough team on both sides of the ball to usher in this new stadium in Western New York and are primed to have a deep playoff run again this season. Right behind them are the division and conference winners from last season in the Patriots. New England had a rebuild faster than people thought last year, winning the whole conference. Most of the talent is still in place in New England, but the schedule is going to be a lot tougher. It's not going to catch anybody off guard what the Pats are going to be able to do this year. If Drake Maye can keep up the performances he had last year, then New England will be a lot tougher for Buffalo to keep at bay. Behind those two teams are ones who are going to trying to keep rebuilding. One of them being the Jets. New York has some talent with Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson to work with. But the Quarterback situation is still a mess. Bringing Geno Smith back means they have no hope under center for one more year when MAYBE they can finally find their guy at QB. There's good farmwork for talent on both sides of the football in New York, they just don't have those key pieces yet to finally be able to bring it all together. Only one team this year is going to be worse, that being the Dolphins. On paper at least, Miami may have the worst put together roster in all of football. Outside of De'Von Achene, there's not one weapon of note on the offensive side of the football to work with. The defense leaves even more to be desired. Miami this year is going to be bad enoguh to finally get the Jets out of the basement.

AFC North:
1. Baltimore Ravens (11-6)*
2. Cincinnati Bengals (10-7) (WC)*
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-10)
4. Cleveland Browns (5-12)

After a down season a year ago, this will be another return to a division title for the Ravens. They are going to have to do it this year with Jesse Minter running the show instead of John Harbaugh. In fact, there's a lot of change over from the coaching staff a season ago. As long as Lamar Jackson can stay healthy under center, the offense could still be able to hum along just fine. May have to see what will happens with the interior changes made to the O-Line. But it helps that the early portion of the schedule could be a favor. The only reason I don't have the Bengals winning things here is because, given the last couple of years, I worry about the health of Joe Burrow. If Joe can stay healthy, Cincinnati will be able to overtake the others for the division. All the pieces are here for Cincinnati to be really good, it just really depends on the play at Quarterback. On the other side of the ball, the Bengals have a solid core, which could make them tough to play against. Then you have the Steelers who are going to be getting the last ride of the career of Aaron Rogers hall of fame career. That and Pittsburgh is having its first season without Mike Tomlin at the helm of this team. The Pittsburgh defense isn't getting any younger and outside of TJ Watt, there's not much star power here. The offensive side has some stuff to work with in both the ground and pass game. They just have to make sure that they can get every ounce of juice out of Rogers to come even close to being a contending team. Bringing up the rear in this division are going to be the Browns who still have no idea what they are doing. Deshaun Watson is starting under center, but that's only because of his gigantic contract. It doesn't really matter who's under center, because there's four new starters on that O-Line and they are going to leave the QB high and dry it feels like more often than not. And on the other side of the ball, Myles Garrett is gone and they don't have much else there. Five wins will be lucky for Cleveand this year.

AFC South:
1. Houston Texans (12-5)*
2. Jacksonville Jaguars (9-8)
3. Tennessee Titans (6-11)
4. Indianapolis Colts (5-12)

For the third time in four seasons, the South title belongs to the Texans.  Past seasons have seen them playing wild card weekend, but this finally becomes the year that Houston gets a bye in the first round of the playoffs. CJ Stroud is healthy and more settled in at this level. He's got good weapons to work with, including new back David Montgomery to had the ball to, and Nico Collins finding his stride catching passes from him. With a solid defense and starting the season off with four games at home in their first seven weeks, they going to be tough to deal with. Houston should be able to run away with this division. The only other team that can finish with a winning record in this division will be the Jaguars. There are higher expectations for Travis Hunter to take his game to another level this season. They have new players in the form of Bhayshul Tuten running the ball and Ventrell Miller at linebacker. They are unproven commodities and are going to lead to Jacksonville taking a step backward this year. Sure Trevor Lawrence is going to be doing all he can to get them towards a playoff spot, but the team has taken a step back for the year. Behind them are going to be a not quite ready yet but improving Titans team. Robert Saleh is getting another shot as head coach in Tennessee, and he's got a young gun in Cam Ward to work with. Ward is looking to be able to build off what he did a season ago and can only keep going up from where he is. He's got weapons to work with, sure, but they aren't proven to work in the system yet. It going to be a little more growing pain for the Titans. The only team that's going to be worse than Tennessee, is going to be the Colts this season. Indianapolis is hoping Daniel Jones can build off winning comeback player of the year, and having Jonathan Taylor still running the ball are going to be a bright spot. Alec Pierce is going to be a question mark dealing with injury, and Keenan Allen isn't going to be as much of a factor dealing with his off the field issues. This is going to be a very down year in Indy this year.

AFC West:
1. Denver Broncos (11-6)*
2. Los Angeles Chargers (11-6) (WC)*
3. Kansas City Chiefs (10-7)
4. Las Vegas Raiders (5-12)

For the second year in a row, the AFC West title belongs to the Broncos. Bo Nix has a new weapon to work with in tight end in Evan Engram. With him joining Waddle, and Sutton in the passing game, and JK Dobbins running the football, Denver's offense is going to be able to put some points on the board. And that leaves a lot for Sean Payton to run with. The defense is still very solid and can hold the opposition at bay on quite a few afternoons. The closest team that's going to challenge them is going to be the Chargers. There's plenty of offensive weapons for Justin Herbert to make plays with. Starting with Hampton taking the handoffs, and Ladd McConkey leading a pretty good pass catching corp. LA has to tools on the offensive side of the ball, that if everybody healthy they could be something. Defense may take a step backwards for this season, but it will still be good enough to get into the post season. A team that's going to take a bigger step back this year is going to be the Chiefs. Kansas City could be without Patrick Mahomes, dealing with his knee injury he sustained at the end of last season. This is also a chance in a sense to see if Justin Fields has anything left in the tank after the disastrous showing last year. Kenneth Walker adds a new element taking over the rushing duties in KC this season. And they still have a pretty good receiving group with Kelce Worthy and Rice. Defense could be good enough to keep KC hanging around for a chunk of the year, but not having Mahomes is going to keep them out of it this year. Finally, bringing up the rear in this division is going to be the Raiders. Even though they have the op overall pick Fernando Mendoza, he won't be starting the year under center. Kirk Cousins has that title. Before the year is over, Mendoza is going to be that guy. They have a decent running game in Ashton Jeanty and tight end in Brock Bowers. Outside of that Vegas doesn't have the offensive firepower to really hang with the rest of this division.

2026 Florida College Football

That time of year has arrived! College football season is here, and the state of Florida is well represented. There are 18 totally college football programs in the state, ten of which are D1 schools. Of all those D1 programs here in the state, there's five that we will try and cover the most here on the show: USF, UCF, Florida, Florida State and Miami.

 A grand total of sixty games will be played combined between the five schools. Yes there are crossovers this year, where some of the schools do play each other this season. Quite a few of those games involve teams that are ranked, as of this writing, in the top 25 in the nation in the coaches polls. There's no doubt in anybody's mind tis going to lead to a lot of exciting football this season.

We will dive into it a little more in the coming days, with schedules and what not for the schools we look at the most. But with that being said, taking everything into account, here's how we see the Florida big programs finishing this season.

USF: 7-5
UCF: 6-6
Florida State: 7-5
Florida: 6-6
Miami: 10-2

So what say you? Is this how the big five Florida schools finish the 2026 season?

Wonderful Weekend in Tampa Bay

It is finally happening! After almost twenty years of back and forth and trying, the Tampa Bay Rays are going to be getting their new ballpark, replacing Tropicana Field! A deal is in place for a new $2.3 Billion stadium and surrounding development to be finished in Tampa. Timeline will be completed supposedly in March of 2029.

All in all, for the ballpark project to be completed, the city of Tampa is contributing roughly $80 million in public funding, and the county of Hillsborough will contribute almost $800 million. The remaining $1.4 billion or so and any cost overruns will be privately financed. The new complex will be located near Hillsborough College's Dale Mabry campus. All of this is happening after votes passed in the city of Tampa on Friday. Also, per the agreement, this new ballpark, whatever name its going to be, will be owned by the county, with the Rays paying $4 million a year in rent. The lease on the ballpark is expected to run for 35 years.

Anybody in the Tampa area can tell you this has been going on for almost twenty years. Ever since Stu Sternberg took over ownership of the team, the Rays have been trying to replace the Trop as their home. A lot of the holdups have been, if we really being honest, is because nobody wanted to deal with Stu. That's at least the prevailing theory around the baseball world and the Tampa area as to why it took this long to get everything done. Once the new ownership took over, everything got done and we have the new ballpark.

As I said on the last episode of the show, I'm still a little hesitant about this just because, given what has happened with the Rays history, something could still always pop up to delay this process. I'm always nervous that something could still go wrong. Once the shovels actually go into the ground and things start getting done, I'll feel a lot better about this. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy that this is getting moving in the right direction and its moving, but I'll be a lot happier once shovel hits ground and everything starts going up in the next few months.

For now at least, the city of Tampa can rejoice that the new ballpark is coming!

Thank You Bill

This. Is. SoprtCenter!

Its a phrase that sports fans have been hearing in one form or another since 1979. It was the flagship show on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Better known to all as ESPN. Founded by Bill Rasmussen on September 7th, 1979, ESPN became the mighty power in sports TV ever since. It's founder, Bill, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93.

Rasmussen came up with the concept in 1978 and saw the station officially launch in 1979, when SportsCenter became the first show on the network. It was first thought up by Bill and his son Scott as a mainly Connecticut venture, then becoming a 24-hour national sports network and a powerhouse in the TV industry. Bill had come off just losing his job with the New England Whalers of the WHA and was looking for a new venture, rolling the dice on what would become ESPN. Over the time since the networks launching, it has broadcast thousands of memorable sporting events and spanned off into multiple different subnetworks under that umbrella. Boill would leave the company in 1980, before it really took off.

Even though his tenure wasn't very long within the company, what he was still able to do to get this network off and running was a huge achievement in not only the world of sports but the world of broadcasting as well. His impact on the business will be felt for a long time to come.

Baseball Legend Passes

Pitching in Major League Baseball is quite the accomplishment. Being able to reach that level as a pitcher means you are one of the very elite to be able to do that. Tommy John was one of those pitchers. He was able to win 288 career games and had an altering surgery that not only extended his career but bears his name. The pitching legend passed away over the weekend at the age of 84.

Tommy spent 26 years as a major league pitcher, a career that began in 1963 and ended in 1989, save for a year in 1975 when he had the surgery which currently bears his name. Hit pitched for Cleveland for two seasons, Chicago White Sox for seven years, six years with the Dodgers (one year was missed because of his surgery), eight years with the Yankees, four with the California Angels and one year with the Oakland A's. His career saw him start 700 games, winning 288 of them. He was able to strike out 2,245 hitters, had 162 career complete games and finished with a 3.34 lifetime ERA.

The numbers themselves were solid for the career that he had over 26 seasons. The numbers unfortunately weren't good enough to put him into the Hall of Fame, but they are still nothing to be ashamed of. He will forever be remembered for having the groundbreaking elbow surgery that to this day bears his name. It was able to extend his career by another 14 seasons and allowed him to rack up another 164 wins after having said procedure. Being able to have that comeback in 1976, and continued playing until he finally retired in 1989, proved that once and for all that baseball players could still be successful after undergoing major surgery. That was, and forever will be, his lasting impact. And not just his impact on the game of baseball, but on sports as a whole.

It proved to the sports world that any athlete could have undergone a major surgery and still be able to come back and have a fantastic career. And what he did for the game of baseball had extended countless number of careers because of what the surgery did for him and the pitching arm. Had this procedure been done before Tommy had it, who knows how many more careers it could have saved. A guy like Sandy Kofax immediately comes to mind. Kofax had arm issues right at the end of his career. If Tommy John Surgery had been a thing when Kofax as having his issues, it could have fixed the problem, and he probably could have kept pitching another five to ten years and had way higher win totals.

That's a lasting impact on the game that goes far beyond any pitch he ever threw!

2026 NBA Schedule

Basketball fans, that time has finally arrived. The 2026-27 NBA schedule has finally come out. Lot of good games to be able to snack on this season. So with that being said, we won't waste any time here. We going to leave you here with the full schedule for the Knicks, Nets and Magic. It will all be in one place so you know who's playing who and when!

October:
Oct 20 vs Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Oct 23 @ Boston 7:00 PM
Oct 25 vs Orlando 7:00 PM
Oct 27 vs Detroit 8:00 PM
Oct 28 @ Chicago 8:00 PM
Oct 30 @ Philadelphia 7:30 PM

November:
Nov 2 vs Brooklyn 7:30 PM
Nov 4 vs Chicago 7:30 PM
Nov 7 @ Cleveland 8:00 PM
Nov 10 vs Milwaukee 7:30 PM
Nov 11 vs Cleveland 7:00 PM
Nov 13 @ Indiana 7:00 PM
Nov 15 @ Toronto 6:00 PM
Nov 17 @ Toronto 7:30 PM
Nov 19 @ Minnesota 8:00 PM
Nov 21 vs Portland 7:30 PM
Nov 22 vs Indiana 8:00 PM
Nov 25 vs Cleveland 7:30 PM
Nov 27 vs Miami 7:00 PM
Nov 29 vs Atlanta 6:00 PM

December:
Dec 1 @ Chicago 8:00 PM
Dec 2 @ Milwaukee 8:00 PM
Dec 12 @ Miami 8:30 PM
Dec 14 @ Houston 8:30 PM
Dec 16 @ New Orleans 8:00 PM
Dec 18 @ Washington 7:00 PM
Dec 21 @ Cleveland 7:00 PM
Dec 23 vs Utah 7:30 PM
Dec 25 vs San Antonio 12:00 PM
Dec 27 vs Brooklyn 6:00 PM
Dec 30 @ Utah 9:00 PM
Dec 31 @ Phoenix 9:00 PM

January:
Jan 2 @ Denver 5:00 PM
Jan 4 @ Portland 10:00 PM
Jan 6 @ Golden State 10:00 PM
Jan 8 @ Sacramento 10:00 PM
Jan 11 vs Denver 7:30 PM
Jan 13 @ Boston 7:00 PM
Jan 14 vs Miami 7:30 PM
Jan 16 vs Dallas 7:30 PM
Jan 18 vs Minnesota 5:00 PM
Jan 20 vs Toronto 7:30 PM
Jan 22 @ Atlanta 7:00 PM
Jan 24 vs LA Clippers 7:00 PM
Jan 26 vs Phoenix 7:30 PM
Jan 28 vs Atlanta 7:00 PM
Jan 30 vs LA Lakers 8:30 PM

February:
Feb 1 @ Brooklyn 7:30 PM
Feb 3 @ Detroit 7:00 PM
Feb 4 vs Toronto 7:30 PM
Feb 7 @ Oklahoma City 9:30 PM
Feb 9 vs Charlotte 7:30 PM
Feb 11 @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Feb 13 vs Golden State 8:30 PM
Feb 15 @ Memphis 8:00 PM
Feb 17 @ Detroit 7:00 PM
Feb 25 vs Oklahoma City 7:30 PM
Feb 27 vs Philadelphia 8:30 PM
Feb 28 vs Milwaukee 7:30 PM

March:
Mar 2 vs Memphis 7:30 PM
Mar 4 @ Dallas 9:30 PM
Mar 7 @ San Antonio 7:30 PM
Mar 10 @ LA Clippers 10:30 PM
Mar 11 @ LA Lakers 10:00 PM
Mar 14 vs Boston 12:00 PM
Mar 16 @ Washington 7:00 PM
Mar 17 vs Sacramento 7:30 PM
Mar 20 vs Washington 1:00 PM
Mar 23 vs New Orleans 7:30 PM
Mar 24 vs Houston 7:30 PM
Mar 26 @ Charlotte 7:00 PM
Mar 28 @ Orlando 12:30 PM
Mar 30 @ Orlando 8:00 PM

April:
Apr 1 vs Charlotte 7:30 PM
Apr 2 @ Brooklyn 7:30 PM
Apr 4 vs Boston 7:30 PM
Apr 6 @ Atlanta 8:00 PM
Apr 8 @ Milwaukee 8:00 PM
Apr 9 vs Detroit 7:00 PM
Apr 11 vs Indiana 6:00 PM

October:
Oct 21 vs Charlotte 7:30 PM
Oct 24 @ Cleveland 7:30 PM
Oct 25 vs Indiana 6:00 PM
Oct 27 @ Boston 7:30 PM
Oct 30 vs Detroit 7:30 PM

November:
Nov 1 @ Indiana 5:00 PM
Nov 2 @ New York 7:30 PM
Nov 4 vs Charlotte 7:30 PM
Nov 7 @ Atlanta 7:30 PM
Nov 8 @ Dallas 7:30 PM
Nov 11 @ New Orleans 8:00 PM
Nov 14 @ Memphis 8:00 PM
Nov 16 vs Philadelphia 7:30 PM
Nov 18 vs Chicago 7:30 PM
Nov 20 vs Orlando 7:30 PM
Nov 23 @ Minnesota 7:30 PM
Nov 25 @ Milwaukee 8:00 PM
Nov 27 @ Toronto 7:30 PM
Nov 28 @ Charlotte 6:00 PM
Nov 30 vs Oklahoma City 7:30 PM

December:
Dec 2 @ Oklahoma City 8:00 PM
Dec 13 vs Boston 3:00 PM
Dec 14 @ Detroit 7:00 PM
Dec 16 vs Dallas 7:30 PM
Dec 18 vs Orlando 7:30 PM
Dec 20 vs Washington 3:00 PM
Dec 21 vs Portland 7:30 PM
Dec 23 vs San Antonio 7:30 PM
Dec 26 vs New Orleans 6:00 PM
Dec 27 @ New York 6:00 PM
Dec 29 @ Portland 10:00 PM
Dec 31 @ Sacramento 6:00 PM

January:
Jan 2 @ Golden State 8:30 PM
Jan 4 @ Utah 9:00 PM
Jan 6 vs Utah 7:30 PM
Jan 7 vs Miami 7:30 PM 
Jan 9 vs Houston 6:00 PM
Jan 11 @ Indiana 7:00 PM
Jan 12 @ Miami 7:30 PM
Jan 14 @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Jan 16 @ Boston 7:00 PM
Jan 20 vs Chicago 7:00 PM
Jan 21 vs Cleveland 7:30 PM
Jan 23 vs Toronto 6:00 PM
Jan 25 vs Miami 7:30 PM
Jan 27 vs Phoenix 7:30 PM
Jan 29 vs LA Clippers 7:30 PM
Jan 31 @ Orlando 6:00 PM

February:
Feb 1 vs New York 7:30 PM
Feb 4 vs LA Lakers 7:30 PM
Feb 6 vs Washington 6:00 PM
Feb 8 @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Feb 9 vs Minnesota 7:30 PM
Feb 12 @ Washington 7:00 PM
Feb 14 @ Miami 1:00 PM
Feb 17 vs Atlanta 7:30 PM
Feb 25 vs Philadelphia 7:30 PM
Feb 27 @ Chicago 8:00 PM

March:
Mar 1 @ Denver 9:00 PM
Mar 3 @ Phoenix 9:00 PM
Mar 4 @ LA Clippers 10:30 PM
Mar 7 @ LA Lakers 10:30 PM
Mar 9 vs Milwaukee 7:30 PM
Mar 11 @ Atlanta 8:00 PM
Mar 13 @ Detroit 3:00 PM
Mar 15 vs Indiana 7:30 PM
Mar 17 @ Houston 8:30 PM
Mar 18 @ San Antonio 8:00 PM
Mar 21 vs Sacramento 3:00 PM
Mar 23 vs Boston 7:30 PM
Mar 25 vs Denver 7:30 PM
Mar 28 vs Memphis 3:00 PM
Mar 29 vs Golden State 7:30 PM
Mar 31 vs Cleveland 7:30 PM

April:
Apr 2 vs New York 7:30 PM
Apr 4 @ Milwaukee 2:00 PM
Apr 5 @ Cleveland 7:00 PM
Apr 7 @ Toronto 7:30 PM
Apr 9 @ Charlotte 7:00 PM
Apr 11 vs Toronto 6:00 PM

October:
Oct 21 vs Atlanta 7:00 PM
Oct 23 vs Minnesota 7:00 PM 
Oct 25 @ New York 7:00 PM
Oct 28 @ Toronto 7:30 PM
Oct 30 @ Toronto 7:30 PM

November:
Nov 1 vs Boston 3:30 PM
Nov 2 vs Washington 7:30 PM
Nov 5 @ Phoenix 9:00 PM
Nov 7 @ Golden State 8:30 PM
Nov 10 @ Sacramento 10:00 PM
Nov 11 @ Utah 9:00 PM
Nov 13 vs Milwaukee 7:00 PM
Nov 16 @ Boston 7:00 PM
Nov 18 vs Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Nov 20 @ Brooklyn 7:30 PM
Nov 22 @ Washington 7:00 PM
Nov 24 vs Detroit 7:00 PM
Nov 28 @ Washington 5:00 PM
Nov 29 @ Detroit 6:00 PM

December:
Dec 2 @ Dallas 8:00 PM
Dec 12 @ Philadelphia 7:30 PM 
Dec 14 vs Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Dec 16 vs Cleveland 7:00 PM
Dec 18 @ Brooklyn 7:30 PM
Dec 19 @ Atlanta 7:00 PM
Dec 21 vs Sacramento 7:00 PM
Dec 23 vs Charlotte 7:00 PM
Dec 26 vs Toronto 7:00 PM
Dec 27 vs Milwaukee 6:00 PM
Dec 29 @ Charlotte 7:00 PM
Dec 31 @ Indiana 3:00 PM

January:
Jan 1 @ Detroit 7:30 PM
Jan 3 vs Memphis 6:00 PM
Jan 5 vs LA Clippers 7:00 PM
Jan 7 vs Cleveland 7:00 PM
Jan 8 @ New Orleans 8:00 PM
Jan 10 vs Oklahoma City 6:00 PM
Jan 12 @ Portland 10:00 PM
Jan 14 @ LA Lakers 10:00 PM
Jan 15 @ LA Clippers 10:30 PM
Jan 17 @ Denver 8:00 PM
Jan 19 vs Golden State 7:00 PM
Jan 22 vs Portland 7:00 PM
Jan 24 vs Houston 6:00 PM
Jan 25 @ Charlotte 7:00 PM
Jan 28 vs Chicago 7:00 PM
Jan 29 @ Houston 8:30 PM
Jan 31 vs Brooklyn 6:00 PM

February:
Feb 2 vs New Orleans 7:00 PM
Feb 4 @ San Antonio 8:00 PM
Feb 6 @ Cleveland 7:30 PM
Feb 8 @ Milwaukee 8:00 PM
Feb 10 @ Memphis 8:00 PM
Feb 12 vs Miami 7:00 PM
Feb 13 vs San Antonio 7:00 PM
Feb 15 @ Oklahoma City 8:00 PM
Feb 17 vs Dallas 7:00 PM
Feb 25 vs Charlotte 7:00 PM
Feb 28 vs Atlanta 4:30 PM

March:
Mar 2 vs LA Lakers 7:00 PM
Mar 4 vs Indiana 7:00 PM
Mar 5 vs Utah 7:00 PM
Mar 9 vs Phoenix 7:00 PM
Mar 10 @ Miami 7:00 PM
Mar 13 @ Atlanta 3:00 PM
Mar 15 @ Chicago 8:00 PM
Mar 16 @ Milwaukee 8:00 PM
Mar 18 @ Boston 7:30 PM
Mar 20 vs Denver 7:00 PM
Mar 22 vs Indiana 7:00 PM
Mar 24 @ Chicago 8:00 PM
Mar 26 @ Minnesota 8:00 PM
Mar 28 vs New York 12:30 PM
Mar 30 vs New York 8:00 PM

April:
Apr 1 @ Indiana 7:00 PM
Apr 3 vs Washington 7:00 PM
Apr 5 vs Miami 7:00 PM
Apr 7 vs Boston 7:00 PM
Apr 9 vs Toronto 7:00 PM
Apr 11 @ Miami 6:00 PM

Is This Real Life?

The 2026 Tampa Bay Rays have been playing at a different level this season. As of this writing, they have scored 22 runs in the last two games against the A's out West. The win last night, a 12-4 win in Sacramento, extend the Rays win streak to eight games. All of this coming on the current road trip, which ends this afternoon. The Rays now sit at a six game lead in the AL East over the Yankees and have 73 wins so far on the season.

Is this real life? Yes it is.

In the Rays history, they have eclipsed the 90-win mark nine times in franchise history. They have also finished with a record of over 500 in a season twelve times. This year they will easily do both. Tampa has also been a playoff team nine times in their history, with this year looking like it's going to be their 10th.

So my next question is, how far can this team really go?

Sitting here in almost the middle of August, the Rays have been looking like they are playing really good baseball as of me writing this. They got a good piece added into the mix in Liam Hicks. He's been producing since joining the Rays lineup. And with the top of this lineup being as good as it has been in the likes of Junior Camaniero, Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda. There're a few arms in the pitching staff that are a little banged up at the moment, but the staff that's here has been kind of good.

The fact that the Rays are getting as hot as they are as of this writing has been fantastic. Yes, it's been a lot of fun watching this team battle and compete during the course of this season. We still got a month and a half to go before postseason play really gets rolling. That's where the real test is going to be for this ballclub. Come October, not only do you have to be good, but you also have to have a little bit of luck and a little bit of a hot streak on your side as well. There's still a lot of work to be done for this Rays team to really make any noise and go deep in a playoff run, but the parts are here and it looks like they starting to come into place at just the right time.

If the start of August has been any kind of indication, this could be a very good and possibly dangerous Rays team to watch out for come the fall!