Bills 2025 schedule: Who do you want to play first? Vote now, see what others think

Buffalo Bills fans are just days away from the official release of the 2025 schedule.

We already know who Buffalo will play next season, with some of the top opponents including the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and the always tough Baltimore Ravens. What we'll find out Wednesday, May 14, is what week and time those games get played.

When the Bills play powerhouse teams can have a big impact on the rest of season and even the playoffs. Recent power rankings have the Bills sitting at right around the third-best team in the league.

Buffalo Bills 2025 opponents

Buffalo will have nine home games and eight away games in the 17-game regular season. In odd-numbered years, the AFC teams get an extra home game. Nine of their 17 games will be against teams they played in the 2024 regular season: two each against the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots; one each against the Chiefs, Ravens and Houston Texans.

Home: Jets, Dolphins, Patriots, Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Eagles

Away: Jets, Dolphins, Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers

Buffalo Bills season prediction

One analyst has jumped the gun and predicts Buffalo will have the fifth-easiest schedule in 2025.

The Bills are expected to win 11.5 games next season, according to Sharp Football Analysis. They forecast the same record for the Ravens, Chiefs and even the Eagles, a team they predict will have fourth-hardest schedule. Just two of the 10 teams with the toughest schedule in 2024 made the playoffs, the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams, according to Sharp.

In 2024, the Bills were seen to have one of the harder schedules but still finished 13-4.

Poll: Who do you want the Buffalo Bills to face in Week 1?

We know this much: The Bills won't start the 2025 season against Super Bowl champions because the Eagles are the home team in the season-opening game. That leaves 13 possibilities. Do you want to start next season against a top-ranked team, a cream puff or a divisional foe?

— Bill Wolcott is a producer who helps cover the Buffalo Bills, high school and Rochester sports in general. The lifelong New Yorker has been a journalist for 31 years.

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Buffalo Bills 2025 schedule: Who do you want play Week 1? Vote now