While the NFL hasn't yet announced the full schedule for the 2026 season, the Denver Broncos already know their opponents . The Broncos are set to face the AFC East and NFC West, along with their AFC West rivals and the first-place teams in the AFC North, AFC South, and NFC South. We'll get into the specific teams later, but plenty of fans will note that the Broncos will face nine teams that made the playoffs last season. The expectation is they will face a tougher schedule than they did in 2025. The oddsmakers set Denver's projected over/under win total at 9.5 . Rating the strength of schedule, though, is another question. While basing the strength of schedule on how well the opponents did last year is often the measure utilized, Warren Sharp at Sharp Football Analysis uses a different metric. Sharp ranked the strength of schedule for all NFL teams based on projected win totals from Las Vegas oddsmakers. The Broncos had the 11th-easiest schedule based on that metric.…