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**INDIANAPOLIS –** It’s a Colts season that has struggled to find your normal level of anticipation and intrigue.
Nonetheless, the Colts are pegged as a fringe playoff team as we reach Year 9 for Chris Ballard and Year 3 for Shane Steichen.
Let’s predict the Colts 2025 schedule:
**Week 1, vs. Dolphins, Win 27-20, Record: 1-0**
\-Finally. Finally. Finally. The winless drought in Week 1 games ends in a game that could very well carry some significant playoff/Wild Card weight come late December.
**Week 2, vs. Broncos, Loss 19-13, Record: 1-1**
\-Denver’s defense ranks right up there with any in the NFL and I see that as too much for the Colts to overcome. The Colts haven’t started 2-0 since the 2009 season.
**Week 3, at Titans, Win 24-13, Record: 2-1**
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\-The Colts do benefit from seeing Cam Ward, the No. 1 overall pick in 2025, in the first two months of the season. They get the best of Ward in this matchup to move to 2-1.
**Week 4, at Rams, Loss 30-20, Record: 2-2**
\-Frequent flier miles will be abundant for the Colts in 2025. While Matthew Stafford had to manage a back injury during the preseason, a healthy Rams QB should still be enough to keep the Colts from adding to their rare positive month of September.
**Week 5, vs. Raiders, Win 27-16, Record: 3-2**
\-It is on paper for the Colts to get off to a fast start. They will get a couple west coast teams in early kickoff times, and I see them returning home to get a win over Pete Carroll’s Raiders.
**Week 6, vs. Cardinals, Win 31-20, Record: 4-2**
\-I’ve got the Colts getting off to a 4-2 start, as the schedule definitely has opportunities earlier in the season. They beat former Colts assistant Jonathan Gannon and the Cardinals in a low scoring game.
**Week 7: at Chargers, Loss 27-16, Record: 4-3**
\-Another trip out west to face a quality quarterback ends in a Colts loss. This could have some Wild Card implications though if the Chargers and Colts both fall into that pool of competing teams unlikely to win their divisions.
**Week 8, vs. Titans, Win 34-17, Record: 5-3**
\-The Colts and Texans have both of their meetings before Halloween this season. I see the Colts sweeping this matchup with rookie QB Cam Ward on the opposing sideline.
**Week 9, at Steelers, Loss 24-20, Record: 5-4**
\-Success in Pittsburgh has been too and far between for the Colts in their history. I’m not prepared to say that is going to change although I have some major questions about how Aaron Rodgers will look after his season with the Jets.
**Week 10, vs. Falcons, Loss 23-20, Record: 5-5**
\-Off to Berlin to take on the Falcons before a Week 11 bye. I’m higher on the Flacons than most, so I’ve got this as the Colts first two-game losing streak of the season.
**Week 12, at Chiefs, Win 27-24, Record: 6-5**
\-How about a surprise win on the 2025 schedule? The Colts, coming out of a bye week, continues one of the wilder notes in the NFL—the only NFL team Patrick Mahomes has never beaten is the Colts (0-2 in the regular season).
**Week 13, vs. Texans, Win 31-27, Record: 7-5**
\-A late season surge continues in what is quite the stretch to close out the season for the Colts. They push their record to 7-5 with consecutive wins out of the bye week.
**Week 14, at Jaguars, Loss 20-13, Record: 7-6**
\-I can’t go with both streaks ending in 2025. The drought in Jacksonville continues, as the Colts have not won there since the 2014 season.
**Week 15, at Seahawks, Loss 20-17, Record: 7-7**
\-It’s quite the back-to-back road trips going from northeast Florida to the pacific Northwest. I see the Colts dropping back to .500 in a matchup of two coaches who are friends off the field in Shane Steichen and Mike Macdonald.
**Week 16, vs. 49ers, Win 27-26, Record: 8-7**
\-A rare Monday night home game leads to the Colts keeping their playoff hopes alive. After a long time away from home, the Colts get a primetime victory.
**Week 17, vs. Jaguars, Win 33-17, Record: 9-7**
\-While the late-season is littered with some difficult on-paper matchups, this has to be one that falls in the win category if a playoff push is going to happen.
**Week 18, at Texans, Loss 27-20, Record: 9-8**
\-In a matchup like this, the quarterback breaks the tiebreaker for me. In a must-have Week 18 game, it’s C.J. Stroud and the Texans getting it done for a third straight division title.