Head Coach Jesse Minter
Head Coach Jesse Minter
With the 2026-27 NFL season kicking off on Wednesday in Seattle, many pundits turned in their predictions for how the regular season and postseason will shake out.
Here are what some pundits predicted for how they think the Ravens' season will turn out:
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Outlet Author Ravens Record AFC North Finish AFC Playoff Seed Playoff Result
Sports Illustrated Conor Orr 11-6 1st 2 Loss to Los Angeles Chargers in AFC Divisional
Sports Illustrated Gilbert Manzano N/A 2nd 6 Loss to Houston Texans in AFC Divisional
Sports Illustrated John Plyum N/A 1st 3 Loss to New England Patriots in AFC Wild Card
Sports Illustrated Mitch Goldich N/A 1st 4 Loss to Denver Broncos in AFC Wild Card
Sports Illustrated Eva Geitheim N/A 1st 4 Loss to Los Angeles Chargers in AFC Wild Card
CBS Sports John Breech 12-5 1st 2 Loss to Cincinnati Bengals in AFC Divisional
CBS Sports Stephen Oh 11-6 1st 1 Loss to Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl
ESPN Ben Solak N/A 1st 2 Loss to Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl
ESPN Seth Walder (computer simulation using Football Power Index) 10-7 1st 4 Loss to Los Angeles Chargers in AFC Wild Card
Sporting News Vinnie Iyer 11-6 1st 4 Loss to New England Patriots in AFC Wild Card
Yahoo Sports Eric Edholm N/A 1st N/A Loss to Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl
NFL.com Raza Umerani N/A 1st N/A Loss to Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl
USA Today Nate Davis 10-7 2nd 7 Loss to Buffalo Bills in AFC Championship
USA Today Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz N/A 1st N/A Loss to Buffalo Bills in AFC Championship
The Ringer Diante Lee N/A 1st 4 Loss to Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl
ESPN asked more than 60 experts to predict the Super Bowl LXI matchup, among other things. Ten picked the Ravens to win the AFC title and five picked the Ravens to win the Super Bowl.
Taylor Bisciotti, NFL Network anchor: Rams over Ravens
Courtney Cronin, Bears reporter: Rams over Ravens
Jamison Hensley, Ravens reporter: Ravens over Lions
Jordan Reid, NFL Draft Analyst: Ravens over Rams
Peter Schrager, NFL Analyst: Rams over Ravens
Solak, NFL analyst: Rams over Ravens
Seth Walder, NFL Analyst: Ravens over Packers
Eric Woodyard, Lions reporter: Rams over Ravens
Field Yates, NFL/NFL Draft analyst: Ravens over Rams
The Athletic asked 40 staff writers and editors to complete a similar task. Out of 40 respondents, five picked the Ravens to win the AFC title, with three picking the Ravens to win the Super Bowl.
NFL.com asked 19 staff members to also predict awards, division winners, playoff seeds and the Super Bowl matchup. Ten participants picked the Ravens to win the AFC North, while eight others tabbed the Ravens as one of the AFC's three Wild Card teams (Gennaro Filice was the only one who had the Ravens missing the playoffs entirely). Umerani was the only one who had the Ravens making the Super Bowl.