YouTube TV NFL 2026-27: Price, Sunday Ticket, RedZone & Streaming Guide
YouTube TV NFL coverage for the 2026-27 season begins on Wednesday, September 9, when the New England Patriots visit the defending Super Bowl LX champion Seattle Seahawks on NBC. The service carries every network that shows Sunday and Monday football, and it is still the only place to buy NFL Sunday Ticket.
Three things changed this year. YouTube TV broke its lineup into genre plans, NFL Network was pulled from the cheaper tiers on June 29, and Sunday Ticket dropped its cancel anytime monthly option. New subscribers now pay $240 for the season, the lowest standard price since the package moved to YouTube.
This guide covers which plan you actually need, Sunday Ticket pricing, the discounts live right now, NFL RedZone, devices and the roughly two dozen games YouTube TV cannot show you.
YouTube TV NFL Coverage for the 2026-27 Season
The Base Plan and every Sports tier carry CBS and FOX for Sunday afternoon regional games, NBC for Sunday Night Football, ESPN and ABC for Monday Night Football, and NFL Network.
Watch the plan you pick. Google removed NFL Network from the cheaper genre plans on June 29, 2026, and the $54.99 Entertainment Plan carries local channels but no ESPN at all. Only the Base Plan and the Sports tiers give you the full NFL lineup.
NFL Network has seven exclusive games this season. Five are International Series kickoffs in the Sunday morning window: London on October 4, 11 and 18, the first regular season game ever played in France on October 25 in Paris, and Madrid on November 8.
The other two are the Week 16 Saturday doubleheader on December 26. ESPN bought NFL Media at the start of February 2026 and now handles pay TV distribution for the channel.
Coverage runs to the end. FOX has a Christmas Day primetime game on December 25, ESPN and ABC take a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader on January 9, and Super Bowl LXI airs Sunday, February 14, 2027 from SoFi Stadium on ABC and ESPN.
Three services hold the rest. Prime Video has all 16 Thursday night games plus Black Friday and one exclusive Wild Card game. Netflix has five. Peacock has one Saturday night game on January 2, 2027.
Every 2026 NFL Package and Whether YouTube TV Carries It
| Game Package | Home | On YouTube TV? |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday afternoon regional games | CBS, FOX | Yes |
| Sunday Night Football | NBC | Yes |
| Monday Night Football | ESPN, ABC | Yes |
| International games, Week 16 Saturday doubleheader | NFL Network | Base Plan and Sports tiers only |
| Christmas Day primetime (Dec 25) | FOX | Yes |
| Week 18 Saturday doubleheader (Jan 9) | ESPN, ABC | Yes |
| Super Bowl LXI (Feb 14, 2027) | ABC, ESPN | Yes |
| Out of market Sunday afternoon games | NFL Sunday Ticket | Yes, paid add on |
| Live scoring whip around | NFL RedZone | Yes, with Sports Plus |
| Thursday night, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, one Wild Card game | Prime Video | No |
| Melbourne opener, Thanksgiving Eve, two Christmas Day games, Week 18 Saturday opener | Netflix | No |
| Week 17 Saturday night (Jan 2) | Peacock | No |
YouTube TV Plans and Prices for NFL Fans in 2026
YouTube TV replaced its single package with about a dozen genre plans in February 2026. For football that narrows to two real choices.
The Base Plan is $82.99 per month for more than 100 channels, currently $67.99 for the first three months. The Sports Plan is $64.99 per month for 34 channels, currently $54.99 for the first 12 months.
Both carry local ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, the full ESPN family and NFL Network, and ESPN Unlimited was added at no extra cost on July 28, 2026. Both intro rates end on August 26, 2026.
Run the math before you downgrade. Adding Sports Plus to the Sports Plan for RedZone brings you to $75.98 per month, only about $7 below the full Base Plan. If you want RedZone every week, the Base Plan is usually the better buy.
New accounts get a 21 day free trial. Every tier keeps unlimited cloud DVR, multiview, six household profiles and three simultaneous streams, so the cheaper plans cost you channels rather than features.
YouTube TV Plan and Add On Pricing 2026
| Plan or Add On | Price | Good for NFL? |
|---|---|---|
| Base Plan | $82.99/mo ($67.99 first 3 months) | Yes, 100+ channels and every NFL network |
| Sports Plan | $64.99/mo ($54.99 first 12 months) | Yes, 34 channels with locals, ESPN, NFL Network |
| Sports + News Plan | $71.99/mo ($56.99 first 3 months) | Yes, Sports Plan plus cable news |
| Entertainment Plan | $54.99/mo | No, locals only with no ESPN or NFL Network |
| Spanish Plan | $34.99/mo | Standalone Spanish language lineup |
| Sports Plus add on | $10.99/mo | NFL RedZone plus 17 sports channels |
| 4K Plus add on | $9.99/mo | 4K streams, unlimited home streams, offline DVR |
| Spanish Plus add on | $14.99/mo | 25+ Spanish channels on top of a base plan |
YouTube TV NFL Sunday Ticket Price in 2026
NFL Sunday Ticket unlocks the Sunday afternoon CBS and FOX games that are not shown on your local channels. You can add it to any YouTube TV plan, including the Sports Plan, or buy it on its own through YouTube Primetime Channels with no live TV subscription. Coverage runs from the first Sunday of the season on September 13 through January 10, 2027.
New customers pay $240 for the season either way. Returning customers pay $378 with YouTube TV or $480 standalone. Adding NFL RedZone at checkout costs $42 for the season.
Flexibility is the real change for 2026. Last season had a cancel anytime monthly plan starting around $85. That is gone. Every 2026 tier is a lump payment or eight non cancelable monthly installments, and installments are not offered in Colorado, Maine, Utah, Wisconsin or the US territories.
The subscription is non refundable from the moment you buy it, not just once the season starts, though you can switch off autorenewal for next year.
Sunday Ticket by itself excludes local broadcasts, primetime games, the playoffs and the Super Bowl. Pair it with a YouTube TV plan and those all come from your regular channels, which is why most fans buy the two together.
NFL Sunday Ticket 2026 Pricing
| Option | Season Price | Installments | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New user, with YouTube TV | $240 | $30 for 8 months | Best standard rate |
| New user, Primetime Channels | $240 | $30 for 8 months | No YouTube TV needed |
| Returning user, with YouTube TV | $378 | $47.25 for 8 months | No returning discount this year |
| Returning user, Primetime Channels | $480 | $60 for 8 months | Standalone rate |
| Add NFL RedZone | +$42 | Season | Chosen at checkout |
Sunday Ticket Discounts and Free Trial Options
Almost nobody needs to pay full price. Five routes are live for the 2026 season, each verified through a different partner.
- YouTube Premium members: $204 for the season, or $25.50 for eight months. New Sunday Ticket users on a paid Premium plan only. Premium Lite does not qualify and the offer ends September 30, 2026.
- Students: $119 for the season with SheerID verification, plus $10 to add RedZone. One device, one stream, no family sharing.
- Military, veterans, first responders, medical staff and teachers: $198, or $240 with RedZone, verified through ID.me and redeemable until January 10, 2027.
- Verizon customers: free with a new eligible 5G phone on Unlimited Ultimate or Unlimited Plus, or with new Fios 1 Gig or 2 Gig, 5G Home Ultimate or Home Internet Lite Extra. Existing customers who do not qualify get 50% off at $234. The window runs July 30 to September 23, 2026, and closes September 2 for Fios. Redeem within 60 days or by December 21, 2026.
- Frontier Fiber customers: free Sunday Ticket, worth up to $480, for new 1 Gig through 7 Gig Fiber orders placed by September 23, 2026.
Add the YouTube TV free trial on top and the first month costs almost nothing. New accounts get 21 days free, then $67.99 per month for three months on the Base Plan if you sign up before August 26.
NFL RedZone on YouTube TV
NFL RedZone jumps between every Sunday afternoon game and shows each scoring drive live. On YouTube TV it comes with the Sports Plus add on at $10.99 per month, which works on the Base Plan and the Sports Plan alike. Buying it inside Sunday Ticket instead costs $42 for the whole season, which is the cheaper route if you only want it from September to January.
Ownership shifted this year without changing the show. ESPN now handles pay TV distribution, but the NFL still owns, operates and produces RedZone, and Scott Hanson is back hosting. The one real change came in 2025, when the channel started carrying limited advertising after years of commercial free coverage.
RedZone and Sunday Ticket solve different problems. RedZone is built for fantasy football and highlights. Sunday Ticket is for watching one out of market game start to finish. Neither includes your local team’s broadcast.
NFL RedZone vs Sunday Ticket
| Feature | NFL RedZone (Sports Plus) | NFL Sunday Ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Price in 2026 | $10.99/mo, or $42 with Sunday Ticket | $240 to $480 for the season |
| Coverage | Scoring plays across all games | Full out of market games |
| Best for | Fantasy football and highlights | Following one team every week |
| Sold through | Sports Plus add on | Any plan or Primetime Channels |
| Local games included | No | No |
| Cancel anytime | Yes, monthly | No, season commitment |
Devices, Multiview and DVR Features
YouTube TV runs on smart TVs, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox, PlayStation, phones, tablets and any browser. Three streams run at once on every plan, or unlimited streams on home Wi-Fi with 4K Plus, and a household holds six profiles with separate recordings.
Custom multiview launched across the full channel lineup in April 2026. Instead of choosing from preset sports pairings you now build your own grid of up to four live channels, which turns one screen into a full Sunday afternoon setup. It works with live channels only, and a small share of older devices still get the old event based version.
Unlimited cloud DVR keeps every recording for nine months. A 2026 update added chapter style navigation on selected programs so you can jump between segments instead of scrubbing. Key Plays View gives you a highlight reel of a game in progress and Stats View overlays live numbers during the broadcast.
YouTube TV vs Other NFL Streaming Options in 2026
No single service shows all 272 regular season games. The question is how much of the schedule one subscription covers, and YouTube TV covers the most because it is the only live TV platform that also sells Sunday Ticket.
NFL+ is far cheaper but keeps live games on phones and tablets. Paramount+ streams your local CBS games and Peacock carries NBC. Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and DirecTV match the channel lineup, but none of them can sell you Sunday Ticket.
| Service | Price | NFL Coverage | Sunday Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube TV Base Plan | $82.99/mo | Locals, ESPN, NFL Network, 100+ channels | Yes |
| YouTube TV Sports Plan | $64.99/mo | Same NFL channels, 34 in total | Yes |
| DirecTV MySports | $64.99/mo | Locals, ESPN, NFL Network, ESPN Unlimited | No |
| Hulu + Live TV | $89.99/mo | Locals, ESPN, NFL Network | No |
| Fubo Pro | $88.99/mo plus RSN fee | Locals, ESPN, NFL Network | No |
| NFL+ Premium | $14.99/mo or $99.99/yr | Mobile only, plus RedZone and replays | No |
| Prime Video | $8.99/mo, or with Prime at $14.99/mo | Thursday night and holiday exclusives | No |
Is YouTube TV Worth It for NFL Fans in 2026-27?
For most cord cutters, YouTube TV NFL coverage is the closest thing to a full season in one app. It carries every Sunday, Monday and playoff broadcast, adds NFL Network and RedZone, sells the only Sunday Ticket subscription there is, and closes the year with Super Bowl LXI on ABC. The Sports Plan makes that $18 a month cheaper if you rarely watch anything but sports.
Buy before the deadlines. The $240 Sunday Ticket rate and the $204 Premium member deal are both promotional, returning subscribers pay $378, and the YouTube TV intro rates end on August 26. Add Prime Video for Thursdays and Netflix for the holiday games and you have covered all 272.
YouTube TV NFL FAQs
Which YouTube TV plan do I need for NFL games in 2026?
The Base Plan at $82.99 per month or any Sports tier starting at $64.99. Google removed NFL Network from the cheaper genre plans on June 29, 2026, and the $54.99 Entertainment Plan has local channels but no ESPN, so it cannot show Monday Night Football.
How much is NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV in 2026?
New customers pay $240 for the season, the same whether they add it to YouTube TV or buy it standalone through Primetime Channels. Returning customers pay $378 with YouTube TV and $480 standalone. Adding NFL RedZone costs $42 more.
Can I pay for Sunday Ticket monthly this season?
Only as installments. YouTube dropped the cancel anytime monthly plan for 2026, so every tier is one lump payment or eight non cancelable payments, $30 a month at the new customer price. Installments are unavailable in Colorado, Maine, Utah, Wisconsin and the US territories.
What is the cheapest way to get NFL Sunday Ticket in 2026?
Students pay $119 with SheerID verification. Military, veterans, first responders, medical staff and teachers pay $198 through ID.me. YouTube Premium members new to Sunday Ticket pay $204 until September 30. Eligible Verizon and Frontier Fiber customers can get it free.
Does YouTube TV include NFL RedZone?
Yes, through the Sports Plus add on at $10.99 per month, which works with the Base Plan and the Sports Plan. You can also add RedZone inside Sunday Ticket for $42 for the full season.
Which 2026 NFL games are not on YouTube TV?
Prime Video has all 16 Thursday night games, Black Friday, Christmas Eve and one Wild Card game. Netflix has five, including the Melbourne opener and two Christmas Day games. Peacock has one Saturday night game on January 2, 2027.
Can I watch the Super Bowl on YouTube TV?
Yes. Super Bowl LXI kicks off on Sunday, February 14, 2027 at SoFi Stadium and airs on ABC and ESPN, both included in every YouTube TV plan that carries local channels.
Is there a free trial for YouTube TV?
Yes, 21 days free for new accounts with full access to channels, unlimited DVR and multiview. Sunday Ticket has no free trial and is non refundable from the moment you buy it.
