Sunday Night Football in Week 18 features a huge NFC North matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions. The Vikings are coming off a 27-25 victory over the Green Bay Packers, and own a 6-1 road record this season. Like Minnesota, Detroit is 14-2 overall, and the record includes last week’s 40-34 win against the San Francisco 49ers. The Vikings are sitting at +3 on the spread. The Lions are at -148 on the moneyline at Ford Field.
Read on for a complete Vikings vs. Lions game preview with the latest lines, plus the full SNF schedule and information on how you can bet on these primetime showdowns all season long.
Sunday Night Football odds: Vikings at Lions
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The Detroit Lions are 6-2 at Ford Field on the season. Detroit won the Week 7 game in Minnesota, 31-29. QB Jared Goff completed 22 of 25 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns in the victory.
The Minnesota Vikings have won nine straight games, with the most recent being a 27-25 victory over the Green Bay Packers. QB Sam Darnold finished the game with 377 passing yards and three touchdowns.
- Point spread: Vikings Minnesota Vikings +3 on Caesars, Lions Detroit Lions -2.5 on FanDuel
- Moneyline: Vikings Minnesota Vikings +136 on FanDuel, Lions Detroit Lions -155 on Caesars
- Total: Over/under 56.5 (-110) on Bet365
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2025 Sunday Night Football schedule
The complete Sunday Night Football schedule for the 2024-25 NFL season is below.
| Week | Date | Matchup | Time (ET) | TV |
| 1 | Sept. 8 | Detroit Lions 26, Los Angeles Rams 20 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 2 | Sept. 15 | Houston Texans 19, Chicago Bears 13 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 3 | Sept. 22 | Kansas City Chiefs 22, Atlanta Falcons 17 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 4 | Sept. 29 | Baltimore Ravens 35, Buffalo Bills 10 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 5 | Oct. 6 | Dallas Cowboys 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 17 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 6 | Oct. 13 | Cincinnati Bengals 17, New York Giants 7 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 7 | Oct. 20 | Pittsburgh Steelers 37, New York Jets 15 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 8 | Oct. 27 | San Francisco 49ers 30, Dallas Cowboys 24 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 9 | Nov. 3 | Minnesota Vikings 21, Indianapolis Colts 13 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 10 | Nov. 10 | Detroit Lions 26, Houston Texans 23 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 11 | Nov. 17 | Los Angeles Chargers 34, Cincinnati Bengals 27 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 12 | Nov. 24 | Philadelphia Eagles 37, Los Angeles Rams 20 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 13 | Dec. 1 | Buffalo Bills 35, San Francisco 49ers 10 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 14 | Dec. 8 | Kansas City Chiefs 19, Los Angeles Chargers 17 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 15 | Dec. 15 | Green Bay Packers 30, Seattle Seahawks 13 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 16 | Dec. 22 | Dallas Cowboys 26, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 17 | Dec. 29 | Washington Commanders 30, Atlanta Falcons 24 | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 18 | Jan. 5 | Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
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Other ways to bet on Sunday Night Football
In addition to the above, there are other ways to get in on the Sunday Night Football action throughout the season. Here are some popular options from our NFL betting guide:
- Same-game parlays: These bets let you take your chances at even greater returns. For same-game parlays, you add multiple picks to the same slip, such as a spread plus a total and a prop, with the odds based on your choices. If all of your picks are correct, you win, but a single wrong pick means the whole parlay loses.
- In-play betting: Once Sunday Night Football kicks off, the football betting doesn’t have to stop. Live betting means you can bet right along as the action plays out on the field. The odds and lines will shift frequently and quickly, with plenty of options throughout the game. This includes new spreads, totals, props, and more.
- Alternate lines: You can go beyond the main spreads and totals to find numbers that you’re more comfortable with. There will be a host of alternate lines, ranging from an extra half-point to 10+, all of which will influence the odds based on how much risk or safety you’re adding by moving the line.
In addition to betting on SNF by itself, you can also use the game as part of multi-leg parlays for the NFL week. For example, you could use SNF as the capper for the full Sunday slate of games, or try your luck with tying together the results of Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football.
Sunday Night Football history/trends
Sunday Night Football first became a regular part of the NFL schedule in 1987. The broadcast window was initially reserved for later in the season before becoming a permanent weekly fixture. ESPN provided coverage from 1987-2005, with TNT sharing duties from 1990-97.
NBC took over the broadcast in 2006 and remains the exclusive home for Sunday Night Football. The SNF time slot has become the marquee game of the week. The schedule provides the flexibility to change games in the latter part of the season in the event that an originally scheduled game becomes less interesting.
Since 2006, all 32 teams have played on SNF. The Dallas Cowboys lead the way in appearances over that time frame with 58, while the Jacksonville Jaguars are last with just two. A handful of clubs have a strong track record when playing in this time slot:
- Buffalo Bills: 9-2, .818
- New Orleans Saints: 17-6, .739
- Seattle Seahawks: 14-9-1, .604
For some other clubs, the bright SNF lights have been much tougher to handle:
- Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10, .091
- Miami Dolphins: 2-6, .250
- Carolina Panthers: 2-6, .250
There were 18 Sunday Night Football games last season. Here’s how the betting results shook out for those games:
- Moneyline: Favorites 11-7
- Spreads: Favorites 12-6
- Totals: Over 5-13
- Home/away: Home 8-9
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Sunday Night Football FAQ
NBC is the broadcast home for Sunday Night Football. Viewers can also catch the action on the streaming service Peacock or on the NBC Sports app.
NFL schedule makers do their best to place the top games in primetime. Sunday Night Football tends to serve as the showcase game of the week, and as the season moves along, the scheduled games may shift to put the most interesting matchups in primetime.
When Sunday Night Football first became a regular part of the NFL schedule, the inaugural game took place on Nov. 8, 1987, with ESPN broadcasting it. The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots by a score of 17-10.
Two games share the record of 83 points. In 2009, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New York Giants by a score of 45-38. And the New England Patriots won by a score of 43-40 over the Kansas City Chiefs in 2018.