Updated Wednesday Aug. 12

2026 MLB Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Remaining and Strength of Schedule Played for all 30 MLB teams.

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Our Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite MLB Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

MLB Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
RedsCIN57-61
NL Central 24
9.30
2
BrewersMIL74-46
NL Central 2
12.80
3
MarlinsMIA61-59
NL East 14
13.00
4
BravesATL72-48
NL East 3
13.20
5
CubsCHC70-50
NL Central 4
13.40
6
OriolesBAL58-62
AL East 20
13.40
7
PiratesPIT58-63
NL Central 13
13.50
8
RockiesCOL47-73
NL West 30
13.80
9
MetsNYM53-68
NL East 22
13.90
10
RaysTB73-46
AL East 7
14.20
11
PhilliesPHI64-57
NL East 8
14.30
12
GiantsSF50-70
NL West 25
15.20
13
DiamondbacksARI64-57
NL West 11
15.30
14
NationalsWSH59-62
NL East 23
15.50
15
TwinsMIN59-62
AL Central 26
15.60
16
CardinalsSTL60-60
NL Central 17
15.80
17
Red SoxBOS64-55
AL East 6
16.10
18
Blue JaysTOR58-63
AL East 12
16.40
19
RoyalsKC49-72
AL Central 27
16.50
20
PadresSD64-57
NL West 10
16.80
21
YankeesNYY67-52
AL East 5
16.90
22
DodgersLAD72-48
NL West 1
17.10
23
AstrosHOU61-60
AL West 15
17.10
24
AngelsLAA46-74
AL West 28
17.20
25
MarinersSEA56-64
AL West 18
17.70
26
RangersTEX60-60
AL West 19
17.80
27
TigersDET59-60
AL Central 9
17.80
28
AthleticsOAK47-73
AL West 29
18.00
29
White SoxCHW61-57
AL Central 16
18.00
30
GuardiansCLE58-62
AL Central 21
19.80

MLB Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
NationalsWSH59-62
NL East 23
13.90
2
CardinalsSTL60-60
NL Central 17
14.00
3
Blue JaysTOR58-63
AL East 12
14.10
4
RockiesCOL47-73
NL West 30
14.20
5
MetsNYM53-68
NL East 22
14.30
6
GiantsSF50-70
NL West 25
14.50
7
PiratesPIT58-63
NL Central 13
14.60
8
Red SoxBOS64-55
AL East 6
15.00
9
PadresSD64-57
NL West 10
15.10
10
OriolesBAL58-62
AL East 20
15.10
11
YankeesNYY67-52
AL East 5
15.30
12
MarlinsMIA61-59
NL East 14
15.30
13
GuardiansCLE58-62
AL Central 21
15.50
14
AngelsLAA46-74
AL West 28
15.50
15
RedsCIN57-61
NL Central 24
15.50
16
DiamondbacksARI64-57
NL West 11
15.50
17
PhilliesPHI64-57
NL East 8
15.60
18
AthleticsOAK47-73
AL West 29
15.70
19
RoyalsKC49-72
AL Central 27
15.70
20
White SoxCHW61-57
AL Central 16
15.70
21
TwinsMIN59-62
AL Central 26
15.90
22
RaysTB73-46
AL East 7
16.00
23
CubsCHC70-50
NL Central 4
16.10
24
BravesATL72-48
NL East 3
16.20
25
DodgersLAD72-48
NL West 1
16.20
26
BrewersMIL74-46
NL Central 2
16.60
27
RangersTEX60-60
AL West 19
16.60
28
TigersDET59-60
AL Central 9
16.80
29
MarinersSEA56-64
AL West 18
16.80
30
AstrosHOU61-60
AL West 15
17.50