Updated Monday Sep. 28

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
DodgersLAD100-62
NL West 1
0.00
2
White SoxCHW84-78
AL Central 17
0.00
3
MarlinsMIA80-82
NL East 18
0.00
4
AstrosHOU81-81
AL West 19
0.00
5
RangersTEX80-82
AL West 20
0.00
6
MarinersSEA76-86
AL West 21
0.00
7
CardinalsSTL77-85
NL Central 22
0.00
8
NationalsWSH77-85
NL East 23
0.00
9
TwinsMIN77-85
AL Central 24
0.00
10
RedsCIN75-87
NL Central 25
0.00
11
RoyalsKC69-93
AL Central 26
0.00
12
GiantsSF65-97
NL West 27
0.00
13
AngelsLAA62-100
AL West 28
0.00
14
AthleticsOAK64-98
AL West 29
0.00
15
MetsNYM74-88
NL East 16
0.00
16
TigersDET76-86
AL Central 15
0.00
17
BrewersMIL103-59
NL Central 2
0.00
18
YankeesNYY93-68
AL East 3
0.00
19
BravesATL94-68
NL East 4
0.00
20
CubsCHC89-73
NL Central 5
0.00
21
RaysTB98-64
AL East 6
0.00
22
Red SoxBOS87-75
AL East 7
0.00
23
PhilliesPHI88-74
NL East 8
0.00
24
PadresSD91-71
NL West 9
0.00
25
DiamondbacksARI86-76
NL West 10
0.00
26
PiratesPIT82-80
NL Central 11
0.00
27
GuardiansCLE85-77
AL Central 12
0.00
28
OriolesBAL79-82
AL East 13
0.00
29
Blue JaysTOR79-83
AL East 14
0.00
30
RockiesCOL58-104
NL West 30
0.00

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
RedsCIN75-87
NL Central 25
13.80
2
RockiesCOL58-104
NL West 30
14.10
3
NationalsWSH77-85
NL East 23
14.20
4
CardinalsSTL77-85
NL Central 22
14.30
5
GiantsSF65-97
NL West 27
14.50
6
Blue JaysTOR79-83
AL East 14
14.50
7
MarlinsMIA80-82
NL East 18
14.60
8
MetsNYM74-88
NL East 16
14.60
9
OriolesBAL79-82
AL East 13
14.80
10
PiratesPIT82-80
NL Central 11
14.90
11
Red SoxBOS87-75
AL East 7
15.00
12
RaysTB98-64
AL East 6
15.30
13
PhilliesPHI88-74
NL East 8
15.30
14
CubsCHC89-73
NL Central 5
15.40
15
DiamondbacksARI86-76
NL West 10
15.40
16
BravesATL94-68
NL East 4
15.50
17
YankeesNYY93-68
AL East 3
15.50
18
TwinsMIN77-85
AL Central 24
15.70
19
PadresSD91-71
NL West 9
15.80
20
BrewersMIL103-59
NL Central 2
15.90
21
RoyalsKC69-93
AL Central 26
15.90
22
AngelsLAA62-100
AL West 28
16.10
23
White SoxCHW84-78
AL Central 17
16.30
24
AthleticsOAK64-98
AL West 29
16.50
25
DodgersLAD100-62
NL West 1
16.50
26
TigersDET76-86
AL Central 15
16.50
27
MarinersSEA76-86
AL West 21
16.90
28
GuardiansCLE85-77
AL Central 12
16.90
29
RangersTEX80-82
AL West 20
17.00
30
AstrosHOU81-81
AL West 19
17.50