Updated Wednesday Sep. 16

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
RedsCIN70-81
NL Central 26
6.30
2
OriolesBAL74-78
AL East 17
6.70
3
MarlinsMIA75-77
NL East 19
7.30
4
PhilliesPHI83-68
NL East 8
9.80
5
GiantsSF63-89
NL West 25
10.10
6
RaysTB91-59
AL East 6
10.10
7
Red SoxBOS82-69
AL East 7
10.80
8
YankeesNYY88-63
AL East 3
12.90
9
CardinalsSTL75-77
NL Central 20
13.80
10
BrewersMIL94-57
NL Central 2
13.90
11
PadresSD82-69
NL West 9
14.10
12
RockiesCOL56-95
NL West 30
14.70
13
DiamondbacksARI80-72
NL West 12
14.80
14
RoyalsKC66-85
AL Central 27
15.00
15
NationalsWSH71-81
NL East 23
15.30
16
RangersTEX75-76
AL West 22
15.40
17
CubsCHC84-68
NL Central 5
15.50
18
MetsNYM69-82
NL East 14
16.00
19
PiratesPIT75-76
NL Central 11
16.30
20
TigersDET72-79
AL Central 13
16.50
21
AthleticsOAK61-90
AL West 29
16.90
22
BravesATL89-63
NL East 4
18.80
23
Blue JaysTOR75-77
AL East 10
19.70
24
GuardiansCLE77-75
AL Central 15
19.90
25
AstrosHOU76-75
AL West 18
20.00
26
DodgersLAD92-59
NL West 1
20.90
27
White SoxCHW77-74
AL Central 16
21.60
28
TwinsMIN70-81
AL Central 24
22.70
29
AngelsLAA58-93
AL West 28
23.00
30
MarinersSEA70-82
AL West 21
26.60

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
RockiesCOL56-95
NL West 30
14.10
2
NationalsWSH71-81
NL East 23
14.10
3
RedsCIN70-81
NL Central 26
14.20
4
Blue JaysTOR75-77
AL East 10
14.30
5
MetsNYM69-82
NL East 14
14.40
6
CardinalsSTL75-77
NL Central 20
14.40
7
PiratesPIT75-76
NL Central 11
14.60
8
GiantsSF63-89
NL West 25
14.80
9
MarlinsMIA75-77
NL East 19
15.00
10
OriolesBAL74-78
AL East 17
15.10
11
BravesATL89-63
NL East 4
15.10
12
TwinsMIN70-81
AL Central 24
15.20
13
CubsCHC84-68
NL Central 5
15.30
14
Red SoxBOS82-69
AL East 7
15.30
15
DiamondbacksARI80-72
NL West 12
15.50
16
PhilliesPHI83-68
NL East 8
15.60
17
AngelsLAA58-93
AL West 28
15.70
18
PadresSD82-69
NL West 9
15.70
19
RaysTB91-59
AL East 6
15.70
20
YankeesNYY88-63
AL East 3
15.70
21
BrewersMIL94-57
NL Central 2
15.90
22
RoyalsKC66-85
AL Central 27
16.00
23
White SoxCHW77-74
AL Central 16
16.00
24
DodgersLAD92-59
NL West 1
16.20
25
MarinersSEA70-82
AL West 21
16.40
26
AthleticsOAK61-90
AL West 29
16.50
27
TigersDET72-79
AL Central 13
16.60
28
GuardiansCLE77-75
AL Central 15
16.70
29
RangersTEX75-76
AL West 22
17.10
30
AstrosHOU76-75
AL West 18
17.30