2026-27 Cleveland Cavaliers Strength of Schedule
How tough the Cavaliers’ schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:34 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Played
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Feb 26 – Mar 11
- Feb 26@ BOS#4
- Mar 1PHI#10
- Mar 4POR#11
- Mar 6ATL#14
- Mar 9@ DET#5
- Mar 11@ LAC#20
Average opponent rank 10.7
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–10)
- 2-4
- 20 left · 11 on road
- vs Middle (11–20)
- 0-2
- 23 left · 11 on road
- vs Bottom (21–30)
- 3-0
- 26 left · 13 on road
Central division schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Pacers3-8 | 29 | 20.1 | 5 | 14.8 |
 Bucks1-10 | tied for 3 | 12.5 | 20 | 15.8 |
 Bulls1-8 | 2 | 11.1 | 21 | 15.9 |
 Cavaliers5-6 | 6 | 13.4 | 27 | 16.4 |
 Pistons7-3 | tied for 8 | 13.8 | 30 | 16.6 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank