2026-27 Houston Rockets Strength of Schedule
How tough the Rockets’ schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:35 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Mar 22 – Mar 31
- Mar 22@ CLE#11
- Mar 24@ NY#2
- Mar 25@ DET#4
- Mar 28LAL#9
- Mar 30@ POR#14
- Mar 31@ POR#14
Average opponent rank 9.0
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–10)
- –
- 26 left · 12 on road
- vs Middle (11–20)
- –
- 25 left · 14 on road
- vs Bottom (21–30)
- 1-0
- 28 left · 14 on road
Southwest division schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Grizzlies1-0 | – | – | 2 | 14.7 |
 Pelicans0-1 | – | – | 8 | 15.2 |
 Mavericks0-1 | – | – | 12 | 15.3 |
 Rockets1-0 | – | – | 23 | 15.8 |
 Spurs0-1 | – | – | 29 | 16.4 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank