Updated Monday Aug. 10

2026 MLB Strength of Schedule Rankings

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

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	RedsCIN56-61	NL Central	24	9.80
2	BrewersMIL74-44	NL Central	2	12.80
3	MarlinsMIA60-59	NL East	15	13.20
4	MetsNYM52-67	NL East	22	13.50
5	CubsCHC69-50	NL Central	5	13.50
6	RockiesCOL46-72	NL West	30	13.70
7	BravesATL71-47	NL East	3	13.70
8	PiratesPIT58-62	NL Central	12	13.90
9	OriolesBAL57-61	AL East	19	14.00
10	PhilliesPHI63-56	NL East	8	14.60
11	RaysTB71-46	AL East	7	14.90
12	CardinalsSTL59-59	NL Central	21	15.20
13	GiantsSF49-69	NL West	26	15.30
14	TwinsMIN58-61	AL Central	25	15.50
15	NationalsWSH59-61	NL East	23	15.50
16	Blue JaysTOR56-63	AL East	14	15.70
17	RoyalsKC49-70	AL Central	27	15.90
18	PadresSD62-57	NL West	10	16.00
19	Red SoxBOS64-53	AL East	6	16.00
20	DiamondbacksARI63-56	NL West	11	16.00
21	AngelsLAA45-73	AL West	28	16.90
22	YankeesNYY66-52	AL East	4	17.20
23	AstrosHOU60-59	AL West	16	17.40
24	MarinersSEA56-63	AL West	17	17.50
25	TigersDET58-60	AL Central	9	17.50
26	AthleticsOAK47-71	AL West	29	17.50
27	DodgersLAD70-48	NL West	1	17.50
28	White SoxCHW61-56	AL Central	13	18.00
29	RangersTEX59-59	AL West	18	18.40
30	GuardiansCLE58-61	AL Central	20	19.60

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.