Updated Friday Jun. 26

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	MetsNYM34-47	NL East	22	11.60
2	RedsCIN37-42	NL Central	24	11.60
3	CardinalsSTL42-36	NL Central	15	13.30
4	PiratesPIT41-40	NL Central	12	13.60
5	CubsCHC44-37	NL Central	5	14.00
6	DiamondbacksARI41-39	NL West	14	14.40
7	PadresSD42-37	NL West	9	14.40
8	MarlinsMIA42-39	NL East	13	14.60
9	RockiesCOL32-49	NL West	30	14.80
10	BravesATL48-31	NL East	4	14.90
11	PhilliesPHI45-36	NL East	6	15.10
12	BrewersMIL49-29	NL Central	2	15.10
13	RaysTB45-33	AL East	7	15.30
14	NationalsWSH41-41	NL East	21	15.30
15	OriolesBAL38-44	AL East	17	15.40
16	YankeesNYY48-32	AL East	3	15.50
17	Blue JaysTOR39-42	AL East	11	15.70
18	Red SoxBOS33-46	AL East	18	15.70
19	DodgersLAD52-29	NL West	1	15.90
20	AngelsLAA34-48	AL West	29	16.20
21	TwinsMIN38-44	AL Central	27	16.40
22	GiantsSF33-47	NL West	25	16.50
23	MarinersSEA41-41	AL West	8	16.80
24	AstrosHOU40-43	AL West	19	16.90
25	RoyalsKC34-48	AL Central	28	17.00
26	TigersDET34-47	AL Central	23	17.10
27	AthleticsOAK39-42	AL West	26	17.30
28	RangersTEX39-42	AL West	16	17.30
29	White SoxCHW41-38	AL Central	20	17.50
30	GuardiansCLE42-39	AL Central	10	19.70

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.