Updated Friday Sep. 25

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
GiantsSF65-94
NL West 27
1.30
2
CardinalsSTL77-82
NL Central 22
2.00
3
OriolesBAL78-81
AL East 12
3.30
4
MarlinsMIA78-81
NL East 18
4.30
5
Red SoxBOS85-74
AL East 8
5.30
6
PhilliesPHI87-72
NL East 7
6.70
7
RaysTB96-63
AL East 6
7.30
8
CubsCHC88-71
NL Central 5
7.70
9
DiamondbacksARI85-74
NL West 11
8.30
10
TigersDET74-85
AL Central 17
12.00
11
PadresSD89-70
NL West 9
12.30
12
YankeesNYY92-67
AL East 3
13.70
13
RedsCIN74-85
NL Central 24
14.00
14
RoyalsKC68-91
AL Central 26
14.30
15
NationalsWSH75-84
NL East 23
15.30
16
RockiesCOL57-102
NL West 30
15.70
17
PiratesPIT81-78
NL Central 10
16.30
18
BravesATL93-66
NL East 4
17.30
19
TwinsMIN75-84
AL Central 25
18.30
20
AthleticsOAK63-96
AL West 29
18.70
21
AngelsLAA61-98
AL West 28
20.00
22
BrewersMIL100-59
NL Central 2
21.00
23
MetsNYM73-86
NL East 15
23.30
24
Blue JaysTOR77-82
AL East 13
24.30
25
RangersTEX79-80
AL West 19
24.70
26
GuardiansCLE83-76
AL Central 14
25.00
27
DodgersLAD97-62
NL West 1
25.30
28
MarinersSEA74-85
AL West 21
28.00
29
AstrosHOU79-80
AL West 20
29.00
30
White SoxCHW82-77
AL Central 16
30.00

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
RedsCIN74-85
NL Central 24
13.70
2
RockiesCOL57-102
NL West 30
14.00
3
NationalsWSH75-84
NL East 23
14.00
4
MetsNYM73-86
NL East 15
14.30
5
Blue JaysTOR77-82
AL East 13
14.40
6
CardinalsSTL77-82
NL Central 22
14.40
7
MarlinsMIA78-81
NL East 18
14.70
8
GiantsSF65-94
NL West 27
14.70
9
PiratesPIT81-78
NL Central 10
14.80
10
OriolesBAL78-81
AL East 12
15.10
11
Red SoxBOS85-74
AL East 8
15.20
12
BravesATL93-66
NL East 4
15.30
13
PhilliesPHI87-72
NL East 7
15.30
14
CubsCHC88-71
NL Central 5
15.40
15
RaysTB96-63
AL East 6
15.50
16
DiamondbacksARI85-74
NL West 11
15.50
17
YankeesNYY92-67
AL East 3
15.60
18
BrewersMIL100-59
NL Central 2
15.60
19
PadresSD89-70
NL West 9
15.70
20
TwinsMIN75-84
AL Central 25
15.80
21
RoyalsKC68-91
AL Central 26
16.10
22
AngelsLAA61-98
AL West 28
16.10
23
White SoxCHW82-77
AL Central 16
16.20
24
DodgersLAD97-62
NL West 1
16.20
25
TigersDET74-85
AL Central 17
16.60
26
AthleticsOAK63-96
AL West 29
16.60
27
MarinersSEA74-85
AL West 21
16.80
28
GuardiansCLE83-76
AL Central 14
16.80
29
RangersTEX79-80
AL West 19
17.00
30
AstrosHOU79-80
AL West 20
17.30