Updated Monday Aug. 31

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
RedsCIN65-72
NL Central 23
4.50
2
CubsCHC77-60
NL Central 5
10.30
3
MarlinsMIA69-68
NL East 16
10.70
4
PhilliesPHI77-60
NL East 7
10.70
5
OriolesBAL68-69
AL East 12
12.30
6
BravesATL82-55
NL East 4
12.90
7
RockiesCOL52-85
NL West 30
13.20
8
GiantsSF56-81
NL West 27
13.40
9
NationalsWSH65-74
NL East 24
13.60
10
BrewersMIL85-52
NL Central 2
13.60
11
RaysTB82-54
AL East 8
13.70
12
RoyalsKC62-76
AL Central 26
13.80
13
MetsNYM61-76
NL East 18
14.40
14
AstrosHOU69-68
AL West 20
15.00
15
RangersTEX67-70
AL West 22
15.60
16
DiamondbacksARI73-65
NL West 11
16.30
17
Red SoxBOS74-63
AL East 6
16.70
18
PiratesPIT67-71
NL Central 14
16.80
19
AthleticsOAK53-84
AL West 29
17.00
20
CardinalsSTL68-70
NL Central 21
17.20
21
AngelsLAA52-85
AL West 28
17.30
22
GuardiansCLE69-68
AL Central 17
17.50
23
PadresSD72-65
NL West 9
17.50
24
TwinsMIN65-72
AL Central 25
17.80
25
YankeesNYY78-59
AL East 3
17.90
26
Blue JaysTOR68-70
AL East 10
19.60
27
TigersDET63-73
AL Central 15
19.80
28
White SoxCHW72-64
AL Central 13
20.20
29
DodgersLAD82-55
NL West 1
20.90
30
MarinersSEA64-73
AL West 19
24.30

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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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
Blue JaysTOR68-70
AL East 10
13.80
2
CardinalsSTL68-70
NL Central 21
13.90
3
PiratesPIT67-71
NL Central 14
14.20
4
NationalsWSH65-74
NL East 24
14.20
5
MetsNYM61-76
NL East 18
14.30
6
RockiesCOL52-85
NL West 30
14.30
7
Red SoxBOS74-63
AL East 6
14.60
8
GiantsSF56-81
NL West 27
14.80
9
YankeesNYY78-59
AL East 3
15.00
10
OriolesBAL68-69
AL East 12
15.20
11
PadresSD72-65
NL West 9
15.30
12
DiamondbacksARI73-65
NL West 11
15.30
13
TwinsMIN65-72
AL Central 25
15.40
14
MarlinsMIA69-68
NL East 16
15.40
15
RaysTB82-54
AL East 8
15.40
16
RedsCIN65-72
NL Central 23
15.50
17
DodgersLAD82-55
NL West 1
15.70
18
MarinersSEA64-73
AL West 19
15.80
19
White SoxCHW72-64
AL Central 13
15.80
20
BravesATL82-55
NL East 4
15.90
21
TigersDET63-73
AL Central 15
16.00
22
AngelsLAA52-85
AL West 28
16.00
23
PhilliesPHI77-60
NL East 7
16.10
24
BrewersMIL85-52
NL Central 2
16.20
25
CubsCHC77-60
NL Central 5
16.20
26
RoyalsKC62-76
AL Central 26
16.40
27
AthleticsOAK53-84
AL West 29
16.50
28
GuardiansCLE69-68
AL Central 17
16.60
29
RangersTEX67-70
AL West 22
17.20
30
AstrosHOU69-68
AL West 20
17.90