Why does this differ from other strength-of-schedule rankings?

Many popular lists rate opponents by predicted power or point margin. Ours uses only real results: how often a team's opponents have won, plus how often those opponents' own opponents have won.

2026 NFL Strength of Schedule Rankings

Ranked by opponents' records, adjusted for who those opponents played.

How this works

Results through Nov 1, 2026

Division

RankTeamAdjusted scoreOpponents' combined record

2026 strength of schedule rankings
Rank	Team	Adjusted for opponents' schedules	Opponents' combined record	Team's record	Opponents' winning percentage	Opponents' record before playing them	Opponents' record since playing them
1	Denver BroncosAFC West	.581	32-26	6-2	55.2%	15-12	15-8
2	Miami DolphinsAFC East	.567	33-19	1-6	63.5%	14-9	13-9
3	New England PatriotsAFC East	.564	33-26	5-3	55.9%	15-12	15-9
4	New Orleans SaintsNFC South	.562	32-20-1	2-5	61.3%	15-5-1	12-13
5	Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South	.558	36-25	3-5	59.0%	14-13	17-9
6	Atlanta FalconsNFC South	.549	34-26	3-5	56.7%	16-12	13-11
7	Detroit LionsNFC North	.548	27-25	5-2	51.9%	14-8	11-12
8	Los Angeles ChargersAFC West	.538	32-21	0-7	60.4%	14-7	11-14
9	Seattle SeahawksNFC West	.533	27-24-1	4-3	52.9%	13-7	11-13-1
10	Pittsburgh SteelersAFC North	.531	30-32	6-2	48.4%	14-14	14-12
11	Green Bay PackersNFC North	.526	30-30	5-3	50.0%	12-14	15-11
12	Arizona CardinalsNFC West	.525	32-26-1	3-5	55.1%	16-12	11-11-1
13	Jacksonville JaguarsAFC South	.523	27-27	5-2	50.0%	8-14	17-8
14	Carolina PanthersNFC South	.521	28-26	3-4	51.9%	10-14	14-9
15	Los Angeles RamsNFC West	.515	31-28-1	4-4	52.5%	11-16	16-8-1
16	Chicago BearsNFC North	.514	26-28	5-2	48.1%	12-9	12-14
17	Minnesota VikingsNFC North	.514	23-29	6-1	44.2%	8-14	14-9
18	Cleveland BrownsAFC North	.509	30-32	5-3	48.4%	14-14	13-13
19	San Francisco 49ersNFC West	.505	23-29-1	6-1	44.3%	9-11-1	13-12
20	Buffalo BillsAFC East	.500	24-29	6-1	45.3%	11-11	12-12
21	Indianapolis ColtsAFC South	.494	31-27-1	2-6	53.4%	13-13	12-12-1
22	Kansas City ChiefsAFC West	.487	23-30	5-2	43.4%	11-13	10-12
23	New York JetsAFC East	.485	31-30	2-6	50.8%	12-15	13-13
24	Houston TexansAFC South	.478	26-25-1	2-5	51.0%	9-11-1	12-12
25	Cincinnati BengalsAFC North	.458	22-31	5-2	41.5%	8-15	12-11
26	Baltimore RavensAFC North	.456	27-34	4-4	44.3%	14-12	9-18
27	Las Vegas RaidersAFC West	.454	25-34	4-4	42.4%	14-14	7-16
28	Washington CommandersNFC East	.423	23-29-1	2-4-1	44.3%	13-9	6-18
29	Dallas CowboysNFC East	.421	25-34-2	3-5	42.6%	8-20	12-11-2
30	Philadelphia EaglesNFC East	.415	25-32-2	2-6	44.1%	10-15-1	9-15-1
31	Tennessee TitansAFC South	.398	26-34-1	1-7	43.4%	14-13	5-20-1
32	New York GiantsNFC East	.376	17-35-1	4-2-1	33.0%	5-16	10-15

32 teams shown.

Finished games only. Each opponent counts once per game played, so a team met twice counts twice. Ties count as half a win. Regular-season games only.

Opponents' combined record adds up three parts: their record before playing the team, their record in the games against the team, and their record since.

Adjusted for opponents' schedules = (2 × opponents' winning percentage + opponents' opponents' winning percentage) ÷ 3, from finished games only. Each opponent's winning percentage leaves out its games against the team being ranked. Ties count as half a win.

Questions

Why does this differ from other strength-of-schedule rankings?: Many popular lists rate opponents by predicted power or point margin. Ours uses only real results: how often a team's opponents have won, plus how often those opponents' own opponents have won.