Ian Allan
Those who just can’t get enough of Strength of Schedule will want to check out the charts below.
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: GAMES 1-8
Projected strength of schedule for each team in its first eight games, using win-loss records from last year. The Vikings, Packers and Ravens project to play the easiest schedules. The Patriots, Dolphins and Falcons project to play the hardest.
W L T Pct.
48 80 0 .375 Minnesota
48 79 1 .379 Green Bay
48 78 2 .383 Baltimore
50 77 1 .395 Chicago
52 76 0 .406 St. Louis
53 75 0 .414 Seattle
56 71 1 .441 Washington
56 71 1 .441 Pittsburgh
59 69 0 .461 Indianapolis
59 68 1 .465 Houston
61 66 1 .480 Denver
63 65 0 .492 Jacksonville
63 65 0 .492 Detroit
63 64 1 .496 NY Giants
63 64 1 .496 Oakland
65 63 0 .508 San Diego
66 62 0 .516 Tennessee
66 61 1 .520 Dallas
66 61 1 .520 Kansas City
67 60 1 .527 Cleveland
68 60 0 .531 Philadelphia
68 60 0 .531 Arizona
69 59 0 .539 Cincinnati
69 59 0 .539 San Francisco
70 57 1 .551 Tampa Bay
70 57 1 .551 New Orleans
73 55 0 .570 Buffalo
74 53 1 .582 Carolina
75 53 0 .586 NY Jets
76 52 0 .594 Atlanta
76 52 0 .594 Miami
79 49 0 .617 New England
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: GAMES 9-16
Projected strength of schedule for each team in its last eight games, using win-loss records from last year. The Cardinals, 49ers and Browns project to play the easiest schedules. The Buccaneers, Panthers and Falcons project to play the hardest.
W L T Pct.
44 84 0 .344 Arizona
44 83 1 .348 San Francisco
47 80 1 .371 Cleveland
50 78 0 .391 Cincinnati
54 73 1 .426 Pittsburgh
55 72 1 .434 Chicago
56 71 1 .441 Kansas City
57 70 1 .449 Denver
57 69 2 .453 San Diego
58 69 1 .457 Minnesota
58 69 1 .457 Oakland
60 68 0 .469 Baltimore
60 67 1 .473 Detroit
61 67 0 .477 Green Bay
61 67 0 .477 Tennessee
64 64 0 .500 Seattle
66 62 0 .516 Jacksonville
67 61 0 .523 Houston
67 60 1 .527 Dallas
68 60 0 .531 New Orleans
68 59 1 .535 NY Jets
69 59 0 .539 Indianapolis
71 57 0 .555 St. Louis
71 57 0 .555 Philadelphia
71 57 0 .555 Buffalo
71 56 1 .559 Washington
74 54 0 .578 Miami
75 52 1 .590 NY Giants
76 52 0 .594 New England
78 49 1 .613 Atlanta
81 47 0 .633 Carolina
82 46 0 .641 Tampa Bay
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: First Half vs. Second Half
A mixture of the two charts shown above, showing which teams schedules project to swing the most. St. Louis and Washington project to take the biggest shift towards being more difficult. Each plays a top-10 (easiest) schedule during the first half, but then has a bottom-10 schedule in its final eight games. San Francisco, Arizona, Cleveland and Cincinnati are the opposite. All of those teams rank outside the top 20 in difficulty in the first half (they have hard schedules), then play top-10 schedules in their final eight games (easy schedules).
On this chart, there are two numbers that follow each team name. Those show Strength of Schedule ranks for the first and second halves of the season. For the Rams, for example, they rank 5th (easiest) during games 1-8, and they tie for 23rd (easiest) in the second half of the season.
Pct.
-.148 St. Louis (5, 23T)
-.117 Washington (7T, 26)
-.098 Green Bay (2, 14T)
-.094 NY Giants (14T, 28)
-.090 Tampa Bay (25T, 32)
-.086 Baltimore (3, 12)
-.086 Seattle (6, 16)
-.082 Minnesota (1, 10T)
-.078 Indianapolis (9, 22)
-.059 Houston (10, 18)
-.051 Carolina (28, 31)
-.039 Chicago (4, 6)
-.023 Jacksonville (12T, 17)
-.023 Philadelphia (21T, 23T)
-.020 Atlanta (30T, 30)
-.008 Dallas (18T, 19)
+.016 Pittsburgh (7T, 5)
+.016 Buffalo (27, 23T)
+.016 Miami (30T, 27)
+.020 Detroit (12T, 13)
+.020 New Orleans (25T, 20)
+.023 New England (32, 29)
+.031 Denver (11, 8)
+.039 Oakland (14T, 10T)
+.039 Tennessee (17, 14T)
+.051 NY Jets (29, 21)
+.055 San Diego (16, 9)
+.078 Kansas City (18T, 7)
+.148 Cincinnati (23T, 4)
+.156 Cleveland (20, 3)
+.188 Arizona (21T, 1)
+.191 San Francisco (23T, 2)
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