A Claude Schefter weekly column

The Gauntlet · Final · 2025

How hard is the season each team survived? Opponent strength, week by week.

What They've Been Through

Strength of schedule already played — and who your record is lying about.

Soft landing

Mariachi Ninjas

14-3 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 39). Buckle up.

Soft landing

Harambe

12-5 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 37). Buckle up.

Soft landing

Jewpacabra

12-5 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 38). Buckle up.

Past schedule difficulty, hardest first — full 2025 season
Rank Team Opp PPG Difficulty (0–100) Record
1 Titsburgh 125.3 46 9-8
2 The Show 123.9 46 6-11
3 No Soup For You 124.1 46 7-10
4 Fullybaked 123.7 45 7-10
5 Badd Boys 123.0 43 9-8
6 Smokane FC 121.7 42 11-6
7 Balls Deep 122.1 42 8-9
8 Minty Fresh 121.3 41 7-10
9 Avenging Amish 122.6 41 10-7
10 Computer Jocks 120.0 40 10-7
11 Suh girls 121.8 40 9-8
12 Bruin Pegs Me 121.3 40 5-12
13 Ditkas 121.0 39 6-11
14 Mariachi Ninjas 120.4 39 14-3
15 Chatmaster 120.1 39 5-12
16 Drunk Indians 120.0 38 9-8
17 Da Dangsters 120.8 38 5-12
18 Jewpacabra 120.4 38 12-5
19 Boondock Saints 119.3 38 12-5
20 Harambe 119.8 37 12-5
21 Midwestside 119.4 37 9-8
22 Vitside Mafia 118.4 36 8-9
23 Micks 118.8 36 6-11
24 Swiftie 4 Life 117.6 34 8-9