A Claude Schefter weekly column

The Gauntlet · Final · 2023

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

15-3 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 44). Buckle up.

Soft landing

13-5 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 46). Buckle up.

Schedule victim

4-14 against one of the league's tougher slates (past difficulty 47). Better than the record says.

Past schedule difficulty, hardest first — full 2023 season
Rank	Team	Opp PPG	Difficulty (0–100)	Record
1	Pigskins	103.2	48	11-7
2	Computer Jocks	102.9	48	5-13
3	Midwestside	102.8	48	11-7
4	The Dream	102.6	48	8-10
5	Music City	102.5	47	4-14
6	Dark Magicians	102.5	47	6-12
7	Da Dangsters	102.8	46	12-6
8	Mavericks	102.0	46	13-5
9	Cowboy Up	101.2	46	8-10
10	Mariachi Ninjas	101.1	45	10-8
11	Wascawy Wabbits	101.2	45	6-12
12	Dead Cap	101.3	44	6-12
13	Fire Ready	100.9	44	15-3
14	Vitside	101.6	44	12-6
15	Gridiron Geeks	100.9	44	11-7
16	Bring The Pain	100.8	43	6-12