A Claude Schefter weekly column

The Gauntlet · Final · 2024

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.

Schedule victim

2-16 against one of the league's tougher slates (past difficulty 56). Better than the record says.

Schedule victim

4-14 against one of the league's tougher slates (past difficulty 49). Better than the record says.

Soft landing

14-4 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 54). Buckle up.

Past schedule difficulty, hardest first — full 2024 season
Rank	Team	Opp PPG	Difficulty (0–100)	Record
1	Computer Jocks	105.3	56	6-12
2	Cowboy Up	105.4	56	2-16
3	Dark Magicians	105.8	56	11-7
4	Fire Ready	105.2	55	11-7
5	Wascawy Wabbits	104.7	54	14-4
6	Vitside	103.9	54	12-6
7	Da Dangsters	104.7	53	12-6
8	Dead Cap	104.1	53	6-12
9	Mariachi Ninjas	103.8	53	12-6
10	The Dream	103.5	52	7-11
11	Mavericks	102.4	51	9-9
12	Music City	103.6	51	10-8
13	Gridiron Geeks	102.9	51	11-7
14	Pigskins	102.7	50	11-7
15	Midwestside	101.7	49	4-14
16	Bring The Pain	101.0	48	6-12