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.

Schedule victim

2-16 against one of the league's tougher slates (past difficulty 53). Better than the record says.

Soft landing

15-3 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 51). Buckle up.

Soft landing

14-4 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 50). Buckle up.

Past schedule difficulty, hardest first — full 2025 season
Rank	Team	Opp PPG	Difficulty (0–100)	Record
1	Pigskins	105.2	55	11-7
2	Da Dangsters	104.4	53	13-5
3	Fire Ready	104.2	53	2-16
4	Computer Jocks	104.9	53	13-5
5	Wascawy Wabbits	102.7	51	15-3
6	Vitside	103.4	50	12-6
7	Dark Magicians	103.2	50	14-4
8	Bring The Pain	102.0	48	11-7
9	Cowboy Up	102.2	48	5-13
10	Mavericks	102.1	47	5-13
11	Dead Cap	102.1	47	5-13
12	Music City	101.3	46	5-13
13	The Dream	101.7	46	6-12
14	Gridiron Geeks	100.9	45	10-8
15	Mariachi Ninjas	100.6	43	8-10
16	Midwestside	100.4	43	9-9