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The Gauntlet · Week 10 · 2026

How hard is the rest of the season for every team? Opponent strength, week by week — updated every Wednesday.

The Run-In

Remaining-schedule difficulty, hardest first. Trend = rank change vs last week.

Remaining schedule difficulty, hardest first — Week 10
Rank Team Opp PPG Difficulty (0–100) Trend
1 Da Dangsters 132.2 60
2 Fullybaked 128.4 53
3 Suh girls 128.1 52
4 Ditkas 126.3 50
5 Badd Boys 127.1 50
6 The Show 127.1 50
7 Drunk Indians 124.7 49
8 Chatmaster 124.6 48
9 Titsburgh 125.4 47
10 Smokane FC 122.5 45
11 Balls Deep 124.0 45
12 Minty Fresh 122.8 43
13 No Soup For You 123.4 43
14 Boondock Saints 117.8 40
15 Avenging Amish 120.5 39
16 Computer Jocks 118.9 38
17 Swiftie 4 Life 117.1 38
18 Midwestside 117.2 36
19 Bruin Pegs Me 115.8 36
20 Vitside Mafia 116.8 35
21 Mariachi Ninjas 116.6 35
22 Jewpacabra 114.1 33
23 Micks 114.1 32
24 Harambe 113.1 27

What They've Been Through

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

Soft landing

Balls Deep

10-1 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 38). Buckle up.

Soft landing

Mariachi Ninjas

10-1 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 41). Buckle up.

Soft landing

Harambe

8-3 — but they've faced one of the softer schedules so far (past difficulty 41). Buckle up.

Past schedule difficulty, hardest first — through Week 9
Rank Team Opp PPG Difficulty (0–100) Record
1 Smokane FC 126.0 48 8-3
2 Fullybaked 123.5 46 6-5
3 Boondock Saints 123.0 46 5-6
4 No Soup For You 122.4 46 6-5
5 Avenging Amish 122.7 45 5-6
6 Midwestside 122.8 45 5-6
7 Badd Boys 122.8 45 3-8
8 Titsburgh 122.8 44 4-7
9 Ditkas 123.3 43 6-5
10 Computer Jocks 122.7 43 4-7
11 Da Dangsters 121.2 43 4-7
12 Jewpacabra 121.6 43 5-6
13 Drunk Indians 121.6 42 6-5
14 Vitside Mafia 121.4 42 3-8
15 Suh girls 121.7 42 8-3
16 Bruin Pegs Me 121.3 42 5-6
17 Minty Fresh 121.1 41 3-8
18 Harambe 121.1 41 8-3
19 Micks 121.5 41 4-7
20 Mariachi Ninjas 120.1 41 10-1
21 The Show 121.5 40 3-8
22 Balls Deep 118.7 38 10-1
23 Swiftie 4 Life 117.2 35 7-4
24 Chatmaster 116.4 35 4-7

Schedule Swap

What your record would be with another team's schedule: your scores, their opponents. Every game counts, doubleheaders included, through Week 9.

Pick a team to see its record on every other schedule.

American League: every team's record on every schedule. Rows are teams, columns are whose schedule they played.
Team ↓ · Schedule → AMISHJOCKSDANGDITKADRUNKBAKDDICKMWSMINTSMOKESHITVIT
Avenging Amish 5-64-75-64-73-85-62-94-76-53-85-62-9
Computer Jocks 3-84-72-93-83-84-73-84-73-83-86-52-9
Da Dangsters 4-75-64-75-64-74-77-45-64-76-55-63-8
Ditkas 7-46-56-56-56-55-67-46-57-45-66-53-8
Drunk Indians 7-48-38-38-36-58-38-37-49-27-49-27-4
Fullybaked 8-38-38-38-35-66-56-56-56-56-58-36-5
Harambe 7-48-38-38-39-26-58-37-47-48-36-56-5
Midwestside 5-64-73-86-52-93-83-85-66-55-64-73-8
Minty Fresh 3-82-93-84-71-103-82-91-103-84-73-82-9
Smokane FC 8-38-39-29-27-48-38-38-39-28-39-28-3
Suh girls 7-45-66-56-54-76-56-55-65-65-68-34-7
Vitside Mafia 8-39-26-55-66-56-57-45-68-36-57-43-8
National League: every team's record on every schedule. Rows are teams, columns are whose schedule they played.
Team ↓ · Schedule → BADDBALLSSAINTSPEGMECHATJEWNINJASMICKSSOUPSWIFTYSHOWTITS
Badd Boys 3-84-76-55-61-102-92-94-74-73-82-95-6
Balls Deep 9-210-19-29-26-58-39-28-37-48-39-28-3
Boondock Saints 3-85-65-65-64-75-64-75-63-84-74-75-6
Bruin Pegs Me 5-66-54-75-63-87-43-87-46-54-75-65-6
Chatmaster 3-85-64-73-84-74-73-82-94-74-73-82-9
Jewpacabra 8-37-46-57-44-75-65-68-35-66-56-55-6
Mariachi Ninjas 11-011-09-211-010-110-110-111-010-19-210-110-1
Micks 4-75-65-65-65-62-94-74-77-43-85-66-5
No Soup For You 5-68-37-47-44-75-62-97-46-56-55-66-5
Swiftie 4 Life 4-75-68-36-55-67-45-67-46-57-45-66-5
The Show 5-65-62-96-53-84-73-86-54-72-93-81-10
Titsburgh 5-68-35-67-43-86-52-97-44-75-65-64-7

Week-by-Week Heat Map

Each cell = that week's opponent difficulty. Green is a breather; red is the buzz saw.

Grid of 24 franchises by 9 remaining weeks; each cell shows that week's opponent and its difficulty from 0 to 100 — higher is harder.

Opponent difficulty per franchise per remaining week
Team Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18
Smokane FC BYE BYE BYE BYE
Drunk Indians BYE BYE BYE BYE
Minty Fresh BYE BYE BYE BYE
Ditkas BYE BYE BYE BYE
Computer Jocks BYE BYE BYE BYE
Da Dangsters BYE BYE BYE BYE
Avenging Amish BYE BYE BYE BYE
Harambe BYE BYE BYE BYE
Vitside Mafia BYE BYE BYE BYE
Fullybaked BYE BYE BYE BYE
Midwestside BYE BYE BYE BYE
Suh girls BYE BYE BYE BYE
Micks BYE BYE BYE BYE
Bruin Pegs Me BYE BYE BYE BYE
Mariachi Ninjas BYE BYE BYE BYE
Swiftie 4 Life BYE BYE BYE BYE
Titsburgh BYE BYE BYE BYE
Jewpacabra BYE BYE BYE BYE
Badd Boys BYE BYE BYE BYE
Boondock Saints BYE BYE BYE BYE
Chatmaster BYE BYE BYE BYE
Balls Deep BYE BYE BYE BYE
The Show BYE BYE BYE BYE
No Soup For You BYE BYE BYE BYE

Trap Weeks

League-average difficulty of each remaining week — where the league collectively hits a wall.