2026 Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule — by Position
Every team’s 18-week slate, colored by how generous each opponent was to QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs last season. Filter to the fantasy playoffs, the early weeks, or any custom stretch.
Strength of schedule — 2026, by position
Cell = opponent that week, colored by how generous that defense was to the position in 2025. Teal is the softest matchup, crimson the stingiest; the number is that defense's rank, 1–32 (rank 1 allowed the most fantasy points).
- 28–32
- 22–27
- 17–21
- 12–16
- 6–11
- 1–5
| Team · avg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI 12.2 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| CLE 12.8 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| TEN 14.2 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| DAL 14.4 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| HOU 14.4 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| JAX 14.4 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| MIN 14.6 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| IND 15.1 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| NYG 15.1 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| NO 15.2 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| WAS 15.2 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| CIN 15.6 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| ATL 16.1 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| ARI 16.4 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| SEA 16.4 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| BAL 16.6 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| LAR 16.9 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| CAR 17.0 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| GB 17.0 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| DET 17.1 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| BUF 17.3 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| NE 17.5 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| LAC 17.8 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| PIT 17.8 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| SF 17.8 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| MIA 18.0 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| TB 18.4 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| KC 18.6 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| DEN 18.9 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| CHI 19.2 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| NYJ 19.6 | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
| LV 20.2 | BYE |
How it works
Each cell shows a team’s opponent for that week and that opponent’s 2025 points-allowed rank against the position you’ve selected. The formula is simple and fully disclosed: for every defense we total the fantasy points scored against it by opposing QBs, RBs, WRs, or TEs across the 2025 regular season (in your chosen scoring format), divide by games played, and rank all 32 defenses. Rank 1 allowed the most points per game — the juiciest matchup, shown in green. Rank 32 is the stingiest, shown in red. The row average is the mean of those ranks across the non-bye weeks in your selected range, so a lower number means a softer schedule.
Why ranks instead of raw points?
Raw points-allowed numbers aren’t comparable across positions — a “bad” TE defense gives up 12 points a game while a bad WR corps allows 35. Ranks put every position on the same 1–32 scale, so the colors mean the same thing whether you’re looking at tight ends or wideouts. The tap-for-detail view still shows the underlying points per game for anyone who wants the raw number.
What points-allowed actually measures — and when SoS matters
Points allowed to a position blends true defensive quality with schedule luck: a defense that faced three top-five receivers looks worse against WRs than it is. It also can’t see 2026 coaching changes, rookie corners, or scheme shifts — which is why we build the map from last season’s data and say so, rather than pretending to project defenses forward. Strength of schedule earns its keep in three spots: streaming positions (DST and TE, where the matchup often is the decision), planning for the fantasy playoffs in weeks 15–17, and breaking ties between players you already rate as equivalent. It should almost never overrule talent — a stud with a brutal slate still outscores a mediocre player with a soft one.
Related tools
- Playoff schedule strength — a focused look at weeks 15–17 only.
- Bye-week clash checker — see whether your roster all sits out the same week.
- 2026 schedule grid — the full slate with byes and late-season weather flags.
Data via nflverse.com (CC-BY-4.0): 2025 player stats and the 2026 NFL schedule.