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2014 Strength of Schedule

Raiders project to play hardest schedule

The opponents for 2014 are set. And the teams in two West divisions (which will play each other) project to have the hardest schedules next year. All but one of those teams made the playoffs or won double-digit games, and they'll all play 10 games against each other.

The Raiders, therefore, have the hardest schedule of all. They don't get the benefit of playing themselves. Of their 10 west game, the only one against a team with a losing record is St. Louis, which went 7-9 (good for a last-place team).

The four teams in the AFC South project to play the easiest schedules.

2014 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, WINS
TeamWinLossTiePct
Indianapolis1101460.430
Tennessee1121440.438
Houston1131430.441
Jacksonville1161400.453
Baltimore1181380.461
Cleveland1191370.465
NY Giants1191370.465
Cincinnati1201360.469
Pittsburgh1201360.469
New Orleans1191352.469
Carolina1201342.473
Minnesota1211332.477
Philadelphia1221331.479
Tampa Bay1231312.484
Dallas1251310.488
Washington1251301.490
Detroit1241284.492
Chicago1251274.496
Buffalo1271272.500
Green Bay1281262.504
Miami1291252.508
Atlanta1301242.512
New England1311232.516
NY Jets1321222.520
Arizona1401160.547
Kansas City1431130.559
Seattle1431121.561
San Diego1441120.563
San Francisco1441120.563
St. Louis1441111.564
Denver1461100.570
Oakland1481080.578

Things work out similarly if you use points rather than wins. The Colts still project to play the easiest schedule. The Raiders are still at the bottom.

2014 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, SCORING
TeamPoints
Indianapolis24.8
Detroit24.6
Miami24.6
Houston24.5
Minnesota24.3
Tennessee24.3
Buffalo24.3
NY Giants24.2
NY Jets24.0
New England23.9
Green Bay23.9
Chicago23.8
Jacksonville23.8
Carolina23.8
Dallas23.6
Washington23.6
New Orleans23.6
Philadelphia23.6
Tampa Bay23.5
Cincinnati23.3
Cleveland22.9
Baltimore22.7
San Francisco22.7
Kansas City22.6
Pittsburgh22.6
Atlanta22.5
Seattle22.5
San Diego22.5
Arizona22.4
St. Louis22.3
Oakland21.8
Denver21.5

--Ian Allan

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