2021 NFL Schedule - Strength of Schedule (SOS)

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With the 2020 NFL regular season now complete, we know which opponents each NFL team will face in 2021.

Although not yet official, the NFL is pushing towards expanding the regular-season slate to 17 games in 2021, but it's currently unclear whether AFC or NFC teams will host that 17th game. The additional game will be a matchup against a team from the other conference and conferences will alternate hosting that additional game every year.

Our SOS has been updated to include the expected 17th game per opponent.

Based on 2020 final results, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have the league's most difficult schedule in 2021 and Philadelphia Eagles will have the easiest.

MORE: Team-by-Team List of 2021 NFL Opponents

NEW: Way-too-early 2021 Fantasy Football Mock Draft

SOS BASED ON 17-GAME SCHEDULE

Rank	Team	Opp. Record	Opp. Win Pct.
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	155-115-2	0.574
2	Baltimore Ravens	152-118-2	0.563
3	Chicago Bears	149-122-1	0.55
4	Green Bay Packers	147-124-1	0.542
5	Minnesota Vikings	144-127-1	0.531
6	Detroit Lions	143-127-2	0.529
6	Cincinnati Bengals	144-128-0	0.529
8	Las Vegas Raiders	142-128-2	0.526
9	Cleveland Browns	140-130-2	0.518
10	Los Angeles Rams	140-132-0	0.515
11	Seattle Seahawks	139-133-0	0.511
11	Kansas City Chiefs	138-132-2	0.511
13	Arizona Cardinals	138-134-0	0.507
13	Tennessee Titans	138-134-0	0.507
15	Houston Texans	137-135-0	0.504
15	Washington Football Team	136-134-2	0.504
17	Los Angeles Chargers	133-137-2	0.493
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	133-138-1	0.491
19	San Francisco 49ers	132-138-2	0.489
19	New York Jets	132-138-2	0.489
19	New England Patriots	133-139-0	0.489
22	New Orleans Saints	131-140-1	0.483
23	Buffalo Bills	130-142-0	0.478
23	Indianapolis Colts	130-142-0	0.478
25	New York Giants	128-142-2	0.474
26	Carolina Panthers	128-143-1	0.472
27	Denver Broncos	127-143-2	0.471
27	Miami Dolphins	128-144-0	0.471
29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	126-145-1	0.465
30	Atlanta Falcons	123-148-1	0.454
31	Dallas Cowboys	122-148-2	0.452
32	Philadelphia Eagles	117-155-0	0.43

SOS BASED ON 16-GAME SCHEDULE

While all expectations are that the 2021 NFL schedule will feature 17 regular-season games (and three preseason games), here is the strength of schedule based on a 16-game schedule (just in case the 17-game schedule is not implemented for 2021).

Rank	Team	Opp. Record	Opp. Win Pct.
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	143-111-2	0.563
2	Baltimore Ravens	142-112-2	0.559
3	Chicago Bears	141-114-1	0.553
4	Detroit Lions	138-116-2	0.543
5	Cincinnati Bengals	138-118-0	0.539
6	Minnesota Vikings	137-118-1	0.537
7	Las Vegas Raiders	134-120-2	0.527
8	Green Bay Packers	133-122-1	0.521
9	Cleveland Browns	132-122-2	0.52
10	Houston Texans	132-124-0	0.516
11	Jacksonville Jaguars	129-126-1	0.506
12	Los Angeles Rams	129-127-0	0.504
13	San Francisco 49ers	128-127-1	0.502
13	New York Jets	128-127-1	0.502
15	Los Angeles Chargers	126-128-2	0.496
15	Arizona Cardinals	127-129-0	0.496
15	Seattle Seahawks	127-129-0	0.496
15	New England Patriots	127-129-0	0.496
19	Tennessee Titans	126-130-0	0.492
19	Kansas City Chiefs	125-129-2	0.492
21	Carolina Panthers	124-131-1	0.486
22	Washington Football Team	123-131-2	0.484
23	Buffalo Bills	123-133-0	0.48
23	Denver Broncos	122-132-2	0.48
25	Atlanta Falcons	122-133-1	0.479
26	Miami Dolphins	122-134-0	0.477
27	New Orleans Saints	120-135-1	0.471
28	New York Giants	118-136-2	0.465
28	Indianapolis Colts	119-137-0	0.465
30	Dallas Cowboys	115-139-2	0.453
31	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	115-140-1	0.451
32	Philadelphia Eagles	115-141-0	0.449

MORE: Team-by-Team List of 2021 NFL Opponents

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