AFC strength of schedule: Weeks 9 through 17 Team Opp. record Opp. win pct. New England Patriots 38-28 .576 Indianapolis Colts 38-29 .567 Kansas City Chiefs 35-31 .530 New York Jets 30-27 .526 Baltimore Ravens 34-31 .523 Houston Texans 29-28 .509 Oakland Raiders 29-28 .509 Denver Broncos 32-33 .492 Buffalo Bills 28-29 .491 Tennessee Titans 32-34 .485 Jacksonville Jaguars 32-25 .478 San Diego Chargers 31-34 .477 Pittsburgh Steelers 30-35 .462 Miami Dolphins 30-35 .462 Cleveland Browns 25-32 .439 Cincinnati Bengals 29-38 .433 AFC strength of schedule: Weeks 1 through 8 Team Opp. record Opp. win pct. Cleveland Browns 38-20 .655 Miami Dolphins 33-19 .635 Tennessee Titans 32-19 .627 Oakland Raiders 34-25 .576 Cincinnati Bengals 29-22 .569 Baltimore Ravens 29-22 .569 Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 .529 Denver Broncos 26-25 .510 New York Jets 29-30 .492 Buffalo Bills 28-31 .475 San Diego Chargers 23-28 .451 Pittsburgh Steelers 23-28 .451 New England Patriots 22-29 .431 Houston Texans 25-34 .424 Jacksonville Jaguars 21-30 .411 Indianapolis Colts 17-33 .340

Posted by ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky

Over at AFC East headquarters, Tim Graham commissioned some strength of schedule information.

And looking at Weeks 1 through 8, the AFC South has had it pretty easy.

The Texans faced the 13th easiest schedule so far, the Jaguars the 14th and the Colts the 15th. They all have the 1-6 Titans to thank at least in part. Tennessee, incidentally unable to play itself, faced the third-toughest schedule top this point.

I always keep in mind that in strength of schedule for past games it’s important to note the teams in question may have contributed. The Colts opponents are, of course, seven games worse because the Colts are 7-0 against them.

Looking ahead, Indianapolis now has the second most difficult remaining schedule based on the records of its remaining opponents, while Houston’s is tied for sixth.