Who has the easiest schedule?

Madden had an interesting comment during the Bears-Giants game. He spoke about people that say that Bears have a very easy schedule this year, but that is their schedule and they are playing their games. This is indeed true, and unless a round-robin or a similar scheduling is introduced, it's very hard to objectively compare the teams from different divisions (and conferences). However, given that all the teams have played nine games, we can compare the combined strength of the opponents by simple adding the number of victories of all opposing teams. Here is the complete chart, sorted by the opponent strength as taken from the combined number of victories:

49 Tampa Bay [2-7]
48 Cleveland [3-6]
47 Buffalo [3-6]
   Tennessee [2-7]
46 N.Y. Giants [6-3]
45 Oakland [2-7]
44 Pittsburgh [3-6]
   Washington [3-6]
43 Arizona [1-8]
   Cincinnati [4-5]
   Detroit [2-7]
   Houston [3-6]
   New England [6-3]
42 St. Louis [4-5]
41 Denver [7-2]
   Minnesota [4-5]
40 Indianapolis [9-0]
39 Kansas City [5-4]
   Miami [3-6]
   N.Y. Jets [5-4]
38 Baltimore [7-2]
   Carolina [5-4]
   Jacksonville [5-4]
   Philadelphia [5-4]
   San Francisco [4-5]
36 Green Bay [4-5]
   New Orleans [6-3]
   Seattle [6-3]
34 San Diego [7-2]
33 Chicago [8-1]
   Dallas [5-4]
32 Atlanta [5-4]

While Indianapolis may not have the toughest schedule, Chicago has one of the easiest... One other thing to notice - Giants and Patriots are really working hard for that 6-3 record. Projecting the schedule forward (based on the current games), we have:

78 Tennessee [2-7]
77 Cincinnati [4-5]
76 Tampa Bay [2-7]
74 N.Y. Giants [6-3]
73 Oakland [2-7]
72 Buffalo [3-6]
   Cleveland [3-6]
71 Denver [7-2]
   Pittsburgh [3-6]
   Washington [3-6]
70 Arizona [1-8]
   Houston [3-6]
69 Detroit [2-7]
68 New England [6-3]
   Philadelphia [5-4]
67 Jacksonville [5-4]
   Kansas City [5-4]
66 Dallas [5-4]
65 San Francisco [4-5]
   St. Louis [4-5]
64 Carolina [5-4]
   Indianapolis [9-0]
   Miami [3-6]
   Minnesota [4-5]
   N.Y. Jets [5-4]
   San Diego [7-2]
63 Green Bay [4-5]
   New Orleans [6-3]
   Seattle [6-3]
61 Baltimore [7-2]
60 Atlanta [5-4]
56 Chicago [8-1]

Hmmm, if they don't go to 15-1, they're most certainly not worth the hype. The remaining schedule looks the toughest for Cincinnati and Dallas:

34 Cincinnati [4-5]
33 Dallas [5-4]
31 Tennessee [2-7]
30 Denver [7-2]
   Philadelphia [5-4]
   San Diego [7-2]
29 Jacksonville [5-4]
28 Atlanta [5-4]
   Kansas City [5-4]
   N.Y. Giants [6-3]
   Oakland [2-7]
27 Arizona [1-8]
   Green Bay [4-5]
   Houston [3-6]
   New Orleans [6-3]
   Pittsburgh [3-6]
   San Francisco [4-5]
   Seattle [6-3]
   Tampa Bay [2-7]
   Washington [3-6]
26 Carolina [5-4]
   Detroit [2-7]
25 Buffalo [3-6]
   Miami [3-6]
   N.Y. Jets [5-4]
   New England [6-3]
24 Cleveland [3-6]
   Indianapolis [9-0]
23 Baltimore [7-2]
   Chicago [8-1]
   Minnesota [4-5]
   St. Louis [4-5]

The charts will be updated weekly.