How accurate are the projections?

Every completed 2026 game between two teams with full stats on file, graded the honest way: each game is re-projected using only the games that had been played before it, then checked against the final score. Updated weekly.

76.2%Winners picked correctly14,213 of 18,649 games
34.8%Final margin within 5 points
49.6%Final margin within 10 points
10.0Typical miss on the marginmedian, in points

Week by week

Week ofGamesWinners Winner %Within 5Within 10Avg miss
2026-10-1886-275%12%62%10.0
2026-10-1122731881-38383%44%57%9.8
2026-10-0423001877-42182%42%57%10.2
2026-09-2721761750-42381%41%56%10.3
2026-09-2022761806-46380%37%54%11.0
2026-09-1322331716-51577%33%49%12.0
2026-09-0621861614-56474%32%47%12.9
2026-08-3021701540-62471%29%43%13.8
2026-08-2320571368-68867%24%38%15.1
2026-08-16911583-32164%23%37%16.0
2026-08-099667-2871%25%35%16.1
2026-08-0295-456%22%44%17.5

Weeks start on Thursday. Margins are capped at 28 points before grading, the same cap the projections use, so a 56-0 rout counts as a 28-point game on both sides. Ties are left out of the winner figures. Through 2026-10-20; 18,695 games graded.

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