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Methodology

How it works

Every forecast on the site comes from a simulation, not a hot take. The models are deliberately different — the right tool for each sport — but they share one standard: probabilities you can check, explanations you can read, and a public record you can hold us to.

Diverse models

Poisson goals for soccer, Pythagorean + log5 for MLB and the NBA, market-anchored for the NFL, a blend for college football.

One standard

Every sport reports the same outputs — game odds, expected finish, playoff and title probability — through shared components.

Receipts

Each number is timestamped to the Ledger and graded against results. We publish the misses, and we never backdate.

Pick a model

College Footballv1 (points-scale, MOV-aware)

Who makes the 12-team Playoff, who's on the bubble, and who wins it all.

CFBD (ratings, returning production) + betting-market win totals & spreads · updated weekly in season

NFLv1 (market-anchored, + disagreement overlay)

Playoff seeding and Super Bowl odds for all 32 teams.

Betting-market win totals, spreads & totals; optional documented overlay · updated weekly in season

Premier Leaguev1 (independent-Poisson, regression 0.5)

Title, top-four (Champions League), and relegation odds for all 20 clubs.

openfootball (history) + football-data.org (live) — free, no quota · updated weekly (nightly in season)

MLBv2 (Pythagorean + log5, regression 0.25, + deadline overlay; game predictions add the announced starting pitchers and a rotation FIP correction)

Playoff, division, pennant, and World Series odds for all 30 clubs.

MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) — free, no key; documented roster overlay · updated daily

NBAv1 (Pythagorean net rating, regression 0.35; market win-total anchor + roster overlay)

Playoff, play-in, conference, and championship odds for all 30 teams.

ESPN (records + point differential); market season win totals; documented roster overlay · updated preseason (daily once the season tips off)

Formula 1v1 (points-per-race pace + race Monte Carlo)

Drivers' and constructors' championship odds for the rest of the season.

jolpica-f1 (the free Ergast successor) — standings + schedule · updated after every grand prix

WNBAv1 (Pythagorean net rating + rest-of-season Monte Carlo)

Championship and playoff odds for every team, rest of season.

ESPN (free) — records + points for/against · updated weekly in season

See the running scorecard on the Ledger.