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How good is the model?

Calibration over 871 decided games across 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Each row groups games by the home win probability that was forecast; a well-calibrated forecaster's "actual" column matches its "forecast" column. Brier score is mean squared error, lower is better.

Elo Brier: 0.2164
Closing spread Brier: 0.2107 over 871 games with a line
Constants: K 20, home field 48, bye +25, playoff ×1.2, offseason reversion 50%, QB multiplier 3.3. Tune them with scripts/tune.ts.
Forecast binElo gamesForecastActualΔSpread gamesForecastActualΔ
0%–10%00
10%–20%1117%9%·916%11%·
20%–30%3826%34%+83626%22%-4
30%–40%9636%29%-713236%29%-7
40%–50%15945%39%-617043%41%-2
50%–60%19255%52%-317757%60%+3
60%–70%17865%69%+521465%71%+6
70%–80%14375%71%-38674%71%-3
80%–90%5184%94%+104584%93%+9
90%–100%391%100%·291%100%·

Δ is actual minus forecast in points of probability; a negative Δ in the high bins means overconfidence in favorites. Bins under 20 games show a dot.