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Newton saves winner picks for rated FBS matchups in the next seven days before kickoff. Every saved pick counts, including games not featured on the main page. Picks are never rewritten as ratings change. Final scores determine correct and incorrect picks; postponed or canceled games are not counted in the correct-pick percentage. Final-score corrections update the result while preserving the original pick. The season record includes the early-season weeks 1 and 2 runs that trained today's model.

Projected scores are estimates, not promises. Interactive matchup previews and simulated seasons do not enter Newton’s record. Picks refresh after a validated team-rating publication. The record and its underlying SQLite ledger are backed up daily.

Upcoming picks are part of Premium. The full record and every settled pick are open to every free account.

A free account includes rankings, team pages with schedules and results, players, coaches, All-America, live scores, Newton’s public record and every settled pick. Premium adds Newton’s upcoming picks with win probability and projected score, matchup forecasts for any two teams, season forecasts and playoff odds, and SimCentral. Premium members can also use Ask Newton as a preview. Premium is a paid plan. The referral program or a private invitation can also give you Premium for a limited time. See plans and prices.

Live Scores checks for fresh scores every minute while you have it open. If updates fall behind, we keep the last available scores and label them delayed. Team ratings update separately after published results are checked. Their update time appears at the bottom of the app. Actual scores never overwrite your simulated seasons.

Season results use games from the selected season. Team strength is a separate historical rating view that can use prior seasons and a preseason prior. Recruiting talent, injuries, and availability are not yet weighted into that rating. The arrow compares today's ranking with a fresh calculation using only games through the previous week. Up 3 means three places gained; down 3 means three lost. New means no comparable previous ranking. The same formula is used for both weeks.

The season score combines scoring and defending (70%), wins earned against the schedule played (20%), and yards gained versus yards allowed per play (10%). We adjust scoring and yardage for the opponents faced, including observed FCS opponents. Schedule difficulty is the average strength of those opponents, with #1 being toughest.

Scoring and points allowed are per 10 actual drives, including drives that end in kneels. These are all team points, including defensive and special-teams scores, rather than pure offensive scoring. Yardage comes from reported plays and box scores. Passing and receiving do not earn a second team bonus for the same yards. Rushing and receiving touchdowns are counted once in the player touchdown total.

Under the hood, simultaneous regularized offense/defense fits use a 12-drive penalty toward a shared neutral mean. Wins above the expected wins of an average team supply the record component; those expectations use a logistic curve with a 14-point scale on adjusted net points per 10 drives. Components use tied midrank percentiles; exact overall ties use team ID for stable ordering. These are editorial choices awaiting broader backtesting, not a measured accuracy guarantee.

Early-season rankings can move sharply because few games connect the schedules. Teams missing required game data stay visible as Pending. Game forecasts are a separate current-season points model, so the higher-ranked team is not necessarily the favorite in every matchup. Simulated seasons never change actual rankings.

The chance to win tells you which team has the better shot. The point difference names the favored team. Neutral-site matchups remove the home-field advantage. The estimated score gives a rough picture of a possible finish, not an exact-score prediction.

We play out the remaining season thousands of times. You can choose winners and see how those results change conference, playoff, and championship chances. These are our projections, not official playoff selections. Changing your picks does not change any actual game result.

All-America selections and player grades are live, and each position is graded against its own position group. Player profiles show current-season totals first, with earlier seasons listed separately. A production percentile is not a season grade. Missing positions are never filled with invented ratings.

School history sums the available published coach-season records for that school. Duplicate entries and empty appointment rows are excluded. Some careers have missing years, and the coach feed can trail the game results feed. These totals are not verified complete tenure records. Full career records, coaching grades, championships and recruiting summaries remain withheld until their coverage is verified.

No. Saturview's award watchlists come from our own player grades. They are not official award ballots and do not measure media attention.

Yes, with Premium, as a preview. Ask Newton answers questions about teams, players and games. It can be busy or unavailable at times, and it can make mistakes, so treat its answers as a starting point for the football conversation.

SimCentral plays through one hypothetical regular season, one week at a time. Actual finals stay fixed. Simulated results change the outlook for later games, including teams you are not following. Choose a winner to explore a what-if; that restarts the same season with your choice applied. New season starts a different story.

A surprising win makes a cautious difference, rather than instantly turning a team into a title favorite. These are experimental scenarios, not proven improvements in prediction accuracy. Each simulated game considers 99 possibilities and uses one football score from that group to continue the season. Selecting any team in the national picture shows its results from the same run.

After the regular season, SimCentral plays conference title games and a 12-team playoff through the national championship. Bowl assignments, player statistics, and individual awards are not simulated yet. The separate Season forecast has its own postseason assumptions.