FROZEN PREDICTION

Southern vs Houston

My CFB Baseline · 2026 Week 2 · revision 3 · Independent

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Houston by 12.4

Why this pick?

Game controlModerately leans home

Avoiding bad lossesModerately leans home

Close-game gritHome data unavailable

Defensive toughnessSmall effect

Scoring punchModerately leans home

Transfer portal impactModerately leans home

Previous-season performanceModerately leans home

Recruiting strengthModerately leans home

Returning productionModerately leans home

Team talentModerately leans home

Big-game winsModerately leans home

Recent formModerately leans home

Wins away from homeModerately leans home

Tough schedulesModerately leans home

Statement winsSmall effect

WinningModerately leans home

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Frozen 2026-09-12T12:04:32.951113-05:00 · Snapshot 10 · Home win probability 0.8294 · 80% margin interval -4.3 to 29.0.

Provisional calibration: real-season accuracy is not established.

Model configuration used

Configuration: Revision 3
Engine version: 3.8.0-kickoff-chronology
Evidence cutoff: Sep 11, 2026 · 7:57 PM CDT

Factors unavailable across the whole snapshot are excluded. Their weight is redistributed among available factors, so the effective model can differ from the configured sliders. Missing evidence for just one team remains neutral. The tables show saved weights; omitted factors are not reconstructed from current model settings.

Factor key	Normalized share
`adj_margin`	0.108108
`avoid_bad_losses`	0.040541
`close_game_wins`	0.027027
`defense_ppg`	0.067568
`offense_ppg`	0.067568
`preseason_portal`	0.040541
`preseason_previous_performance`	0.054054
`preseason_recruiting`	0.067568
`preseason_returning`	0.054054
`preseason_talent`	0.067568
`quality_wins`	0.081081
`recent_form`	0.054054
`road_neutral_wins`	0.040541
`sos`	0.081081
`statement_wins`	0.040541
`win_pct`	0.108108

Retained calibration/context	Frozen value
`version`	provisional-all-slates-policy-v1
`calibration_kind`	documented_policy
`validation_status`	not_historically_validated
`applied_home_field_points`	2.5
`applied_fcs_baseline_z`	-1.5
`residual_scale`	13.0
`residual_scale_source`	documented_policy_not_validated
`intercept`	0.0
`difference_coefficient`	7.0
`home_field_coefficient`	2.5

These values came from this immutable run, not the model’s current settings.

Factor	Home evidence	Away evidence	Normalized share	Home effective share	Away effective share	Weighted difference
Game control	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.108108	0.1136724960254372	0.10810810810810811	0.07503678369534386
Avoiding bad losses	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.040541	0.04262718600953895	0.04054054054054054	0.06929107678727445
Close-game grit	Data unavailable	FCS baseline estimate	0.027027	0.02702702702702703	0.02702702702702703	0.04054054054054054
Defensive toughness	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.067568	0.07104531001589826	0.06756756756756757	0.046414264812772624
Scoring punch	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.067568	0.07104531001589826	0.06756756756756757	0.05128357452561415
Transfer portal impact	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.040541	0.03547297297297297	0.04054054054054054	0.0874035918779918
Previous-season performance	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.054054	0.0472972972972973	0.05405405405405406	0.10180580532342473
Recruiting strength	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.067568	0.05912162162162163	0.06756756756756757	0.12203504772549764
Returning production	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.054054	0.0472972972972973	0.05405405405405406	0.15212434721187956
Team talent	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.067568	0.05912162162162163	0.06756756756756757	0.10115396490759734
Big-game wins	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.081081	0.0852543720190779	0.08108108108108109	0.057421355522821876
Recent form	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.054054	0.0568362480127186	0.05405405405405406	0.08989127415749967
Wins away from home	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.040541	0.04262718600953895	0.04054054054054054	0.060810810810810814
Tough schedules	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.081081	0.0852543720190779	0.08108108108108109	0.09182994129028976
Statement wins	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.040541	0.04262718600953895	0.04054054054054054	0.014785363415041275
Winning	Measured	FCS baseline estimate	0.108108	0.1136724960254372	0.10810810810810811	0.248993438807695

Missing team data was represented neutrally in the calculation; it was not a measured neutral result. Measured equal or offsetting inputs can also have zero effect.

This is the exact saved prediction. Current model settings and current prediction selection are not used here.