FROZEN PREDICTION

Baylor vs Houston

My CFB Baseline · 2026 Week 13 · revision 3 · Independent

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Houston by 6.5

Why this pick?

Game controlModerately leans home
Avoiding bad lossesSmall effect
Close-game gritSmall effect
Defensive toughnessSmall effect
Scoring punchModerately leans home
Transfer portal impactSmall effect
Previous-season performanceSmall effect
Recruiting strengthSmall effect
Returning productionSmall effect
Team talentSmall effect
Big-game winsModerately leans home
Recent formSmall effect
Wins away from homeModerately leans home
Tough schedulesModerately leans home
Statement winsSmall effect
WinningSmall effect
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Frozen 2026-10-16T22:50:37.468646-05:00 · Snapshot 516 · Home win probability 0.6914 · 80% margin interval -10.2 to 23.2.

Provisional calibration: real-season accuracy is not established.

Model configuration used
Configuration
Revision 3
Engine version
3.8.0-kickoff-chronology
Evidence cutoff
Oct 16, 2026 · 10:50 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 keyNormalized share
adj_margin0.108108
avoid_bad_losses0.040541
close_game_wins0.027027
defense_ppg0.067568
offense_ppg0.067568
preseason_portal0.040541
preseason_previous_performance0.054054
preseason_recruiting0.067568
preseason_returning0.054054
preseason_talent0.067568
quality_wins0.081081
recent_form0.054054
road_neutral_wins0.040541
sos0.081081
statement_wins0.040541
win_pct0.108108
Retained calibration/contextFrozen value
versionprovisional-all-slates-policy-v1
calibration_kinddocumented_policy
validation_statusnot_historically_validated
applied_home_field_points2.5
applied_fcs_baseline_z-1.5
residual_scale13.0
residual_scale_sourcedocumented_policy_not_validated
intercept0.0
difference_coefficient7.0
home_field_coefficient2.5

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

FactorHome evidenceAway evidenceNormalized shareHome effective shareAway effective shareWeighted difference
Game controlMeasuredMeasured0.1081080.140234574196838350.134880163182049980.05194068304725516
Avoiding bad lossesMeasuredMeasured0.0405410.052587965323814380.050580061193268744-0.0010730664376093074
Close-game gritMeasuredMeasured0.0270270.035058643549209590.033720040795512496-0.0017269689928841522
Defensive toughnessMeasuredMeasured0.0675680.087646608873023970.08430010198878124-0.0022127363898907237
Scoring punchMeasuredMeasured0.0675680.087646608873023970.084300101988781240.09406156443210709
Transfer portal impactMeasuredMeasured0.0405410.0101351351351351360.015202702702702704-0.0004666765613847313
Previous-season performanceMeasuredMeasured0.0540540.0135135135135135140.020270270270270270.0017864288455577146
Recruiting strengthMeasuredMeasured0.0675680.0168918918918918930.02533783783783784-0.0013710442342360794
Returning productionMeasuredMeasured0.0540540.0135135135135135140.020270270270270270.006206169366260707
Team talentMeasuredMeasured0.0675680.0168918918918918930.02533783783783784-0.013134955902438081
Big-game winsMeasuredMeasured0.0810810.105175930647628760.101160122386537490.19220892786094335
Recent formMeasuredMeasured0.0540540.070117287098419180.06744008159102499-0.03027452568906222
Wins away from homeMeasuredMeasured0.0405410.052587965323814380.0505800611932687440.09411099516658057
Tough schedulesMeasuredMeasured0.0810810.105175930647628760.101160122386537490.17734887042810113
Statement winsMeasuredMeasured0.0405410.052587965323814380.050580061193268744-0.02178948314771545
WinningMeasuredMeasured0.1081080.140234574196838350.134880163182049980.025449215420359633

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.