Daily win/loss predictions and value edges vs closing lines
Calibrated XGBoost | 2022-2026 (Transfer Portal Era)
LIVE
Today
DEC 16
Total Games
41
Model
XGBoost
Features
144
Training Set
25,500+
Season
2025-26

Model Information

  • XGBoost Win/Loss Model: 144 features, trained on ~25,500 games (2022-2026 transfer portal era, 1.5x recency weighting)
  • XGBoost Points Model: 143 features, trained on ~39,700 samples (2023-2026 current scoring era, 8.0x weighting on 2026 games)
  • Walk-Forward Validated Accuracy: 75.6% (77.8% excluding COVID 2021 season)
  • Points Model Performance: MAE 6.10, R² 0.671 (improved with aggressive current-year weighting)
  • Prediction Features: Uses 2026 season rolling stats (current team performance, updated daily)
  • Confidence Penalties: 15% neutral site reduction, 10% underdog reduction (ML strategies)

📅 All Games Today

Game Prediction Time (ET) Hype Level
Abilene Christian (7-3) @ Arizona #1 (9-0) Arizona (96.2%) 09:00 PM 44
Queens University (5-6) @ Arkansas #14 (8-2) Arkansas (96.0%) 09:00 PM 29
Toledo (5-5) @ Michigan State #9 (9-1) Michigan State (96.0%) 06:30 PM 29
Kansas City (2-9) @ Oklahoma (7-3) Oklahoma (95.4%) 07:00 PM 5
Le Moyne (5-5) @ Texas (7-4) Texas (95.2%) 08:00 PM 5
Pacific (8-3) @ BYU #10 (9-1) BYU (94.9%) 09:00 PM 40
Lipscomb (6-4) @ Duke #3 (10-0) Duke (94.7%) 06:00 PM 35
Florida International (5-3) @ Miami (9-2) Miami (94.7%) 07:00 PM 25
Mary Baldwin (0-1) @ High Point (8-3) High Point (94.7%) 07:00 PM 15
East-West University (0-1) @ Northern Illinois (3-7) Northern Illinois (94.5%) 08:00 PM 6
Northern Colorado (9-1) @ Texas Tech #19 (7-3) Texas Tech (94.4%) 08:00 PM 41
DePaul (8-3) @ St. John's #22 (6-3) St. John's (94.1%) 07:00 PM 41
Chicago State (1-9) @ Bowling Green (7-3) Bowling Green (94.0%) 07:00 PM 6
Canisius (5-6) @ Rhode Island (7-4) Rhode Island (93.5%) 07:00 PM 6
Ohio Wesleyan (0-1) @ Ohio (4-6) Ohio (93.0%) 07:00 PM 7
Midway University (0-3) @ Liberty (6-3) Liberty (92.9%) 06:00 PM 7
East Tennessee State (8-3) @ North Carolina #12 (9-1) North Carolina (91.9%) 08:00 PM 43
Valparaiso (6-4) @ Northwestern (6-4) Northwestern (91.6%) 08:00 PM 8
Towson (6-4) @ Kansas #17 (8-3) Kansas (91.1%) 09:00 PM 34
Long Island University (6-4) @ Mississippi State (5-5) Mississippi State (91.0%) 07:30 PM 9
Kentucky Christian (0-3) @ UNC Asheville (4-7) UNC Asheville (90.1%) 06:30 PM 10
South Carolina (7-3) @ Clemson (8-3) Clemson (88.3%) 07:00 PM 32
Butler (8-2) @ UConn #5 (10-1) UConn (88.0%) 08:30 PM 52
Southern (4-6) @ California Baptist (8-3) California Baptist (83.7%) 10:00 PM 26
Rider (1-8) @ Delaware (3-7) Delaware (81.5%) 07:00 PM 18
North Carolina A&T (5-4) @ UNC Greensboro (3-8) UNC Greensboro (81.0%) 07:00 PM 19
Florida State (5-5) @ Dayton (8-3) Dayton (78.5%) 07:00 PM 32
Louisville #11 (9-1) @ Tennessee #20 (7-3) Tennessee (76.7%) 07:00 PM 73
Howard (7-5) @ Drexel (4-6) Drexel (76.6%) 11:00 AM 23
Marist (7-2) @ Georgia Tech (6-4) Georgia Tech (76.4%) 07:30 PM 34
Oral Roberts (5-7) @ Missouri State (4-5) Missouri State (73.9%) 08:00 PM 26
South Carolina Upstate (6-6) @ South Carolina State (0-11) South Carolina State (73.2%) DOG 06:00 PM 27
Little Rock (2-8) @ Morehead State (3-7) Morehead State (69.8%) 07:30 PM 30
UT Rio Grande Valley (3-6) @ Lamar (5-4) Lamar (67.0%) 07:00 PM 33
Belmont (10-1) @ Evansville (4-7) Belmont (66.3%) 07:00 PM 44
Tarleton State (7-4) @ Mississippi Valley State (1-9) Tarleton State (64.8%) 07:00 PM 35
Miami (OH) (10-0) @ Wright State (5-6) Wright State (61.1%) 07:00 PM 49
Sacred Heart (4-6) @ UMass Lowell (4-8) UMass Lowell (57.2%) DOG 06:00 PM 43
Dartmouth (4-5) @ Holy Cross (5-6) Holy Cross (55.6%) DOG 06:00 PM 44
Montana State (4-7) @ Cal Poly (5-6) Cal Poly (55.5%) DOG 10:00 PM 44
UC San Diego (9-1) @ Loyola Marymount (7-3) Loyola Marymount (53.1%) DOG 11:30 PM 67
Game Prediction Time (ET) Hype Level
Montana State (4-7) @ Cal Poly (5-6) Cal Poly (55.5%) DOG 10:00 PM 44
UC San Diego (9-1) @ Loyola Marymount (7-3) Loyola Marymount (53.1%) DOG 11:30 PM 67
Miami (OH) (10-0) @ Wright State (5-6) Wright State (61.1%) 07:00 PM 49
Florida State (5-5) @ Dayton (8-3) Dayton (78.5%) 07:00 PM 32
Little Rock (2-8) @ Morehead State (3-7) Morehead State (69.8%) 07:30 PM 30
UT Rio Grande Valley (3-6) @ Lamar (5-4) Lamar (67.0%) 07:00 PM 33
Oral Roberts (5-7) @ Missouri State (4-5) Missouri State (73.9%) 08:00 PM 26
Howard (7-5) @ Drexel (4-6) Drexel (76.6%) 11:00 AM 23
Marist (7-2) @ Georgia Tech (6-4) Georgia Tech (76.4%) 07:30 PM 34
Game Prediction Time (ET) Hype Level
Louisville #11 (9-1) @ Tennessee #20 (7-3) Tennessee (76.7%) 07:00 PM 73
Little Rock (2-8) @ Morehead State (3-7) Morehead State (69.8%) 07:30 PM 30
UT Rio Grande Valley (3-6) @ Lamar (5-4) Lamar (67.0%) 07:00 PM 33
Miami (OH) (10-0) @ Wright State (5-6) Wright State (61.1%) 07:00 PM 49
Sacred Heart (4-6) @ UMass Lowell (4-8) UMass Lowell (57.2%) DOG 06:00 PM 43
Dartmouth (4-5) @ Holy Cross (5-6) Holy Cross (55.6%) DOG 06:00 PM 44
Montana State (4-7) @ Cal Poly (5-6) Cal Poly (55.5%) DOG 10:00 PM 44
UC San Diego (9-1) @ Loyola Marymount (7-3) Loyola Marymount (53.1%) DOG 11:30 PM 67
Game Prediction Edge Time (ET) Hype Level
Sacred Heart (4-6) @ UMass Lowell (4-8) UMass Lowell (57.2%) DOG +0.0% 06:00 PM 43
Dartmouth (4-5) @ Holy Cross (5-6) Holy Cross (55.6%) DOG +0.0% 06:00 PM 44
Montana State (4-7) @ Cal Poly (5-6) Cal Poly (55.5%) DOG +11.7% 10:00 PM 44
UC San Diego (9-1) @ Loyola Marymount (7-3) Loyola Marymount (53.1%) DOG +11.2% 11:30 PM 67
Game Pick Confidence Moneyline Expected Value Time (ET)
Mississippi Valley State vs Tarleton State Mississippi Valley State DOG 35.2% +900 ⭐⭐⭐ +252.4% 07:00 PM
Abilene Christian @ Arizona Abilene Christian DOG 3.8% +5000 ⭐⭐⭐ +92.3% 09:00 PM
Kansas City @ Oklahoma Kansas City DOG 4.6% +3500 ⭐⭐⭐ +67.3% 07:00 PM
Game Prediction Time (ET) Hype Level
Game Prediction Edge Time (ET) Hype Level
Montana State (4-7) @ Cal Poly (5-6) Cal Poly (55.5%) +11.7% 10:00 PM 44
UC San Diego (9-1) @ Loyola Marymount (7-3) Loyola Marymount (53.1%) +11.2% 11:30 PM 67
Miami (OH) (10-0) @ Wright State (5-6) Wright State (61.1%) +10.2% 07:00 PM 49
Florida State (5-5) @ Dayton (8-3) Dayton (78.5%) +9.6% 07:00 PM 32
Little Rock (2-8) @ Morehead State (3-7) Morehead State (69.8%) +8.7% 07:30 PM 30
UT Rio Grande Valley (3-6) @ Lamar (5-4) Lamar (67.0%) +8.5% 07:00 PM 33
Oral Roberts (5-7) @ Missouri State (4-5) Missouri State (73.9%) +6.1% 08:00 PM 26
Howard (7-5) @ Drexel (4-6) Drexel (76.6%) +5.7% 11:00 AM 23
Marist (7-2) @ Georgia Tech (6-4) Georgia Tech (76.4%) +5.2% 07:30 PM 34
Game Prediction Edge Time (ET) Hype Level
Montana State (4-7) @ Cal Poly (5-6) Cal Poly (55.5%) +11.7% 10:00 PM 44
UC San Diego (9-1) @ Loyola Marymount (7-3) Loyola Marymount (53.1%) +11.2% 11:30 PM 67
Miami (OH) (10-0) @ Wright State (5-6) Wright State (61.1%) +10.2% 07:00 PM 49

Model Explainability (SHAP Analysis)

SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) values show which features have the most impact on our model's predictions. The values below represent the mean absolute SHAP value across all 41 games today.

XGBoost Win/Loss Model

Feature importance for win/loss predictions. Higher values indicate stronger influence on the predicted outcome.

Point Spread
0.3844
Away Offensive Rating
0.2786
Away Team Implied Probability
0.2361
Efficiency Diff
0.2082
Srs Diff Rolling
0.1960
Home Team Implied Probability
0.0866
Conference Game True
0.0571
Home Moneyline
0.0539
Away Team Win %
0.0514
Away Moneyline
0.0497
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