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What the data supports

Coverage shows what this release can support. A current roster snapshot does not prove historical playing time, health, or position. Missing evidence remains unavailable.

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Coverage and interpretation

HISTORICAL DIAGNOSTIC

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These are winner forecasts from the experimental results-only team rating. Its probability scale was fitted on 2023 and frozen for 2024 and 2025. This evaluates neither the correctness of SOS ordering nor the APEX composite, player grades or betting performance.

Season / roleModelGamesWinner accuracyBrier ↓Log loss ↓
2023 · Training calibrationResults-only rating79268.5%0.20010.5818
2023 · Training calibrationSimple Elo baseline79265.5%0.23350.6598
2023 · Training calibration50/50 probabilities79250.0%0.25000.6931
2024 · Held outResults-only rating79866.5%0.21020.6081
2024 · Held outSimple Elo baseline79861.9%0.23530.6635
2024 · Held out50/50 probabilities79850.0%0.25000.6931
2025 · Held outResults-only rating80867.1%0.20270.5886
2025 · Held outSimple Elo baseline80863.4%0.23240.6576
2025 · Held out50/50 probabilities80850.0%0.25000.6931

Lower Brier and log loss are better. Accuracy awards half credit to exactly 50% forecasts. Forecasts use earlier UTC dates; historical publication times remain unverified. The Elo comparison is a fixed simple baseline, and these figures do not establish superiority over advanced models.

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