Just added a live scoreboard endpoint to the CBB API: → /scoreboard Perfect for tracking March Madness games in real time: 🏀 Live scores ⏱️ Game status 📊 Easy to integrate into apps, bots, or models Available to all Patreon subscribers.

I made a March Madness Pack for anyone who wants to make smarter picks before the tournament starts. Inside: * CSV data files * Jupyter notebooks * analysis-ready structure for exploring teams, matchups, and trends If you want a bracket edge before lock tomorrow: buff.ly/7stmFQL

South Region offensive + defensive breakdown 👀 • Illinois: most efficient offense in the region (131.6) • Houston: elite defense (#1 in region, 96.6) • Florida: strong two-way profile (121 Off / 100 Def) • Vanderbilt: explosive offense but defensive concerns Who comes out of the South?

Midwest Region offensive + defensive breakdown 👀 • Miami (OH): most efficient offense in the region (133.5) • Iowa State: best defense (96.1) and strong two-way profile • Michigan: top seed with elite defensive efficiency • Saint Louis: strong offense + #2 defense Who comes out of the Midwest?

🏀 Where do March Madness upsets happen most often? Historically: the Elite Eight. This chart comes from the datasets in the March Madness Pack. Clean tournament data + Jupyter notebooks for bracket modeling. $25 🔗 buff.ly/7stmFQL

West Region offensive + defensive breakdown 👀 • Purdue: most efficient offense in the region (126.5) • Gonzaga: elite defense (#1 in region, 93.8) • Arizona: strong two-way profile (120 Off / 96 Def) • High Point: potential upset choice? Which team here has the best shot to win the region?

Bracket models are starting to pop up. 🏀 If you're working on March Madness analysis this week, the March Madness Pack gives you clean historical tournament datasets + notebooks for matchup features, upset trends, and bracket modeling. $25 on Gumroad 🔗 buff.ly/7stmFQL

East Region offensive + defensive breakdown 👀 • Duke: elite on both ends (123 Off / 94 Def) • UConn: slow pace but efficient • Northern Iowa: top-tier defense • Kansas: solid on defense but struggling offensively Which team here is the biggest threat to Duke?

🏀 The March Madness Pack is now live - $25. Clean historical tournament datasets + guided Jupyter notebooks for bracket modeling, matchup analysis, and upset research. Built so you can start analyzing this year’s bracket immediately.

🏀 I’m releasing a March Madness Pack on Selection Sunday. Clean historical tournament datasets + Jupyter notebooks for bracket modeling, matchup analysis, and upset research. Overview of the data files and notebooks below. buff.ly/g7vOVoT buff.ly/xAg6lei

March Madness is coming. If you’re building a bracket model, now’s the time. CBB Starter Pack: 🏀 1950–present data 📊 Tournament included 📈 Elo ratings 📓 Analytics notebooks Plus something new dropping soon 👀 👉

What does 75+ years of Michigan basketball look like in one chart? Now you can find out. Historical Elo ratings (1949–present) are officially live on CollegeBasketballData.com. Every game. Every season. Fully queryable via API. Michigan first 👇 Next up?

Coming soon: Elo ratings for college basketball. 🏀📈 1950→ present. Every team. Every game.

🚨 CBB Starter Pack Update 🚨 Along with expanding the API, I’ve updated the CBB Starter Pack to include games back to 1949. ~290k games. Clean CSVs. Ready-to-use notebooks. Perfect for modeling & historical analysis 👇 👉 collegefootballdata.gumroad.com/l/cbb-starte...

Big milestone for CollegeBasketballData 🏀 Added 155k+ historical games and scores, more than doubling the total database to ~295k games. Coverage now runs from 1950-present, including regular season, NCAA Tournament, and NIT games. 👉 collegebasketballdata.com

CFBD Model Pick'em - Postseason Edition Congrats to @CarterSmotherm2 for taking the top spot for postseason games. Top 5 Models by Composite Ranking 1. @CarterSmotherm2 2. @Nex_27 3. u/NotSoSuperNerd 4. @johnbedwards.io 5. @CFB_Geek

Indiana winning the national title is one of the most improbable achievements in college football history. This map shows where that roster came from: under-recruited players, portal additions, and a truly national footprint.

Updated Elo chart for 2025 National Champion Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana gives the B1G three straight national championships, including two undefeated championships in that span.

🚨 New contest alert 🚨 The College Basketball Computer Model Pick’em is live. If you’ve enjoyed the CFB version, this is the next level, built specifically for college hoops modelers. 🏀📊

🚨 New contest alert 🚨 The College Basketball Computer Model Pick’em is live. If you’ve enjoyed the CFB version, this is the next level, built specifically for college hoops modelers. 🏀📊

Normally, I'd wait until after the NCG, but I really wanted to see Indiana's Elo chart at this point. They were basically a vertical line from 2023 to 2024. That trend has continued into 2025.

🚨 Model Pick'em Final Regular Season Update 👑 Congrats to u/hypercube42342 for taking the 2025 season crown and winning 3 of 4 categories! Top 5 Overall Models by Composite Ranking: 1. u/hypercube42342 2. @CFBNumbers 3. @jhnhrris 4. @Stephen_Hill 5. @YCtheflea

Vandy sits No. 1 nationally in CollegeBasketballData.com's Adjusted Offensive Efficiency metric, and this shot map tells the story: 🚀 Heavy volume at the rim 🎯 Concentrated right-wing threes 📈 Strong interior shot diet The formula is working.

Which CFP teams have been most dominant in the trenches? This chart measures opponent-adjusted line yards per rush. Indiana, Miami, and JMU have all built their successes on both setting up and stopping the run. Ole Miss, not so much.

Here’s where every FBS team lands when you compare Team Talent Composite to current Elo ratings. CFP qualifiers are circled. ND sits way up in elite territory with the top Elo rating… but no playoff spot. Pretty tough spot for them. Do you think the committee got it right?

Field goals aren’t supposed to be automatic… but some of these guys didn’t get the memo 😅 Here are the PAAR leaders through Week 14. Tate Sandell is basically printing points.

Who’s been the most efficient QB this season? Here are the leaders in opponent-adjusted EPA/dropback (WEPA) through Week 14. Julian Sayin tops the list, with Diego Pavia and Jayden Maiava close behind.

2026 men’s hoops landscape so far 👀 ➡️ Better offense → ⬆️ Better defense ↑ 🔥 Top-right = contenders Opponent-adjusted efficiency through Nov. 30. Explore the numbers at CollegeBasketballData.com.

Opponent-adjusted Success Rates through Week 14 (Power 4 + ND) The B1G title game is going to be 🔥

CFB Model Pick'em Week 14 Update Congrats to @davidsasser on nabbing the top overall spot! Top 5 Models by Composite Ranking 1. @davidsasser 2. @CFBNumbers 3. @ROFLulose 4. @Nex_27 5. @PEARatings

CFBD Model Pick'em Week 13 Update Congrats to @Bruhndon03 for taking the top spot this week! Top 5 Models by Composite Ranking 1. @Bruhndon03 2. @collegefootballdata.com 2. u/NotSoSuperNerd 4. @johnbedwards.io 4. @redbyrd69.bsky.social

Rivalry Week Elo Charts - UCLA vs USC Tracking the trajectory of both programs, year by year. These programs have been on wildly diverging paths the past few seasons.

Rivalry Week Elo Charts - Alabama vs Auburn Decade by decade. How the Iron Bowl powers have risen, dipped, and traded dominance across 100+ years.

Rivalry Week Elo Charts - Oregon vs Washington Classic Big Ten rivalry between bordering states played on Thanksgiving weekend. Defending B1G Champion Oregon is looking to punch its ticket to Indy this weekend.

Rivalry Week Elo Charts - Georgia vs Georgia Tech But for a few blips, UGA has been on a higher trajectory ever since GT left the SEC with a pretty wide gulf in recent years.

Rivalry Week Elo Charts - Texas vs Texas A&M One of the longest played series in CFB. Texas leads the overall series 77-37-5 with the Aggies looking to nab their first series victory since 2010. Who do you have on Friday night?

Michigan and Ohio State combine for 21 National Championships. When toe meets leather at noon next Saturday, it will have been 2192 days since OSU last had a win in the series. Ryan Day is 1-4 against Michigan. Sherrone Moore is 2-0 against OSU.

Opponent-adjusted Line Yards through Week 13 B1G Country is Trench King Country Indiana, Oregon, Michigan, even Iowa all standing out as dominant on both sides of the line on rush plays.

Opponent-adjusted Success Rates through Week 13 (P4 + ND) B1G CG should be a monster of a game should two of Indiana/Oregon/Ohio State make it in.

There was plenty of excitement last week on the basketball side of things. Here were the Top 10 games by CBB Game Excitement Index. Samford-Texas Southern led the way, followed by St. Bonaventure-Youngstown State and Michigan-Wake Forest.

CFB Model Pick'em Week 12 Update @joshellman.bsky.social DOMINATED with a clean sweep across all categories! Top 5 Models by Composite Ranking 1. @joshellman.bsky.social 2. u/NotSoSuperNerd 2. u/dharkmeat 4. @StatsAfterDark 5. @CFB_Geek 5. u/sim_2_win

Here were the top games for Week 12 by Game Excitement Index, a stat that tracks swings, drama, and win-probability tension. FIU-Liberty tops the week at 9.8, with UNLV-Utah State and ECU-Memphis right behind. Which game had you glued to the screen? 👀

Which teams have gotten the biggest breaks this season? 🍀 This chart ranks the luckiest teams based on postgame win expectancy, comparing actual wins to how many wins their underlying performance suggested. Houston, Missouri State, and Georgia Tech top the list.

Who’s winning the battle in the trenches heading into Week 13? 💪 This chart measures opponent-adjusted line yards per rush, a look at how teams control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. ⬆️ = Strong run defense ➡️ = Dominant run blocking

Opponent-adjusted success rates through Week 12 (P4+ND). A clean look at which teams are driving efficiency on offense, defense, or both. Chart ⤵️

CFB Model Pick'em Week 11 Update Congrats to @ArnoldJohn_cfb for taking the top spot this week, including taking 3 of 4 categories! Top 5 Models by Composite Ranking 1. @ArnoldJohn_cfb 2. @Nex_27 3. @CFB_Geek 3. @Phillies_219 5. u/crustman34

Field goal kickers don’t always get the spotlight but these guys are adding real points above expectation 💥 This chart ranks kickers by Points Added Above Replacement (PAAR) through Week 11. 🏆 Oklahoma’s Tate Sandell leads the nation. 🌈 Hawai‘i’s Kansei Matsuzawa isn’t far behind.

Who’s winning the battle in the trenches? 💪 This chart shows opponent-adjusted line yards per play, a measure of how well teams control the line of scrimmage. ⬆️ = Strong run defense ➡️ = Powerful run blocking Indiana stands out as the most consistent up front.

🏃♂️ RB Efficiency Leaders (through Week 11) 🏃♂️ Here are the Top 15 RBs in opponent-adjusted EPA per carry, measuring who adds the most value every time they touch the ball. 🔥 Michigan’s Justice Haynes holds onto the #1 spot 🌲 Oregon’s Jordon Davison and Noah Whittington aren’t far behind

💨 QB Efficiency Leaders (through Week 11) 💨 Here are the Top 15 QBs in opponent-adjusted EPA per dropback, the ones generating the most value every time they throw. 🔥 Ohio State’s Julian Sayin jumps to the top spot ⚡ USC’s Jayden Maiava right on his heels