Updates are grouped by football week, ending Sunday. We explain the meaningful product, data, and model changes without publishing proprietary weights or implementation details.
Projection and operations expansion
Added early-season ranking calibration safeguards so one hot start cannot create an outsized model jump.
Added a standalone 12-team CFP bracket forecast blending AP, Coaches, and Saturday Board rankings.
Separated the CFP field, major national awards watch, and bowl outlook into distinct views.
Expanded awards tracking across the Heisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, position awards, and major defensive and specialist awards.
Moved the changelog to weekly Sunday cutoffs so improvements are easier to follow.
Accounts and a more personal board
Added secure email-based accounts with private sessions and owner-only tools.
Added personal display names, favorite teams, uploaded avatars, password management, and viewer preview.
Opened core rankings and predictions publicly while reserving personal watchlists and the complete Live experience for accounts.
Added owner account review with immediate viewer disable and session revocation.
Added an owner Social Studio with branded graphics, smart hashtags, and manual X posting.
Connected rankings to AP News and the USA Today Coaches Poll, including movement and concise just-outside lists.
Separated current polls, poll comparison, weekly history, and postseason views.
Clarified Live views and added a focused public preview of the most relevant games.
More realistic, accountable forecasts
Promoted conservative venue and matchup calibration across every team.
Added current-season power-rating movement and model-versus-market conflict flags.
Added Coaches Poll coverage and linked ranked teams to full team pages.
Made team pages faster through indexed schedules and published caches.
Made forecasts venue-aware, added national stat ranks, live penalties, and kickoff-time sorting.
Performance and market research
Turned the performance log into a filterable card explorer.
Locked recorded research selections to prevent accidental duplicates.
Added sportsbook-line research, weekly completed-game filters, and AP Poll movement.
Moved primary live scoring to ESPN while protecting CFBD usage.
The foundation
Launched The Saturday Board identity and approved scoreboard logo.
Added resilient live-score refreshes, watchdog retention, bounded backups, and deployment health checks.
Aligned the football week to roll forward on Monday after any Monday game is final.
