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Links open at Neil’s Substack- On the brink
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Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - ⚾ 2026 MLB Elo Power Ratings, Playoff Odds & Wins Above Replacement (WAR) rankings 📈
The following table is a list of MLB teams with their Elo ratings and their predicted wins throughout the 2026 season.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - 🏀 2026-27 NBA Elo Forecast and Player Ratings 📈
Track how I'm forecasting every team’s chance to make — and win — the NBA Finals, all season long.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - 🏒 2026-27 NHL Team Elo Power Rankings & Goals Above Replacement Player Ratings 📉
Power ratings and forecasts for every NHL team and player this season.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - 🎓2026 College Football Odds Tracker and QB Rankings🏈
Aggregated market forecasts for college football teams this season.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - ⚽ 2026-27 English Premier League Tracker 📈
Aggregating each team's market odds to avoid relegation, finish highly or win the 2026-27 EPL championship.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - 📈2026 NFL Odds Tracker, Elo Ratings and Player Rankings🏈
Aggregated predictions, Elo rankings and forecasts for every NFL team this season.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - Is This the October of Small Ball? It’s Complicated.
The long-ball is out, manufacturing runs is in. At least, that’s the story of this postseason — but the numbers suggest things aren’t quite that simple.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - The ice is shifting
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Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - Before Tom Brady Was Great, He Was Good Enough To Win With
Twenty-five years after his first NFL touchdown pass, a look back at how Brady helped the 2001 Patriots win a Super Bowl — not by raising his ceiling, but by raising his floor.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - Trouble Brewing
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Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - Neither Won the NBA Title. Now They’re Historic Co-Favorites.
Despite not winning in ‘26, the Spurs and Thunder are dead-even with each other now, historically far ahead of everyone else... and only one can escape the West.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - No easing into the week
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Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - Bills-Rams Could Show Us One Super Bowl Team. But Maybe Not Two.
The NFL’s strongest interconference games often feature an eventual Super Bowl squad, but seldom do they nail both teams in the actual Super Bowl matchup.
Summary from publisher feedRead at Neil’s Substack → - 🏁 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Rankings 🚗
Tracking the top drivers in the sport, all season long.
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