GIE plays Pick 'Em too. Every week the model ranks the whole slate by confidence — most sure at the top, least sure at the bottom — and drops its picks into the pool right alongside everyone else. Here's the full Week 0 board. Beat it if you can.
GIE's most confident call this week: Jacksonville State. Its coin-flips are at the bottom, where the whole thing can swing.
GIE's Week 0 board
8. Jacksonville State at North Dakota State — GIE leans Jacksonville State, but this one's genuinely live.
7. Eastern Michigan vs Sacramento State — GIE leans Eastern Michigan, but this one's genuinely live.
6. USC vs San José State — GIE's surest call on the board — a clear gap between these two.
5. Florida State vs New Mexico State — GIE's surest call on the board — a clear gap between these two.
4. TCU vs North Carolina (neutral) — GIE leans TCU, but this one's genuinely live.
3. Hawai'i at Stanford — Basically a coin flip — GIE just nudges toward Hawai'i.
2. Virginia vs NC State — GIE leans Virginia, but this one's genuinely live.
1. Memphis at UNLV — GIE leans Memphis, but this one's genuinely live.
That's the model's hand — 8 picks, ranked. Think you can do better? Make your own before kickoff at Pick 'Em. Free to play, bragging rights only.