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2025 · Week 8 · Pac-12 · backtest — what the model predicted vs what happened, and vs the market
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Week 8 backtest · Pac-12 · 1 games — what the model predicted vs what happened
Straight up
1–0100%
ATS vs close
1–0100%
Model margin MAE
8.7
Market margin MAE
14.5
→ model's margins were closer than the market
Results — model read vs the final score + how the closing-line lean held up
Washington State @ VirginiaFinal 20–22
Model
pred Virginia 10.7 · actual Virginia 2
winner Virginia ✓
ATS vs close
leaned Washington State +16.5Cover ✓
margin err: model 8.7 · mkt 14.5 · closer
The model beats SP+ but not the closing line (ATS ≈ break-even). “Model−Mkt” is the gap between our projected home margin and the market's implied margin — a read on disagreement, not a profitable edge. Upcoming games have no closing line yet, so the market number marked ~ is the consensus midpoint of the best posted spreads across books.