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Model win probability for every team, every remaining week — and the optimized one-team-per-week path that saves your best teams for the weeks that need them.

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Optimized path · week 1 on

Best distinct-team path through 18 weeks survives them all 1.1% of the time by the model's math.

That number is small because survivor is hard — stacking even strong favorites for months multiplies risk. Honest math, not a defect.

WkPickWin probAlive thruNext-best options
1LAC vs ARI77%77%DET 76% ·wk14JAX 75% ·wk12PHI 74% ·wk9
2LAR vs NYG82%63%LAC 79% ·wk1SEA 78% ·wk10HOU 74% ·wk7
3SF vs ARI79%50%DET 82% ·wk14SEA 70% ·wk10BUF 68% ·wk18
4CHI vs NYJ77%38%BAL 80% ·wk16HOU 73% ·wk7SEA 73% ·wk10
5NE vs LV82%32%HOU 74% ·wk7SEA 71% ·wk10DET 69% ·wk14
6IND vs TEN74%23%LAR 83% ·wk2NE 82% ·wk5PHI 77% ·wk9
7HOU vs NYG81%19%SEA 76% ·wk10LAR 74% ·wk2PHI 73% ·wk9
8CIN vs TEN72%14%SEA 75% ·wk10PIT 72%GB 71% ·wk15
9PHI vs NYG81%11%SEA 87% ·wk10SF 81% ·wk3KC 76%
10SEA @ LV80%8.9%BUF 75% ·wk18LAR 72% ·wk2JAX 68% ·wk12
11DEN vs LV85%7.6%LAC 79% ·wk1BUF 76% ·wk18KC 74%
12JAX vs TEN80%6.1%MIA 71%BUF 70% ·wk18IND 70% ·wk6
13MIN vs CAR73%4.5%SEA 80% ·wk10DEN 75% ·wk11PHI 70% ·wk9
14DET vs TEN83%3.7%SEA 86% ·wk10DEN 74% ·wk11PHI 72% ·wk9
15GB vs MIA67%2.5%DEN 75% ·wk11LAR 74% ·wk2BUF 69% ·wk18
16BAL vs CLE75%1.9%DET 80% ·wk14NE 71% ·wk5MIN 70% ·wk13
17DAL vs NYG69%1.3%SEA 73% ·wk10JAX 69% ·wk12MIN 68% ·wk13
18BUF vs NYJ85%1.1%HOU 84% ·wk7KC 77%NE 72% ·wk5

An amber ·wk tag on an option means the optimizer is saving that team for a later week — taking it now re-routes the rest of your path (toggle it used after you lock a pick and re-plan).

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What this tool honestly is — and isn't

  • Probabilities are model estimates from team Elo ratings, home-field included — the same numbers as our Matchup Predictor. Until 2026 games are played, ratings carry forward from last season. Not a betting line, not a guarantee.
  • There is no pick-popularity or contrarian layer here. No free, reliable source for survivor pick distribution exists, so we won't fabricate one. In large pools, differentiation matters — this tool gives you the honest probability half of that decision.
  • The model's full pick record is graded in public — wins and losses. See the track record →

Weekly survivor check-in

In season, get each week's win probabilities and the updated path outlook in your inbox before Thursday kickoff. Check-ins start when the season does, in September.

On the drawing board

Full-season Survivor Optimizer — $19 one-time

Multiple entries, saved plans, and weekly re-optimized paths by email, for one flat $19 — no subscription, no auto-renew. We'll build it if enough people want it: join the waitlist to vote. Nothing is charged today, and the free planner on this page stays free either way.

Questions, answered

What does the survivor planner do?+

It shows the model's win probability for every NFL team in every remaining week of the 2026 season, then solves for the best one-team-per-week path — never reusing a team — so strong teams get saved for the weeks that need them. Mark the teams you've already used and it re-plans instantly.

Where do the win probabilities come from?+

From our team Elo ratings with home-field included — the same numbers as the Matchup Predictor and our graded game picks. Before the season they carry forward from last season's results. Every model pick is graded in public on our accuracy page, losses included.

Why is there no pick-popularity or contrarian data?+

Because no free, reliable source for survivor pick distribution exists, and we don't fabricate data. Win probability is one honest input into a survivor pick, not the whole answer — in big pools, differentiating from the crowd matters too, and this tool can't see the crowd.

Is the optimized path a guarantee?+

No. Even a well-built path survives a full season only a small percentage of the time — that's the nature of multiplying week after week of risk. The probabilities are model estimates, not promises.

How it works

  • Every game gets a win probability from the standard Elo expectation, with home-field advantage included.
  • The optimizer solves the one-team-per-week assignment exactly (Hungarian algorithm on the full remaining schedule) — it maximizes your survival probability across the whole season, not just this week, which is why it avoids burning top teams early.
  • Your survival probability is the product of every week's win probability — which is why it shrinks fast, and why we show it anyway.