the yahngorithmWatch guide
A quadbox plan for the day — the 4 best games to have on at every point, ranked by projected competitiveness, pace, ranked-team stakes, and rivalries. Once games kick off it re-ranks on the live score (ESPN): a one-score game late jumps the board, a blowout drops to the bench.
6 games · 2 viewing windows
6:00 PM CT3 of 4 slots — that's everything live
115
OhioMid-American
Miami (OH)Mid-AmericanFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
M-OH revenge
215
Kent StateMid-American
Bowling GreenMid-AmericanFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
BGSU off byeBGSU revengeKENT off bye
315
Western MichiganMid-American
AkronMid-AmericanFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
WMU off bye
11:00 PM CT3 of 4 slots — that's everything live
out: OHIO, KENT, WMUin: MASS, SAC, BUF
Windows use an estimated ~3h40m per game and a 45-min kickoff-clustering window, and change only when the top 4 actually change. Live scores come from ESPN on each refresh — a finished game frees its slot, an in-progress one holds it even if it runs long. Once a later window starts, the finished ones collapse into “earlier windows today.”