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.
12 games · 5 viewing windows
11:00 AM CT3 of 4 slots — that's everything live
12:00 PM CT
in: KENN
115
MassachusettsMid-American
Bowling GreenMid-AmericanFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
215
Central MichiganMid-American
Ball StateMid-AmericanFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
BALL revenge
315
19MichiganBig Ten
6Ohio StateBig TenFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
415
Kennesaw StateConference USA
Western KentuckyConference USAFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
3:30 PM CT
out: MASS, CMU, MICHin: NMSU, LIB, SHSU
115
Kennesaw StateConference USAWestern KentuckyConference USAFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
215
New Mexico StateConference USA
Middle TennesseeConference USAFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
NMSU revenge
315
LibertyConference USA
Missouri StateConference USAFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
LIB revenge
415
Sam HoustonConference USA
Florida InternationalConference USAFBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
8:00 PM CT1 of 4 slots — that's everything live
out: KENN, NMSU, LIB, SHSUin: NEV
10:00 PM CT2 of 4 slots — that's everything live
in: SAC
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.”