Playoff race21.3 / 21.3
The playoff line runs between a win and a loss for at least one team.
Win or go home0.0 / 14.0
Nobody can be eliminated or clinch yet.
Team strength12.7 / 20.0
Seed #8 (4-4) and seed #6 (4-4), 6th and 1st in scoring.
Evenly matched4.3 / 6.0
Two teams very close in quality.
Top of the table / 7.7

How the Pick Is Made

Every battle gets an importance score from 0 to 100, built only from real results. No projections, no odds.

When: after the previous week is final.
What-ifs: where each team would land with a win and with a loss.
Ties: the teams featured less often get the nod.
Weeks: 2 through 13. Rivalry Weeks (1 and 14) and the playoffs don't have one.
Locked: a pick never changes once made.

30Playoff raceHow far each team's seed would move between a win and a loss, with extra weight for crossing the playoff line or the first-round-bye line. Counts for more as the season goes on.

14Win or go homeGames where a loss mathematically ends a team's playoff hopes, or a win clinches a spot.

20Team strengthHow good the two teams are: record plus scoring, so two strong teams beat two weak ones.

6Evenly matchedCloser teams make a better game than a mismatch.

10Top of the tableTwo top-three seeds meeting, or a top-three seed against a playoff team.

Battle of the Week Leaders

Most Battle wins

7-way tie: Benjamin Bled For This, Do It For Dale, DEFCON1 +4 more

Best win % (2+ games)

.500

2-way tie: Benjamin Bled For This, Do It For Dale

Most appearances

2-way tie: Brrrrrrt, The Average Joes

Highest-scoring Battle

368.00

DEFCON1 vs Brrrrrrt · Wk 7

Closest finish

5.65

Do It For Dale vs Brrrrrrt · Wk 4

Biggest blowout

45.35

Benjamin Bled For This vs Do It For Dale · Wk 8

Seed upsets

Lower seed won

Records in Battle of the Week Games

Colony records in Battle of the Week games

Benjamin Bled For This	2	1	1	.500	133.40	132.15
Do It For Dale	2	1	1	.500	151.85	171.70
DEFCON1	1	1	0	1.000	197.10	170.90
Brrrrrrt	3	1	2	.333	172.18	179.58
The Average Joes	3	1	2	.333	150.77	149.72
FREEDOM WARRIORS	1	1	0	1.000	121.90	112.50
Whop’s War Eagles	1	1	0	1.000	129.30	86.45
The Highwaymen	1	0	1	.000	144.65	166.85

Every Battle of the Week

All Battles of the Week
									Why it was picked
2026	Wk 9	(8) The Highwaymen	–	(6) Do It For Dale	–	Upcoming	47	–	A playoff spot is on the line between the #6 and #8 seeds. 1st in the league in scoring, just 4-4 in the standings: that's Do It For Dale.
2026	Wk 8	(7) Benjamin Bled For This	180.35	(3) Do It For Dale	135.00	Benjamin Bled For This	41	Bhayshul Tuten · 32.90	Benjamin Bled For This and Do It For Dale are one result apart from swapping places on either side of the cutoff. Benjamin Bled For This (3 straight wins) and Do It For Dale (2 straight wins): one of these runs ends here.
2026	Wk 7	(3) DEFCON1	197.10	(2) Brrrrrrt	170.90	DEFCON1	50	Drake Maye · 31.65	DEFCON1 and Brrrrrrt are close enough to the top 2 to make this one count double. Brrrrrrt's 164.8 points a game against DEFCON1's 131.5 allowed.
2026	Wk 6	(3) The Average Joes	112.50	(1) FREEDOM WARRIORS	121.90	FREEDOM WARRIORS	56	Isaiah Likely · 26.90	A week off the board in the playoffs goes to whoever wins tonight, The Average Joes or FREEDOM WARRIORS. The Average Joes (2 straight wins) and FREEDOM WARRIORS (5 straight wins): one of these runs ends here.
2026	Wk 5	(8) The Highwaymen	144.65	(6) The Average Joes	166.85	The Average Joes	53	Jared Goff · 31.65	The Highwaymen and The Average Joes are one result apart from swapping places on either side of the cutoff. The points are there for The Average Joes (182.6 a game); the record is only 2-2.
2026	Wk 4	(6) Do It For Dale	168.70	(3) Brrrrrrt	163.05	Do It For Dale	57	Kyren Williams · 36.70	#3 vs #6, with a first-round bye riding on it.
2026	Wk 3	(5) The Average Joes	172.95	(6) Brrrrrrt	182.60	Brrrrrrt	62	Bijan Robinson · 38.30	The Average Joes and Brrrrrrt both punched their way into the field; now they fight each other for the better half of it.
2026	Wk 2	(4) Benjamin Bled For This	86.45	(2) Whop’s War Eagles	129.30	Whop’s War Eagles	68	Josh Allen · 43.30	Records that speak for themselves meet on the field: 1-0 and 1-0.

(#) = seed entering the week

Battle of the Week

2026 · Week 9

The Full Case

Why this game

How the Pick Is Made

Battle of the Week Leaders

Records in Battle of the Week Games

What's at stake

Also considered

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