The computers have correctly predicted 65% of the NFL games — here are their picks for Week 3

The NFL season is back and the computers are picking their winners for every game.

Below we take a look at two popular systems used to pick NFL games — Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant, and Elo, the modeling system used by Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.com.

In both cases, the computers are picking outright winners and are not picking against the spread. However, both give a likelihood of teams winning which, in theory, could help measure the strength of certain lines.

After a rough Week 1 for Cortana, it bounced back as both models went 11-5 in Week 2, splitting the four games they disagreed upon. Overall, Elo has a two-game lead, going 21-10 through two weeks. Cortana is 19-12.

Here are the picks for Week 3, with each model's percent chance of winning in parentheses. Games in bold are where the two models disagree on who has the best chance to win. Point spreads are just for reference, via Vegas Insider as of Thursday morning.

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