Cortana and Elo are still on fire picking NFL games — here are their picks for Week 13

  • After a slow start to the season, Cortana and Elo have caught fire in recent weeks.

  • The two models we're tracking have correctly picked 65% of the games this season.

  • Cortana has nailed 78% of the games in the last 6 weeks.



The NFL season is now in Week 13, and the two computer models we are tracking are still on fire.

We took 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.

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

Both models have been on fire in recent weeks. Cortana went 12-4 in Week 12 and is now 66-19 (78%) over the last six weeks and 117-59 (66%) overall. Elo has now fallen six games back at 111-65 (63%), but that is more of a testament to how hot Cortana has been.

Here are the picks for Week 13, 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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