The Origin
Patrick's League, Powered by Math
Patrick is a professional data scientist. He saw that traditional fantasy football never quite fit college—too many teams, too much chaos, too hard to track individual players across 138 programs. So he created something different: draft entire teams, not players. Track whole seasons, not weekly lineups. He built the scoring system, the probability models, the whole framework. The league ran from 2016 through 2019 before the pandemic paused everything.
What I Love About It
The Joy Is Real
The Math
Finding edges in the data, revealing which teams the market undervalues—this is genuinely fun. No apologies.
The Chaos
College football's unpredictability creates opportunities. 138 teams means more chances to find value than any other sport. The variance is a feature.
The Discovery
Caring about teams you'd never otherwise notice. Learning about programs, conferences, storylines you'd have missed. The season becomes richer.
The People
Smart friends who appreciate both math and football, debating strategy all season. Patrick built the league because he wanted us to play together. Everything else serves that.
What It Actually Feels Like
Draft 12 teams in August. By October, you're checking scores for games you didn't know existed. By November, you have genuine emotional investment in whether Ball State beats Kent State on a random Wednesday night. By January, the bowl season feels like a personal playoff. The entire landscape of college football becomes yours.
The Format
Simple Structure, Deep Strategy
Follow the 2026 season → — rosters, weekly results, and standings, all season long, for the eight players in the league. Open it with the personal link you were sent.
Patrick's scoring system: draft in August, track through January. Teams earn points for wins (bonus for ranked opponents), conference championships, and bowl victories. No weekly lineup decisions—just draft smart and enjoy having skin in every Saturday.
| Loss | 0 |
| Win over an FCS opponent | 0 |
| Win over an unranked FBS team | 1 |
| Win over an AP Top 25 team | 2 |
| Conference championship | 3 |
| Bowl win, outside the playoff | 3 |
| Playoff first round | 2 |
| Playoff quarterfinal | 3 |
| Playoff semifinal | 3 |
| National championship | 5 |
A team is ranked if it was in the AP Top 25 when the game kicked off — the poll before that game, not the one after it. The preseason poll stands through Week 1.
The conference diversity rule (max 2 teams per conference) is what makes it work. You can't just stack SEC teams—you have to find value across the entire landscape.
Go 'Cats!
I grew up in Kansas. I'm a legacy K-State grad. The model might have a slight bias toward purple. This is not a bug.