NFL Derby 26-27

Open it: https://jasondchew.github.io/nfl-derby-26-27/

Follow the 2026-27 NFL season as a horse race. All 32 teams run week by week, and you can watch who pulls ahead, who fades, and how each game moved them.

What you can do

• Play the race from Week 1, or drag the slider to any week.
• Choose what "best" means. Rank teams by wins or by point differential (points scored minus points allowed). The leader often changes depending on which you pick.
• Follow your team. Their lane lights up and the highlights switch to their season so far.
• See who moved. Each week, a strip above the race shows the biggest climber, the biggest drop, and who's on top.
• Read the highlights. Every game gets its biggest moments, like a turnover that set up a touchdown or the play that turned the game. Each one shows how much it changed the team's chance of winning (for example 38% → 71%) and links to a search for the clip and to the full game recap.
• Look ahead. "Games to watch" lists the next week's matchups with kickoff times and the betting-line favorite, closest games first.
• New to football? Terms like turnover, interception and 4th down are underlined. Hover or tap for a plain-English explanation.
• Hover or tap any team for its record, point differential and last result.

Always current

The page updates itself every morning during the season. A scheduled GitHub Action pulls the latest results and play-by-play from nflverse, rebuilds the page, and publishes it. No one has to touch it.

Run it yourself

pip install -r requirements.txt
python fetch_data.py
python build_race.py

Then open docs/index.html. To track a different season, change SEASON at the top of both scripts.

File	Job
fetch_data.py	Downloads the schedule, team colors and player names into data/
build_race.py	Works out each week's standings, writes highlights from play-by-play, and fills race_template.html into docs/index.html
.github/workflows/refresh.yml	Runs both scripts every morning and publishes any changes

Highlights are built from recorded play data (players, yards, how much each play changed the odds of winning), so every sentence traces back to a real play.

Data: nflverse, CC-BY 4.0. Not affiliated with the NFL.

Built with Claude Code as a fun way to follow the season.