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PeoplesPicks Outlook, Nov. 13, 2026: 37 Unders and an NBA Cup Night

A 241-game card, but our ledger is concentrated in college basketball totals. The NBA notes are injury-driven; football and hockey carry no posted calls.

The slate lists 241 games across six boards. Our exposure is narrow. As of this writing, PeoplesPicks has posted 37 calls, all college basketball totals, and all 37 are Unders. That concentration is the main fact of the day. These positions are not independent: one shared assumption about early-season pace and shooting runs through all of them. A night of hot perimeter shooting across the sport could move most of them in the same direction. Every call settles on our public, tamper-evident ledger, and wins and losses are recorded the same way.

College Football

This is the largest board at 67 games. Listed matchups include Alabama @ Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech @ Clemson, Northwestern @ Ohio State, Florida State @ Pittsburgh and Illinois @ UCLA. The midweek MAC games also appear: Western Michigan @ Akron, Kent State @ Bowling Green and Ohio @ Miami (OH).

We could not verify injuries, form or results for these games today, so we have no notes on them and no posted calls. A well-built model would weigh efficiency per play, quarterback availability, rest and weather. Without verified inputs, we post no number.

FCS

This board has 63 games. Listed Ivy League matchups include Harvard @ Penn, Princeton @ Yale, Dartmouth @ Cornell and Columbia @ Brown. Illinois State @ Youngstown State and The Citadel @ VMI are also on the card.

We found no verified context for these games and have no calls. At this level, depth charts and weather tend to matter more than reputation. We will not guess at either.

College Basketball

This board has 61 games, and it holds the entire ledger. Calls on the listed slate include:

- Ohio State @ No. 4 UConn: Under 145.5 - No. 12 Arizona @ Auburn: Under 157.5 - Seton Hall @ No. 18 Alabama: Under 155.5 - Merrimack @ No. 1 Florida: Under 143.5 - SIU Edwardsville @ No. 2 Duke: Under 147.5 - Sam Houston @ No. 3 Illinois: Under 170.5 - Northern Iowa @ No. 5 Michigan State: Under 155.5 - Tennessee State @ No. 11 Tennessee: Under 154.5 - North Alabama @ No. 17 Miami: Under 148.5 - Central Arkansas @ No. 19 Arkansas: Under 159.5 - Prairie View A&M @ No. 22 Vanderbilt: Under 152.5 - Northern Arizona @ No. 24 Kentucky: Under 155.5 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Florida State: Under 148.0 - Bryant @ Rutgers: Under 150.5 - Georgetown @ Clemson: Under 149.5 - Pittsburgh @ Butler: Under 155.5

The other 21 calls are on games outside the listed slate. They include Iona @ Hofstra Under 138.5, DePaul @ Northwestern Under 140.5, Xavier @ Mississippi State Under 164.5 and Stanford @ UNLV Under 151.5. The full list is on the ledger.

The researched context could not verify any college basketball injuries or results for today, so none are cited here. In general terms, a sharp totals model weighs possessions per game, shot quality allowed, free-throw rate and early-season sample noise. It also weighs the tendency of lopsided games to slow down late, which is relevant to several large-gap matchups above. Many of these games will produce large margins, and those margins can move a total in either direction. That is a real source of variance in this group of calls.

NFL

The board lists 14 games, including Kansas City @ Atlanta, San Francisco @ Dallas, Buffalo @ New York Jets, Minnesota @ Green Bay, Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati and the Chargers @ Baltimore.

We could not verify any NFL injury reports or results for today. We have posted no NFL calls, and we will not describe form we cannot confirm. When inputs are verified, our NFL process weighs quarterback status, offensive line health, rest differential and situational efficiency.

NBA

This board has 9 games, and it is the only one with verified context.

Knicks (6-5) @ Pacers (4-8), 7 p.m. ET, NBA Cup group stage. Jalen Brunson averages 26 points and 5 assists but is shooting 42 percent through 11 games. New York has no players on the injury report. Indiana is without Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring) and Ben Sheppard (meniscus). Johnny Furphy is out for the season (ACL), and Aaron Nesmith is day-to-day (knee). The Pacers are 1-4 at home. Haliburton's new hamstring injury came only a handful of games into his return after a ruptured Achilles cost him an earlier season. That is the main storyline of Indiana's slow start.

Warriors @ Spurs, NBA Cup. Golden State is without Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Moses Moody, Kristaps Porzingis and Brandon Williams. Porzingis remains away from the team while the Warriors look for a trade. Golden State comes in off a 101-89 win over the Lakers.

Jazz (1-11) @ Rockets (9-3), 8:30 p.m. ET. Houston is missing Clint Capela (ankle) and Steven Adams (calf), which thins its center rotation. Utah is without Jusuf Nurkic (foot) and Lauri Markkanen (wrist). The research also listed Jaren Jackson Jr. (knee) as out for Utah. We could not reconcile that entry with the rest of the data, so the model does not rely on it.

Cavaliers (6-6) @ Heat (5-6), 8 p.m. ET. Miami reports no injuries. Cleveland's Sam Merrill is day-to-day (elbow).

Bucks (1-11) @ Magic (4-7). Orlando is without Paolo Banchero (ankle), Jalen Suggs (knee) and Jonathan Isaac (knee).

We have no NBA calls posted. On nights with this many absences, the model adjusts rotation minutes and usage before it sets any number. Late scratches can change those adjustments quickly.

NHL

Two games are listed: Rangers @ Canucks and Predators @ Golden Knights. We have no verified goaltender confirmations or injury data, so we have no calls. Starting goaltender status is usually the largest single input in our hockey model, and we wait for it.

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