Backtest reportJuly 17, 2026
We dug through old ESPN and Yahoo rankings. The model held up.
Eight preseason ranking boards, 1,438 player comparisons, and one very useful trip through the Wayback Machine.
Read the breakdownBall Ranks blog
Receipts, charts, and the occasional ranking crime scene.
Short notes on how the draft board is built, where it wins, and where it has to sit quietly and think about what it did.