2026 SEASONWEEK 1MODEL SNAPSHOT: LOCKED
138 FBS91 GAMESUPDATED SEP 1

GAME DAY MATRIX · COLLEGE FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE

College Football
Decoded.

One national model. Every FBS team. Every schedule. Every game — translated into strength, projected wins, scores, probabilities and context.

01 · BRAND SYSTEM

One mark. Four production states.

The logo must survive the header, favicon, social avatar and light/dark surfaces without becoming a different logo every time.

PRIMARYPrimary GM mark
GAMEDAYMATRIX
REVERSEDWhite GM mark
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ONE COLORBlue GM mark
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ICON

Pixel fracture is removed from the smallest icon so the GM remains readable.

02 · TYPOGRAPHY

Two families. No exceptions.

Display typography handles energy and information density. Inter handles every reading and interaction task.

DISPLAY / Barlow Condensed
STRENGTH
HAS AN ORDER.
32.8 MPR
UI + BODY / Inter

What changed after Week 0?

Readable body copy stays calm and neutral. It supports dense analytics without making the page feel like a spreadsheet.

Navigation 13 / 700Section label 12 / 800Metadata 12 / 600
Display XLCollege Football Decoded.72 / .92 / 800
H1National Rankings56 / .98 / 800
H2Week 1 Spotlight36 / 1.02 / 700
H3Team Intelligence24 / 1.1 / 700
BodyModel context should always be readable at normal browser zoom.16 / 1.65 / 400
LabelMATRIX POWER RATING12 / 1 / 800

03 · COLOR + SURFACES

Dark shell. Light intelligence.

The current preview makes every section compete on the same dark surface. The new system uses navy for identity and high-focus modules, then gives data room to breathe on clean light surfaces.

Navy 950#061A31
Navy 800#0B2C50
Matrix Blue#287BFF
Icy Blue#B6D9FF
Canvas#F7FAFD
White#FFFFFF
Ink#10233D
Slate#6D8198

04 · GLOBAL COMPONENTS

One component language.

These are the primitives every later gate will inherit. Team colors are allowed only in identity accents — never as competing page chrome.

Buttons

Status

MPR #8LOCKEDWATCHHOLDNO EDGE

Data card

MATRIX POWER RATING+21.9#8 nationally · ↑ 2

Input

05 · DATA DENSITY

Readable before decorative.

Numbers align, labels stay legible, and dense boards use whitespace and rules rather than tiny text and excessive cards.

RANKTEAMMPRPROJECTED WINSSOSMOVE
#1
OS
Ohio StateBig Ten · 1–0
+32.810.37#21↑ 0.8
#2
OR
OregonBig Ten · 1–0
+29.210.31#34

06 · MOBILE SHELL

Designed, not collapsed.

Mobile gets a deliberate header and information hierarchy rather than the desktop site squeezed into 390 pixels.

WEEK 1 · LOCKED138 FBS
GAMEDAYMATRIX

2026 NATIONAL RANKINGS

Strength has an order.

MPR sets the order. The schedule explains what happens next.

#1 · BIG TENOHIO STATE
+32.8MPR10.37WINS

GATE 1 ACCEPTANCE

Approve the foundation before we scale it.

✓ One production GM mark✓ Two-font system✓ Fixed type scale✓ Fixed color tokens✓ Desktop shell✓ Mobile shell✓ Buttons / chips / inputs / cards✓ No model-data changes