From building blocks to intriguing stacks and value plays, our DFS guide offers the advice you need for Week 18.

The 10.5-point spread suggests the sports-betting public is forgetting that Carolina defeated the Rams in Charlotte in Week 13. The Panthers go toe-to-toe with Los Angeles in many metric areas and have an edge in special teams. The Rams’ offensive firepower is enough for me to select Los Angeles to win, but Carolina gets the spread pick.

On the eve of Christmas Eve, ESPN's Joe Lunardi released the latest update to Bracketology in projecting the 2026 NCAA Tournament.

ESPN's College GameDay chose Atlanta to host this week's pregame show as No. 9 Alabama is facing No. 3 Georgia in the 2025 SEC Championship at 3 p.m. CT on ABC. The renowned college football program came to Atlanta for multiple reasons, one of which being ...

Per ESPN Research: the 2025 Eagles are the first team since the 1987 Patriots to win multiple games in a season in which they didn’t complete a second half pass. Hurts is the first QB in the play by play era (since 1978) to go 0-7 or worse in multiple games in a season.

Overall picks to win: 8-8 in Week 17 (173-82-1 for the season) Picks to win with 1-5 confidence: 4-7 (103-64-1) Picks to win with 6-10 confidence: 4-1 (70-18) Overall to cover the spread: 9-6-1 (130-117-9) Cover-the-spread picks with 1-5 confidence: 8-4-1 (107-93-8) Cover-the-spread picks with 6-10 confidence: 1-2 (23-23-1)

The Chicago Bears came up short against the Packers in Week 14, but the loss didn't hurt them much in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings. The Chicago Bears had a chance to make a statement in Week 14 with a win over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.

New England still has an opportunity to secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC, provided it defeats the Dolphins and the Chargers are able to beat the Broncos. Both games will be played at the same time, but Denver's path became even easier with L.A. announcing it will rest Justin Herbert, with its playoff position already locked up.