The board begins with the schedule

Every weekly board starts with the public schedule: opponents, site, date, kickoff, television assignment and game status. SEC Scorecard retrieves that information from ESPN’s public college-football data and compares the visible slate with conference and school announcements when something looks unusual. The site does not invent kickoff times or quietly treat a placeholder as a confirmed window.

Schedule information changes often. Networks exercise selection windows, weather moves kickoffs, and a venue label can be corrected after the first listing appears. That is why the current-season board includes a refresh control and why a time marked TBD remains TBD. A clean blank is more trustworthy than false precision.

A pick is a timestamped opinion

The prediction layer is intentionally separate from the schedule feed. A fan chooses a winner and predicted score; the pick belongs to that fan, not to the data provider. Signed-out drafts stay in that browser. Signed-in picks can be stored with the account so they remain available across devices.

The important boundary is kickoff. A prediction has meaning only if it was made before the result became known. The Scorecard locks the relevant controls when a game begins and preserves the submitted numbers for the later receipt. Editing history is not presented as clairvoyance.

Final scores settle the receipt

After a game becomes final, the Scorecard compares the selected winner and predicted score with the published result. Winner accuracy and exact-score credit are distinct. Getting the winner right is a useful call; landing on the exact score is deliberately rare and should not be treated as the basic standard for a sound forecast.

A delayed status update can briefly leave a completed game unresolved. The application waits for a final state rather than interpreting a clock display or social post as the official result. Once the provider marks the game final, the season record and receipt can update together.

What receives human review

Automation handles repetitive transport, not editorial judgment. Team-profile facts, source links, explanatory copy and product rules are manually reviewed. When a school changes a coach, venue name or other program fact, the profile is checked against the school’s own athletics site before the “facts checked” date is advanced.

Corrections should be visible in the product, not hidden behind a claim that a feed is always right. If you spot a mismatch, the feedback control and contact page provide a direct path to report it. A correction is made only after the underlying source can be reconciled.

• Public schedules and scores are checked against more than one visible source when needed.
• Fan picks are never rewritten to improve the published record.
• Editorial text and program facts receive manual review before publication.

What the Scorecard does not claim

SEC Scorecard is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the Southeastern Conference, its member universities, ESPN or the NCAA. Team marks remain the property of their respective owners and appear to identify the programs discussed.

The site also does not promise gambling outcomes. Its score-picking tools are for friendly prediction and season-long accountability. The aim is to make Saturdays easier to follow and Monday conversations more honest—not to sell certainty that college football cannot provide.