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NFL · Week 12 2026 · Sunday, November 29

Giants vs Colts prediction and pick

Our New York Giants at Indianapolis Colts pick: Colts by 2.1, 56% to win. The forecast starts from what each team’s play has been worth once the luck is adjusted for, adds last season, who starts at quarterback and who is out hurt, and home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 9 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±13.4, so about 81% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Giants at Colts

Sun, Nov 29, 1:00 pm ET · Lucas Oil Stadium

Colts by 2.1 · 56% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Giants win43.8%
Colts win56.2%
Middle 50%: Giants by 7 to Colts by 1150%
Middle 90%: Giants by 20 to Colts by 2490%
Middle 95%: Giants by 24 to Colts by 2895%
Exactly Colts by 38.3%
Exactly Giants by 37.7%
Exactly Colts by 75.2%
Exactly Giants by 74.4%
Exactly Colts by 143.7%
P50
Half of games like this end between Giants by 7 and Colts by 11.
P90
9 in 10 between Giants by 20 and Colts by 24.
P95
19 in 20 between Giants by 24 and Colts by 28.
Where the forecast comes from
Home fieldColts+2.3
This season, adjusted for luckGiants+1.8
Last seasonColts+1.4
QuarterbacksColts+0.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Giants 2–1 1.2 +1.0
Colts 1–2 0.4 +0.2

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Giants vs Colts: questions and answers

Who will win Giants vs Colts?

Our forecast picks the Colts, with 56% to win; the Giants win 44% of the time.

What’s the spread for Giants vs Colts?

Our spread: Colts −2.1. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Giants vs Colts?

Sunday, November 29, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET, at Lucas Oil Stadium.