Season 2027 2026
AFL 2027 Season

We’ll be back for Round 1

The 2026 season is done. Brisbane Lions are premiers. The model is in off-season mode — predictions, game odds and the live ladder will return when the 2027 season gets underway.

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209
Games
predicted
68.1%
Model
accuracy
BRL
2026
premiers
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2026 AFL Premiers
Brisbane Lions
96–89 def. Fremantle · MCG · September 26, 2026
16–7
Regular season record
3–1
Finals record
+20.5
Avg winning margin
+7
Grand Final margin
68.1%
2026 accuracy
TwoSeventyOne’s AFL model finished its first full season at 68.1% accuracy across 209 predictions — a strong debut for a model in its first year of live operation. The Grand Final was our biggest miss: a neutral-venue coding error gave Fremantle a home-ground advantage they didn’t have. Three fixes are in progress before Round 1, 2027: neutral-venue handling, finals form weighting, and ELO vs win-rate balance. Read the full post-mortem →
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