The computer models that pick NFL games have made their picks for Week 17

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• Elo and Cortana have made their picks for Week 17.
• Cortana leads the overall race, correctly picking 65% of the games this season.

Week 17 of the NFL season is here, and Cortana is back to make picks in a head-to-head showdown with Elo.

We looked at two popular systems used to pick NFL games: Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant, and Elo, the modeling system used by Nate Silver's data-journalism site, FiveThirtyEight.

In both cases, the computers are picking outright winners and not against the spread. Each gives a likelihood that a team will win, however, which in theory could help measure the strength of certain lines.

Cortana is having another strong season, correctly picking 65% of the games, including an 11-5 record in Week 16. Elo has nailed 60% overall.

Here are the picks for Week 17, with each team's percent chance of winning in parentheses. Point spreads are for reference, via Vegas Insider as of Friday morning.