2024 Rules
Pool Rules

The Pools and their Rules.

  • Season - You pick the winner giving or taking points (the spread). Weekly results are used and totaled for the year. Tie Breaker - tie breaker game total point difference average.
    Payout for Top Ten Places - 1st(20%), 2nd(16%), 3rd(14%), 4th(11%), 5th(9%), 6th(8%), 7th(7%), 8th(6%), 9th(5%), 10th(4%). Entry fee = $30

  • Weekly - You pick the winner giving or taking points (the spread). Most wins each week wins.
    The tie breaker is closest to the total points scored in the designated tie breaker game. There is no 2nd tie breaker.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee is $70

  • Survivor - Pick one team each week to win. 3 losses and you are out. Picks are against the spread.You can only pick a team once. Example- In Week 1 you pick Detroit- you can't pick them again in this pool. If you do, it will be a loss. In case of multiple "deaths" at any point between players determines a payout position, a tie breaker will be used. Tie Breaker - Those players continue picking until that tie is broken.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50

  • Survivor II - Pick one team each week to win. 1 loss and you are out. Picks are straight up, Ties are a loss, NO SPREADS. You can only pick a team once. Example- In Week 1 you pick Detroit- you can't pick them again in this pool. If you do, it will be a loss. In case of multiple "deaths" at any point between players determines a payout position, a tie breaker will be used. Tie Breaker - Those players continue picking until that tie is broken.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50

  • Margin - You pick one team to win and receive the "Margin" or points that game is won by. You also lose those same points if your team loses. Winner is the person with the most points at the regular seasons end. For example, if you pick the Bears and they win by 8, you win 8 points, if they lose by 24 (more likely) you lose 24 points. You may only pick a team one time for the season. Duplicate picks or picking a team for the second time or missed picks will result in a penalty equal to the largest losing players Margin that week.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50

  • Pick 5 - Each week you select 5 games. Point spread is used. You can't pick both teams playing in a game. You must select who you think will win based on the point spread. The more games you win, the greater the points earned. 1 win = 1 pt, 2 wins = 3 pts, 3 wins= 5 pts, 4 wins=8 pts, 5 wins = 12 pts. Most points at the end of the Season wins. Tie Breaker- Player guessing closest to the total points scored in final game of the Season.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50

  • Conference - Players are set up into teams of 2 to compete against each other in a Season Pool format. Standings are determined by their Team totals.
    Payout for Team - 1st only, $7.50

  • Lowman Out - Weekly standings are used to eliminate players(s), the # of players eliminated is determined by the number of entrants.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50

  • Brackets - This is your typical single elimination Bracket stlye pool starting in week 2. Matchups will be determined by the weekly standings in week #1 with any byes going to to the highest finishers. The weekly results determining the winner of each match. The first tie breaker will be the weekly tie breaker, the second will be the lowest tiebreaker average to date. The number of brackets will be determined by the number of entrants. Payout for 1st(70%), 2nd(30%). Entry Fee, $10

  • Sportsbook with Parlay and Single wagers - You start with a bank of 2000 points. You can place up to 4 bets on a combination of a Parlay Card and 3 Individual Game Bets. Each bet has a max of 500 points. You can only bet what is available in your bank. Once you lose all your bank, you are eliminated in this Pool. The Parlay Card – you can bet a minimum 2 games to a maximum of 5 games. All games on the Parlay Card must win in order for you to win the card. There are against spreads and Over/Under totals to choose from. There are different odds on the card depending on how many games you play on the card. There are also 3 Individual bets you can do each week (2 Single Game and a Money Line). You have to play at least one of the 4 bet options each week. There is a 10% of your bank penalty if you don’t play in a week.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50.

  • The Rank'Em Playoff - NFL Playoff Pool will use the "Confidence points" format. This method includes all 14 teams involved in the playoffs. Players will enter their picks only once prior to the start of the Wild-Card Games which will then be carried over to the subsequent rounds. The confidence points (14 down to 1) are placed on each selected team (each number may only be used once). Players will also enter a total points value for the Super Bowl Game to be used as a tiebreaker should it be needed. Each playoff round will be given a multiplier weight which will be applied to the confidence points assigned to the winning team. For a given round the confidence points assigned the winning team will be multiplied by the round multiplier to give the points for that team for the round. A team will only receive points for rounds that are won. Submit your picks prior to the Wild-Card Games:The idea is to rank each team that appears in the playoffs with confidence points from 14 to 1 (14 being the most confident team you think will go all the way and win the Super Bowl). Scoring:Winner Picked:Confidence Points x Round Multiplier. Loser Picked: No Points Awarded. The object is to have the HIGHEST point total overall! Round multipliers for each round are 3, 5, 7 & 9 respectively. Standings will be updated after each day's games have been completed in each round.
    Payout for Top 3 - 1st(55%), 2nd(28%), 3rd(17%). Entry fee, $7.50
    • Deadlines - Picks are due before first game kickoff on Sunday. There are some Thursday and Saturday games. For those games, submit picks for all games before kickoff and submit your changes of the remaining games by the Sunday deadline. Only the Thursday or Saturday picks are shown on the Player Selection Page until after the Sunday deadline. The pick sheet is posted on Tuesdays. You can submit your picks as many times as you like. I realize you might find out information after you submit your picks that would make you change a pick. I will use your last submission. The Players Selection Page will be posted just after kickoff. Prizes depend on participation in each pool.

    Forfeited Games - : If a Team forfeits a game the opponent is declared the winner with a score of 2-0 per NFL Rule 11 - Scoring - Article 1 - Winning Team. The point spred for this game will be removed. If BOTH Teams are declared as forfeiting, the game will be declared a tie 2-2 and both teams lose (Ties are treated as losses)

    ALL PAYMENTS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th - NO EXCEPTIONS! IF YOU HAVE NOT SENT A CONFIRMED PAYMENT OR MADE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH ME BY THIS DATE, YOU WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE POOL!

    Pay-Ins and Pay-Outs - Prizes depend on participation in each pool, and website fees.

    Who can enter - We are a traditional NFL Office Pool set up for family and friends for fun, gaiety and merriment. Please browse the site and email me with any questions.