NFL Pools

Eighteen weeks, thirty-two teams, and one afternoon a week when most of it happens. An NFL season is the reason office pools exist — and the reason so many of them die in a spreadsheet by October.

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Every game is in play

An NFL week is small enough to take whole. There is no slate to choose and nothing left out: a Pick’Em pool puts the full schedule in front of every player, a Survivor pick can be any team on the board, and a Margin pool lets you back whichever of the sixteen or so games you think is the biggest mismatch.

That is not true of every league, and it is why the NFL offers two formats nothing else does. Margin only works when a team plays once a week, because otherwise there is no single number to bank. Thirty Three needs the same thing.

The week runs itself

Scores arrive off the live feed, so nobody types a result into a spreadsheet. Picks grade themselves as games go final, standings move on their own, and the commissioner finds out who won at the same time as everyone else.

Picks lock at kickoff, game by game, so an early Thursday pick is committed while the Sunday games are still open. Nobody has to collect anything by a deadline, and nobody can quietly change a pick after a result.

The money stays between you

Payment tracking and payout splits are built in. Players pay the commissioner directly — the money never passes through Poolr — and the pool keeps a record of who has settled up so nobody has to chase it in a group chat.

No ads. No banners, no sponsored rows, and no betting promotions between your picks.

Common questions

How many people can be in an NFL pool?
There is no fixed cap. Pools are free to start and free to run while they are small; larger pools pay a one-time hosting fee that the commissioner covers, and the limit is shown on the create screen before anything is charged.
Do I have to enter the scores?
No. Scores come off the live feed and picks grade themselves as each game goes final.
Which NFL pool format should I pick?
Survivor if you want one decision a week and sudden death. Pick’Em if you want everyone picking every game. Margin if you want a season-long running total. Squares if you want something nobody has to study for.

Start one

Creating a pool takes under a minute. Invite your group with a link, and the week runs itself from there.

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