Free NFL Pick'Em pools

Host your own NFL Pick'Em Pool.

It's never too late to start.

Host your own NFL Pick'Em pool website for free, or join a pool with your friends, family or office. As pool administrator you send the invitations, get all the admin rights you need, and decide whether to play the weekly pool, the survivor pool, the playoff pool or all three. The site handles the schedules, scores and standings, so you don't have to worry about any of that.

Create a pool – it's free Sign in

Invited? Just click the link in your email

The weekly entry form: 1 pick the winner with the radio button next to the team, 2 choose confidence points from the dropdown. Highest points on your surest picks; each number used only once.

Three pools in one site

Your pool administrator decides which pools to play and what you're playing for.

Every week

Weekly Pool

Each week is a new pool. Pick a winner for each game and assign confidence points, from 1 up to the number of games that week, using each number once. Your score is the total confidence points of the games you picked correctly.

Highest score wins the week. Ties split.

Weekly pool rules →

All season

Survivor Pool

Pick one team each week that you think will win. You can use each team only once for the season. A loss, or no pick, counts as a miss; your admin decides how many misses you get before you're out.

Last player standing wins. Survivors at season's end split the pot.

Survivor pool rules →

Postseason

Playoff Pool

Works like the weekly pool, confidence points included, for every postseason game: Wild Card, Divisional, Conference Championships and the Super Bowl.

Make picks round by round as the matchups are set.

Playoff pool rules →

How it works

1
Create your pool
Sign up, confirm your email and log in. Choose Create A Pool, name it, then fill in Pool Settings.
2
Invite your friends
Send each player their own invitation, one email at a time. They click the link, pick a username and password, and they're in. No sign-up or email confirmation needed.
3
Make your picks
Pick a winner for each game and give it confidence points. Change picks until the day's games lock.
4
Follow results
Check Results, Summary and Standings each week to see who's leading your pool.

New pool admin? Start here.

Signed up but not sure what to do next? Our step-by-step guide shows every real screen: confirming your email, creating your pool, every Pool Settings field and inviting your players.

How to get your pool started How to play

From sign-up to a full pool

Sign up, then confirm your email (check your spam folder) and log in.
Choose Create A Pool and type your pool name.
Fill out every Pool Settings field: invitation code, points or $, survivor and playoff options, entry fees.
Invite your players, one email at a time. This is the most important step.
Post news for your pool. Players see it when they log in.

FAQ

Does it cost anything?

No. Hosting a pool is free. What you play for, points or money, is decided by your pool administrator.

When do picks lock?

All games for a day lock at the start of that day's first game. If there are games at 9:30am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm and 8:30pm, all games for that day lock at 9:30am. The site runs on Eastern time.

Do I have to pick every game at once?

No. You can pick early games (Thursday or Saturday) first and finish the rest later. But any game you haven't picked when that day's games lock counts as a loss.

What happens in a tie?

In the weekly and playoff pools, the amount is split between the players with the highest score. Survivors at the end of the regular season split the survivor pot equally.

How do I join a friend's pool?

Ask your pool admin to invite you. You don't need an account first. Open the email invitation from NFL Pick'Em (subject NFL PickEm - Invitation) and click Click Here to Join. Your pool and email are already filled in: choose a username and password and click Join. No email confirmation needed. Already have an account that isn't in a pool? Your invitation has a login link instead: log in and the pool is added automatically. No invitation? Sign up, log in, choose Join A Pool and enter the pool name and invitation code from your pool admin.

Can I be in more than one pool?

No. One email address can only be in one pool, so an invitation to an email that's already in a pool is refused.

Can I get pick reminders?

Yes. Turn on pick reminders in My Account > Edit Your Profile: tick Weekly Pick Reminder and Survivor Pick Reminder, then click Update.

Can the survivor pool start mid-season?

Yes. The pool admin chooses the first week of the survivor pool, so it can start at any time in the season.

Who do I contact for help?

Your pool admin can make changes to your settings and entries. Use Contact Pool Admin at the bottom of the page once you're signed in.

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