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Pick’Em Pool

Pick winners. Climb the standings.

Every week, entries pick winners — straight-up, against the spread, or with confidence points. Weekly and season standings, and a one-of-a-kind Squares Bonus that ties a 10×10 grid to a feature game.

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Great for:NFL & college season poolsOffice & friend leaguesBooster fundraisersAny sport with a schedule

Set the rules

Choose straight-up or against-the-spread, confidence on/off, entry fee, and deadlines.

Build the schedule

Pull each week’s games from the games library, set spreads, and pick a feature game.

Pick & score

Entries pick on a tap-the-team grid. Enter results and standings update automatically.

Everything you can customize

Features, options & plans

Tune every detail to fit your fundraiser — and see exactly what’s on each plan.

Feature

Options

Kickoff

Free

★ POPULAR

Varsity

$12.95

Champion

$29.95

Pick formats

Straight-up winnersPick the team to win✓✓✓

Against the spreadPick teams to cover the spread you set—✓✓

Confidence pointsRank picks; correct ones earn their points—✓✓

Weekly pick deadlineLock at the first game, or each pick at kickoff✓✓✓

Choose which games countInclude or exclude games each week✓✓✓

Standings & prizes

Real kickoff times & deadlinesEach game shows its kickoff; the week shows when picks are due✓✓✓

Season-long standingsCumulative points all season✓✓✓

Total-points tiebreakerPredict a feature game’s total to break ties✓✓✓

Weekly prizesAward a weekly winner on top of the season—✓✓

Multiple entries per personLet supporters buy more than one entry—✓✓

The Squares Bonus ✦

10×10 grid on a feature gameEach entry gets a square tied to a chosen game——✓

Bonus points for a hitHitting your square adds points / breaks ties——✓

Auto-score from the games libraryResults update from synced scoressoonsoonsoon

Money & selling

Keep 100% of the potSupporters pay you directly; no platform cut✓✓✓

One-tap Venmo/PayPalEntrants tap one button — amount prefilled — and you mark each entry paid✓✓✓

Pay now or pay laterOptionally let entrants join now and pay later✓✓✓

Seller links & brandingAttribute entries to sellers; brand it your way—✓✓

＋ Add-on = available as a paid add-on on that plan, included free on Champion. See full pricing →

Games library

Pick your game — we bring the teams

On Varsity & up, choose your matchup from our synced library — team names, logos, and start times come pre-loaded. Leagues we integrate:

🏈 Football

NFLNCAA D1

🏀 Basketball

NBANCAA D1

⚾ Baseball

MLBNCAA D1

More leagues added regularly. On any plan you can always type in team names yourself.

The complete guide

How a Pick’Em Pool works

A pick’em pool is the classic weekly office game: everyone picks the winners each week, earns points for correct picks, and climbs a season-long standings. Here’s how an NFL pick’em works — straight-up vs. against the spread, scoring, strategy, and how to run one.

What is a pick’em pool?

Each week, every player picks the winner of each game on the slate. Correct picks earn points, points add up into weekly and season standings, and whoever is on top wins. It rewards football knowledge, runs all season, and is dead simple to play — which is why it’s the most popular office pool there is.

Straight-up vs. against the spread

The one big choice when you set up a pick’em is how picks are judged:

	Straight-up (SU)	Against the spread (ATS)
You pick	The outright winner	The winner after the point spread
Best for	Casual groups, all skill levels	Sharper groups who follow the lines
Favorites	Easy — just take the better team	Must win by more than the spread
Balance	Big favorites are near-automatic	Underdogs cover often — more even

Straight-up is the friendliest for a mixed group; against the spread keeps strong favorites from being automatic and rewards people who study the matchups.

Want more strategy? Add confidence

A standard pick’em gives one point per correct pick. A Confidence Pool lets players also rank how sure they are — assigning each pick a value from 1 to N — so the best calls are worth the most. Same picks, a lot more drama, and it’s a one-toggle upgrade when you set up your pool.

Scoring & standings

One point per correct pick (or confidence points, if enabled).
Weekly winners plus a cumulative season champion.
A featured-game tiebreaker — predict the total points to break ties.
Optional weekly prizes on top of the season prize.

Run your own pick’em pool

Build the weekly schedule from any league and let scoring run itself.

✅ Instant scoring the moment you post results✅ Live weekly & season standings✅ Straight-up, ATS, or confidence

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Pick’em strategy

In a straight-up pool, take favorites and only fade them with a real reason — chasing upsets every week rarely pays.
Against the spread, home underdogs and divisional games are classic spots to find value.
Check injuries, weather and the late line moves before you lock.
In a season race, steady accuracy beats swinging for the fences in any single week.

Running it the easy way

ChooseASquare builds each week’s schedule from the games library (NFL, college and more); post the results and it scores every entry instantly, keeping weekly + season standings live. Players pick from their phone on one shared link. Prefer last-one-standing? See Survivor. Add the Fundraising module to make the same pool raise money.

FAQ

Pick’Em Pool, answered

How does a Pick’Em pool work?

Each week, every entry picks the winner of each game — straight-up, or against a spread you set. Correct picks earn points (one each, or by confidence), and points accumulate into weekly and season standings. The top of the standings wins.

What’s the Squares Bonus?

A ChooseASquare original: pick a feature game each week and a 10×10 grid is tied to it. Every entry gets a square based on the game’s final score — hit yours and you earn bonus points or break a tie. It blends pick’em with the squares game everyone already loves.

Straight-up or against the spread?

Your choice. Straight-up is the simplest (just pick the winner). Against-the-spread — a Varsity+ option — lets you enter a point spread per game so favorites have to cover.

What’s a Confidence Pool — is that the same thing?

A Confidence Pool is a Pick’Em run in confidence mode: entries also rank how sure they are (1 up to the number of games, each value once), so correct high-confidence picks earn the most. Flip on confidence scoring when you set up a Pick’Em — see the Confidence Pool page for the details.

Can players have multiple entries?

On Varsity and up, yes. The free plan is one entry per person.

Is it free, and how do payouts work?

You can run a Pick’Em pool on the free Kickoff plan and keep 100% of the pot. Set an entry fee and your cut; supporters pay you directly and the platform never holds the money.

Does it work for sports besides the NFL?

Yes — build the weekly schedule from any league in your games library (college football, NBA, MLB, and more).