Bowl season pick'em
2026 Bowl Pool Rules
Entry fee
$20 per user
$20 per user
Game picks and scoring
- All money goes into the pot; no percentage is retained.
- Pick every game against its given spread.
- The favorite must win by more than the line to win the matchup.
- Each correct pick is worth 1 point.
- Five games are designated as locks, each worth 1 additional point.
- Guess the total score for every game marked BCS. The closest guess earns 1 point, and all tied guesses receive the point.
Bracket and tiebreakers
- Fill out the playoff bracket up front, like March Madness.
- Round 1 winners: 1 point
- Round 2 winners: 2 points
- Round 3 winners: 3 points
- Champion: 5 points
- Tiebreakers are applied in this order:
- Most pick points, excluding locks, total scores, and playoff picks
- Most lock points
- Most total score points
- Coin flip by The Commish, unless The Commish is involved and a third party administers the toss
Payout history
2025
- 1st100
- 2nd40
- 15th10
2024
- 1st90
- 2nd55
- 3rd25
- 20th10
2023
- 1st100
- 2nd60
- 3rd30
- 20th10
2022
- 1st90
- 2nd60
- 3rd30
- 19th10
2021
- 1st100
- 2nd40
- 15th10
2019
- 1st100
- 2nd60
- 3rd30
- 20th10
2018
- 1st100
- 2nd60
- 3rd40
- 4th20
- 23th10
2017
- 1st100
- 2nd60
- 3rd40
- 4th20
- 23th10
2016
- 1st110
- 2nd75
- 3rd50
- 4th25
- 5th10
- 28th10
2015
- 1st100
- 2nd75
- 3rd50
- 4th25
- 5th10
- 27th10