NCAA Football Pool Rules & Help

Saturdays Are for College Fanatics. Here’s How It Works.

Welcome to the college game. Same format as NFL, same stakes--just a little more chaos and way more targeting penalties. Read on to get your picks in right, avoid the dreaded negative points, and stay in the pool through bowl season.

Logging In

Each week, log in using your username and password. Trouble logging in or submitting picks? First, check the Rules / Help section on the site. Still stuck? Email the Admin.

Tip: If you're cutting it close to kickoff, just email your picks to the Admin before the game starts. If it's time-stamped pre-kickoff, we can enter it manually.

Making & Submitting Picks

1. Click the Make Picks button on the main page.
2. Select a winner for every game -- against the spread.
3. Assign a unique point value to each pick (more points = more confidence).
• No repeats. If there are 16 games, you'll use points 1-16.
4. Click Submit.

Thats it--you're locked in (until you change your mind).

Early Games: Read This

If there are Thursday or Friday games:

• You can submit just those picks first.
• But you must assign a tiebreaker placeholder total points number for the last game of the week.
• You can update your values and remaining picks later.
• Early game picks lock at kickoff.
• Saturday games lock at 10:00am MT.

Yes, an error message will appear if you haven't filled out the whole slate -- that's normal. Your early picks are still recorded IF you make sure to input a tiebreaker total points number.

Missed Picks & What Happens Next

• Miss an early game? You get the lowest available point value (e.g., -1, -2).
• Miss a full week? You get the lowest score recorded that week.
• Pick a team but no point value? You'll get a random point assigned.
• Assign points but forget to pick a team? You lose that value (yep, it's negative).
• Any other weird stuff? Pool admin decides what happens.

Changing Picks

You can change your picks as often as you like, right up until the games lock. We encourage second-guessing.

Don't Be a Last-Minute Hero

If you wait until the last minute, you risk getting shut out. The system closes at game time -- no exceptions. If you miss the window, you get the lowest weekly score.

Pro Tip: Submit early. Tweak later.

Scoring System

• Get it right → you earn positive points you assigned.
• Get it wrong → you lose those same points (negative).
• Weekly scores add up to determine weekly and season winners.
• There are no ties -- every game scores.

Tie Breakers

Weekly

1. Most correct picks.
2. Closest guess to the total points scored in Saturday's last game.
• Doesn’t matter if you're over or under -- but in case of a tie, under wins.

Season

1. Most correct picks across the season.
2. Closest guess to the final game's total points.
• Tie goes to the under.

 

Payouts

Weekly

• 🥇 1st Place: $100
• 🥈 2nd Place: $50
  (Subject to pool size -- spread the word.)

Season

• Top 5 players paid out in 2024.
• Plus: Highest Weekly Score of the Season gets a prize.

Payment Info

Cost to play: $160 for the season ($10/week).
DEADLINE: Payment is due by Saturday, September 20.
That means physically in-hand by that date -- not "in the mail," not "Venmo tomorrow." If payment's not received, you'll be removed.

Payment Plan Option (if needed):

• Check #1: $60 (due by 9/20)
• Check #2: $50 (post-dated by 10/31)
• Check #3: $50 (post-dated by 11/30)

Your Commitment

By playing you're agreeing to:

• Participate in all 16 weeks of the season.
• Pay the full $160.
• Not back out mid-season.
• Take responsibility for confirming your payment is received.
• If you dispute a missing payment weeks later, whatever's recorded stands.  Always follow up with TWaz if you don't get a payment confirmation email.

 

If you have trouble accessing the site, logging in or otherwise completing your entry, please contact the administrators for help, twasikxs@yahoo.com and ron@twazpool.com.

To make picks, view results and find additional information, see the site map.