PRIMESTER'S 2026 NFL POOL RULES

WEEKLY POOL RULES

Rule 1: The total fee to join the pool is $300.  Everything except $3700 ($900 for halftime, $2500 for year-end, and $300 for Big Loser) will be paid on a weekly basis.   The entire money is due by Saturday Sept 12th, 2026.  NO PAYMENT PLANS!  Everything must be paid upfront.

Rule 2: Picks must be turned in before the start of the first game of the week. If no picks are turned in, you will receive a record of 0-0 for the week (unless prior arrangements have been made).  You must play a minimum of 15 out of 18 weeks to be eligible for the year-end pot.  You also CANNOT miss the last four (4) weeks of the year!!  If you miss a week, you will be ineligible for year-end pot (even if that was your first week missed).  This rules out that a player in first place will skip weeks on purpose to stay in first place!  Also, you can only miss two (2) weeks in order to be eligible for the half-time payouts!!

Rule 3: Weekly winner determined by number of wins including Monday Night pick.  If still tied, the total points picked for Monday Night will determine winner regardless if points picked are over or under actual points scored.  If still tied, pot to be split evenly.

Rule 4: ·    Weekly Payout - Payout split amongst the top three (3) spots.  1st place = 50%, 2nd = 30%, 3rd = 20%.  Percentage are approx since I will be rounding up or down to even/whole dollar amounts.

·    Half-Time Payout - Determined after week 9.  $500 to person with best winning percentage, $300 to second-best, and $100 to third best.  In case of tie, pot to be split evenly as outlined below.

·    Year-End Payout - Determined after week 18.  $1125 to person with best winning percentage, $625 to 2nd best, $375 to 3rd best, $250 to 4th best, and $125 to 5th best winning percentage.  In case of tie, pot to be split evenly as outlined below.

·    Ties - In event of tie for best winning percentage for year-end bonus, the two people will split the top two prizes evenly.  If three or more people are tied, split the top three prizes evenly.  If two or more people are tied for second place, split the middle two prizes evenly. Continue for the remaining prizes. 

CONFIDENCE POOL RULES

Rule 1: The total fee to join the pool is $250.  NO PAYMENT PLANS!  Everything must be paid upfront.

Rule 2: All picks must be turned in by BEFORE the first game of the week. If no picks are turned in, you will be ineligible to win for the week.

Rule 3: Picks are made "straight up"; NOT using a point spread.  Just pick who you think is going to win.

Rule 4: In addition to picking the winning team, you must also rank how confident you that the team you picked will win.  The more points assigned to the pick, the more confident you are that the team will win.

Rule 5: For each correct pick, you will receive the number of points you assigned to that pick.

Rule 6: Weekly payout determined by # of players x $200 spread out over 18 weeks.  So, for example, there are 25 players, 25x200 = $5000.  Over 18 weeks is $277 per week.  Year end payout will be # of players x $50.  70% to 1st place and 30% to 2nd place.  If tied, pot gets split.

HIGH FIVE POOL RULES

Rule 1: The total fee to join the pool is $250.  NO PAYMENT PLANS!  Everything must be paid upfront.

Rule 2: All picks must be turned in by BEFORE the first game of the week. If no picks are turned in, you will be ineligible to win for the week.

Rule 3: Weekly winner MUST pick five (5) games against the spread. If you pick any number of games other than five, you will be ineligible to win for the week.

Rule 4: To win for the week, you MUST go 5-0. TIES LOSE!! If two or more players go 5-0, pot is split. If noone goes 5-0, pot gets rolled over to the following week. Same rules, you must go 5-0 to win.

Rule 5: In week 17, if there are no 5-0 winners, then pot will get split amongst the 4-1 winners. If noone goes 5-0 or 4-1, then pot gets split amongst the 3-2 winners, etc.

Rule 6: Weekly Payout - Determined by (number of players x $250)/18

DRAFT POOL RULES

Rule 1: $100 per person to join.

Rule 2: "Draft" 4 teams that you think will have the most combined regular season wins.

Rule 3: You can only pick 1 team from the previous year's 8 division winners, 1 team from the 8 of the teams with the lowest number of wins last year and 2 teams from the remaining 16 teams.

Rule 4: Person with the most wins get 70% of pot and second place receives 30%.  If tied for first place, 100% of pot gets split.

SURVIVOR POOL RULES

Rule 1: $50 per person to join.

Rule 2: Pick one team a week that you feel will win the game outright.  No point spreads will be used.

Rule 3: Once you pick a team, you CANNOT pick that team again for the rest of the season!!

Rule 4: This is a single elimination pool.  (i.e., you lose once, you are outta here)

Rule 5: Last two persons standing split (70/30) the pot.  Pot determined by number of participants x $50

Rule 6: If you forget to make a pick, you will LOSE!!  If you have already picked that team earlier in the season, you will also LOSE!!

Rule 7: In case of a tie, (all remaining participants ALL lose in the same week to end pool), the pot will be split evenly.

NO MARGIN FOR ERROR POOL RULES

Rule 1: $50 per person to join.  You may have multiple entries.

Rule 2: Similiar to the survivor pool, except there is no elimination.  Everyone plays until week 18.  The object is to pick two teams a week for first 14 weeks and then one team a week for final 4 weeks that you think will win by the LARGEST margin.

Rule 3: No point spreads will be used.

Rule 4: Once you pick a team, you CANNOT pick that team again for the rest of the season!  EXAMPLE:  Week1, you pick the Giants as your team for the week.  They win 31-10.  You receive 21 points for the week.  Week 2, you pick Dallas.  They lose 24-14.  You will lose 10 points for the week.  Therefore, your net total for the year is 11.

Rule 5: Top two people with the most total points for the year split (70/30) the pot.  Pot determined by number of participants x $50

Rule 6: If you forget to make a pick, you will lose as many points equal to the worst person for the week.  If you have already picked that team earlier in the season, you will lose as many points equal to the worst person for the week.

Rule 7: In case of a tie at season's end, the person with the most correct picks over the course of the season wins.  If still tied, the pot gets split evenly.