If you want to score this a little differently, you can award points for every game guessed correctly in addition to the rank points that are awarded. If you need help deciding on how many places to pay, check out our Pick'em Payout Structures. The person with the highest point total wins. This will be used as a tie breaker if two or more participants end up with the same total.Īfter the final game of the week is over, add the points(points = rank) of only the games that were picked correctly. They should also write down what they think will be the total number of points scored in the Monday Night Football game. The team they are most confident will win, should get the highest number, the game they are least confident in should get a 1. The numbers the participants are writing down represent how confident they are in their pick. Each participant should circle the team they think will win each game, and also write down a number from 1 to 16 in the box beside each game(the 16 will change to 13,14 or 15 based on how many games there are that week). If a game ends in a tie, this means no person correctly picked the winner, therefore the game should just be ignored.Pass out a copy of the current week's schedule to family, friends, and co-workers. The object of a pick'em pool is to correctly guess the "winner" of each game.
But, in a confidence pool where each game is weighted, a tie game could have a huge impact on the outcome of your weekly pool. In most normal pick'em pools an NFL game ending in a tie should have no affect on the pool outcome. If you read our How does Overtime Work in the NFL article you will see that it is possible for an NFL game to end in a tie. If the two participants guess the same total or if they both miss the total by the same number of points then they should both be declared winners. I see no logical reason why Tom should win this pool, he missed the total points scored by 49 points, while John only missed it by 1 point. The total points scored in the Monday night game is 63 points. Still not ready to run your NFL Pick Em pool online Try our free printable 2023 NFL Pick Em weekly pick sheets to use on your own Select a week, decide if you want to include point spreads, and use the printer icon to generate a printer-friendly version. Here is an example of why I am not an advocate of this rule: Some people choose to play the "closest without going over rule", which I personally think is preposterous. Person with the guess closest to the total points scored in the Monday night game would be the winner. If two or more participants correctly pick the same number of games, the It is imperative that the pool administrator discusses all rules before the pool begins. It's important to understand that the rules for the pickem pool are flexible and may vary from pool to pool. This tie breaker will only come into play if two or more participants are tied after the Monday night game is complete. During the first week, which has 2 Monday night games, we recommend using the total points scored by all 4 teams. As you scroll down the page you will find explanations of both.Īt the bottom of your NFL Pickem sheets is a place for each participant to write down the total points scored in the Monday night football game.
The second reason you may of found this page is to find out what should be done if an NFL game ends in a tie.
If you stumbled upon this page you are probably looking for 1 of 2 things: The first being how to break a tie if two or more participants correctly pick the outcome of the same number of games.