It’s that time of year again! Think you can last 18 weeks of NFL winning picks? The lone survivor could win lots in this year’s Survivor League.
One pick each week. No repeating. Last standing wins. It’s that simple (mostly).
As with last year, to ease use with our league’s evolved rules (and because the NFL’s website for survivor leagues suuuuuucks), selections will be made using our own custom forms, which are linked below.
Updates
Sept. 5, 12pm – The forms are up! Use the links below to get your picks in.
NOTE: Entry forms are still in development as I work to automate the display of selected games. The challenge isn't in getting the picks populated or allowing for updated picks, it's actually hiding submitted picks before their game time. I'll update everyone who's in as necessary.
Key Links
Entry Form – Open until kickoff on MNF on Sept. 11.
Official Standings & Picks – Forthcoming once entries close.
Pick Submission Form – This is the main form to submit each week’s picks. You can pick any week at any time, and resubmitting a pick will supersede any picks you made in the past. Do this after you enter the league above.
Official Rules
Entering: Entries are $20 each. Up to three entries per person.
Picking: Each entry must select one NFL team to win in each NFL Week, and each entry may only select each NFL team once during the entire NFL season. Entries that do not submit a pick for a given NFL Week will not survive and will not be able to rebuy back in.
Submitting: Each entry must submit their weekly pick using the league’s online forms at or before kickoff of the selected team’s game that given NFL Week. Picks are timestamped internally. Early submissions weeks out are permitted.
Verifying: Each entry must also include the player’s submitted entry token (a short word or PIN so we know it’s you submitting the pick). Any unverified selections are subject to cancelation.
Changing: An entry may change its weekly selection at any time before the kickoff the newly submitted pick. Any later pick will supersede any prior selection unless that prior team’s game has already started.
Tracking: The league will provide updated standings and pick selections as they’re made; selections for upcoming games will be hidden but acknowledged. The league will finalize its own selection for each NFL Week before reviewing other entries.
Surviving: Each entry’s selected team for each NFL Week must win its game outright (not against-the-spread) that week to survive; tie games will not count as surviving.
Rebuying: If an entry does not survive following Weeks 1 through 5, that entry may be revived with paying a $20 re-entry. No rebuys are permitted following the start of Week 6 (currently scheduled for Oct. 12, 2023).
Winning: Winner(s) take(s) all. If after any given NFL Week only one entry survives, that entry wins the entire pot. If after any given NFL Week no entries survive, all entries for the prior NFL Week are revived. After Week 18, all surviving entries will share the pot.
Early Sharing: After Week 11 (*new this year*), surviving entries may elect to share some or all of the remaining pot. Elections must be unanimous.
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