How do you run a college football pool?

Question

Howdy - I was hoping to get some guidance or ideas as to how to run a good ncaa college football pool. In years past, I played in an office pool where each player paid 20 bucks each week - the "commissioner" published a list on Tuesday or so of a slate of ten games each week (with lines) - we had to make our picks by Thursday - - winner each week took half the pot and the remainder went into a big pot for the person with the best record at the end of the season. Can anyone direct me to link that discusses how to run one of these pools? The guy who ran it at my old office is no longer doing it (he . . . . uh . . . died).

Thanks!

Answer 1

dig a hole and fill it with college football water

Answer 2

I run one every year.

Mine is a little different, but the same concept.

Before the season starts, all participants put in $100 dollars each.

That may sound like a lot, but if you figure it out, it's cheaper than paying $20 a week.

Before we all paid up front, I had to go around collecting $5 a week from everyone, and it was a big pain.

By everyone paying $100 they are paid for the whole season and I don't have to chase them around to get money.

How much is paid out each week is up to you.

If I have 12 guys in the league, thats $1,200 in the pot.

I pay out $40 a week to the weekly winners, and split the remaining $480 into 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at the end of the season.

How much you pay out each week is entirely up to you. The more you pay out each week to the winners, the less to split for the place winners at the end. Or, the less you pay out weekly means bigger prize money at the end.

To play, I make a sheet listing all Division I and NFL games with the point spreads.

Each player picks any 10 games on the sheet and selects the winner with the spread.

Whoever gets the most out of 10 picks right, wins the weekly pot.

I keep track of how many wins everyone has each week and tally a total. I print out weekly standings for the player so they know where they are.

At the end of the season, whoever has picked the most wins is the champ and wins 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

My players prefer to split the pot weekly if there is a tie. But in years past I would put one game on the sheet seperate and use it as a tie breaker. I would ask the total score of the game, and whoever was closest without going over would win the tie.

Like I said, how much everyone puts in is up to you, and how much of that you pay out in each instance is up to you.

It works out so much better having all the money up front so you don't have to go collect.

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