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NFL Loser Football Pools

The Loser Football Pool is a very unique kind of football pool, with scoring based on the previous season's finish. It's a fun and exciting format with most of the worthwhile picks being playoff teams from the previous season, and you're hoping they'll lose. It's not as easy as it sounds. Standings can have huge swings week in and week out, especially when a popular pick pulls off a win.

Fun Fact: The Loser Football Pool is the reason Hosted Pools was originally created. We couldn't find it anywhere online.

How to Play

  1. Each NFL team has a corresponding point value relative to their performance in the previous season.
  2. Entrants pick one team each week of the NFL season (including the play-offs) to lose.
  3. If the team selected loses, the entry earns the point value associated with the team as their score for the week.
  4. If the team selected wins or ties, the entry earns zero points for the week.
  5. The entry with the most total points at the end of the play offs is the winner.
  6. There is no limit to the number of times an entrant can select a team.

Options

Default Picks - Choose from several options to assign a pick to an entry that doesn't make a selection prior to the deadline.
Create a New Loser Football Pool Join an Existing Loser Football Pool

Site News

  • Sep 7, 2026 - Re: Spreads. A reminder, we follow Westgates SuperContest spreads, so they'll be posted once Westgate posts. If you want to be ahead of the game, you can bookmark their weekly card page and you can potentially see them a bit before we get them posted.
  • Sep 1, 2026 - Hockey is coming soon. We're planning to import the schedule this weekend, and open up pools for the 2026-2027 season.
  • Aug 27, 2026 - We're working on adding penalties for Margin pool no-picks. If you're interested in being part of the pilot for this season reach out to us (as we may not make it an editable setting until we've ensured the kinks are worked out).
  • Aug 5, 2026 - Pool managers can now get a daily summary of entries emailed to them each night (no email will be sent if no entries are added that day). To enable the emails, go to the Pool Admin page, go to Pool Settings and check the Entry Notifications box.