NFL Margin Football Pools

The Margin Football Pool is a highly entertaining format and like a number of our other non-standard formats is susceptible to big swings in standings. The goal is to pick a team each week that is going to win big as your score for the week is the difference in your picks score vs their opponents score. You can only pick a team once for the season, so it's often good to look at the schedule, plan ahead and save a couple solid teams for later in the season.

The Margin Football Pool is also sometimes referred to as a Plus/Minus Football Pool.

How to Play

Entrants pick one team each week of the NFL regular season with the intention of the selection winning big.
If the team selected wins the entry earns the margin of victory as their score for the week (ie. win by 7, earn 7 points).
If the team selected loses, the entry gets the negative margin of defeat as their score for the week (ie. lose by 3, earn -3 points).
The entry with the most total points at the end of the regular season is the winner.
Teams may only be selected one time for the duration of the pool.

Options

Default Picks - Choose from several options to assign a pick to an entry that doesn't make a selection prior to the deadline.

Margin Football Pools will be available on or before 2024/06/01 12:00pm.

Site News

Oct 25, 2024 - The Buffalo/Seattle line for Week 8 was entered incorrectly. Please check your picks and update accordingly!
Oct 11, 2024 - Hockey Pools - The Carolina/Tampa game schedule for Sat., Oct 12th has been moved out of the schedule for the week. If you had selected that game, please make another selection.
Jul 1, 2024 - We will have a brief downtime overnight on July 16 for server upgrades. We have planned it with our provider to be after the Euros have completed and before football starts to pick up.
Jun 26, 2024 - The knock-out rounds are now set for Euro 2024. Sixteen teams remain vying for continental supremacy. The Round of 16 gets underway on Saturday, June 29 at Noon Eastern.