Office pool · bowl season
College Bowl Pool
The office pool for bowl season. Paste every bowl matchup onto one sheet, everyone picks the winners, and the best record across all the games takes the pot. Straight-up or confidence, and it prints clean for the whole office.
Set the week's games
Paste this week's schedule, one game per line. Away team first. We read @, at, vs, or a comma between the two teams.
Pool & prize
Optional. Set a buy-in and how many people are in the pool, and we total the prize. It prints on the sheet so everyone sees what they are playing for.
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Most pools pay the week's top score. Some hold part of every buy-in back for a season-long prize. Decide before Week 1.
| Bowl Games | Away | @ | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @ | |||
| 2 | @ | |||
| 3 | @ | |||
| 4 | @ | |||
| 5 | @ | |||
| 6 | @ | |||
| 7 | @ | |||
| 8 | @ |
Tap Pick above a team to choose your winner. Edit any team name by typing in it. Print a blank sheet for every player, or fill yours in and print the result.
How it works
One sheet, every bowl game
A bowl pool is a pick'em with a different calendar. Instead of a weekly slate, you get the whole bowl schedule at once, around forty games from mid-December into January. Everyone picks a winner for each one before the first kickoff.
Right picks score a point. The playoff games and the national championship usually decide it, so the standings stay live until the very last night. Set a buy-in under Pool & prize and the sheet totals the pot for you.
Setting it up
From schedule to printed sheets
- 1Paste the bowl schedule into Set the week's games, one matchup per line.
- 2Leave the player name blank and print a blank sheet for everyone in the pool.
- 3Turn on Confidence points if your pool ranks picks. It suits bowl season well.
- 4After the games, switch on Score the sheet and set each winner to tally it up.
FAQ
Bowl pool questions
How does a bowl pool work?
Every college bowl game goes on one sheet. Each player picks the winner of every game. One point per correct pick in a straight-up pool, and the highest total at the end of the bowl season wins. It runs through late December and the New Year.
Should we use confidence points?
It is a good fit for bowl pools. With confidence on, you rank every pick. Your most-confident game is worth the most, the toss-ups the least. It rewards reading the matchups, not just picking favorites, and it makes the playoff games swing the standings.
How do I set up this year's bowl games?
Paste the full bowl schedule into the box, one game per line. The sheet builds a row for every matchup. As bowls get announced you can keep adding games, then print blank sheets once the field is set.
What is the tiebreaker?
Most bowl pools use the total points scored in the national championship game. Players write their prediction at the bottom of the sheet, and the closest guess settles a tie at the top of the standings.