🏈 Football Survivor
Pick one pro football team to win each week. Avoid losses, ties, and missed picks. Each team can only be used once all season. Don't get eliminated—survive to the end!
Core Rules
- Weekly Picks: Pick one pro football team to win each week. Starting Week 15, you must make two picks per week.
- Team Usage: Each team can only be used once for the entire season—across both picks once two are required. Choose wisely and spread your best teams throughout the playoffs.
- A Tie Counts as a Strike: Ties are treated exactly the same as losses. A tie will cost you a strike.
- No Pick = Strike: If you don't submit a pick for a week, that counts as a strike. Make sure to submit a pick every week, even if your team is a heavy favorite.
- Team Locks: Each team locks the moment its own game kicks off. You can keep picking or changing your pick for any game that hasn't started yet, right up until that specific game's start time. Once every game in a week has kicked off (after the final game starts), that week is closed.
⚙️ Important: League Settings Vary by Pool
Every Survivor pool is different. Each league is configured by its admin, and settings can vary significantly. Before you join or play, check your league's settings to understand:
- Number of Strikes to Eliminate: Free leagues always use 1 strike. Premium leagues can set 1–10 strikes per manager.
- Double-Pick Weeks: Some leagues disable this; others enable it starting at a specific week. Check if your league allows two picks and when they start.
- Multiple Entries: Free leagues allow only 1 entry per manager. Premium leagues may allow managers to create multiple independent entries.
- Buy-Back Option: Some leagues let you "buy back in" after elimination for a fee. If enabled, your admin sets a cutoff week after which buy-backs are no longer allowed.
- Entry Donation: The league's buy-in amount is set by your admin. Check the league details to see the donation required for this pool.
Always check your league's League Settings before you play to see the exact strike count, which features are enabled, and any special rules your pool has.
📋 Disclaimer
Football Survivor is an independent fan-run pool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the NFL, its teams, or the NFL Players Association. Team names, logos, league marks, and related imagery are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and gameplay context only.
League admins are responsible for managing their own league membership, invite codes, messages, and prize arrangements. Drive To The Finals provides scoring and tracking tools; individual league rules or side arrangements are handled by that league's admin.