College Football Playoff Bracket Pool – How It Works
College Football Playoff Bracket Pool – How It Works
Pick winners for every game in the College Football Playoff
Includes additional bowl games as tiebreakers
Predict total points for the semifinals and national championship
Live standings update automatically
Entry fee: $25
This pool works similarly to a traditional bracket pool, but focuses on the College Football Playoff bracket.
Participants will pick the winners of each CFP game along with three additional bowl games and total points of the semifinals and national championship used as tiebreakers.
After registering, you will receive your entry via email as a Google Sheets file once the full CFP bracket is announced.
Select winners using dropdown menus
No submission required — picks save automatically
Points increase each round to reward correct picks later in the bracket.
Scoring:
Quarterfinals — 4 points
Semifinals — 8 points
National Championship — 16 points
Total points predictions are based on closest score. Going over does not matter.
As games are played, results automatically update the live standings sheet.
You can track:
Total points
Rank
Points possible
Points possible rank
Total wins
Bowl wins
Game winners
All entries
Entry fee: $25 per entry
Each file contains 3 entries. Playing all 3 is $75
Additional entries available upon request. Another entry file will be shared.
All payments are made through LeagueSafe.
Your LeagueSafe name must match your name in the pool so payments can be matched to your entry.
If you are paying for other participants, please notify me.
Payments that cannot be matched to an entry may be refunded and the entry removed.
Note: In some cases, your first entry must be paid before adding additional entries. Using the desktop version may allow multiple entries to be paid at once.
Your entry will include picks for:
College Football Playoff bracket
Total points scored in the CFP Semifinals
Total points scored in the National Championship
3 selected bowl games
To fill out your bracket:
Open the file you receive via email.
Open the file you receive via email
Navigate to the gold entry tabs
Select winners using the dropdown menus
Enter total points for:
Semifinals
National Championship
Select winners for the 3 bowl games
Picks can be changed at any time before the first game begins. Once games start, picks are locked.
Ties are broken using:
Most total wins
Most finals teams correct
Most semifinal teams correct
Most round 2 teams correct
Closest combined score (Semifinals + National Championship)
Closest National Championship score
Closest left semifinal score
Closest right semifinal score
Most Bowl games correct