NFL Playoff Pool Ideas
January 5, 2025 by
The best (and easiest) NFL playoff pool ideas, for those of us that aren't ready to give up on fantasy football once the regular season ends. In no particular order.
#1 Playoff Fantasy Football
Host a draft or pick online from the players in the playoffs. Only draft QB, RB, WR, and TE ... no defense or special teams or kickers.
Playoff fantasy is just like regular fantasy football where you get points based on how your players perform, except it's not head to head each week, the winner is the person who drafted the players that do the best throughout the entire playoffs.
BONUS: Check out our NFL Playoff Fantasy Football Rankings player database during your draft to edge out your competition!
Playoff fantasy is just like regular fantasy football where you get points based on how your players perform, except it's not head to head each week, the winner is the person who drafted the players that do the best throughout the entire playoffs.
BONUS: Check out our NFL Playoff Fantasy Football Rankings player database during your draft to edge out your competition!
#2 NFL Playoff Confidence Pool
Assign all 14 playoff teams a confidence factor of 1-14. You can only use each confidence rating once. Each time a team wins, you get the number of points you assigned. Whoever has most points after Super Bowl wins.
Teams with byes (i.e. likely favorites) will have fewer opportunities to get a win, which adds a little more strategy.
#3 NFL Playoff Bracket
Everyone fills out a bracket and you get points for each correct pick. You can do 1 point for correct pick or make each round worth more (1,2,3,4 points for the wild card / divisional / conference / super bowl rounds, respectively)
#4 NFL Playoff / Super Bowl Squares
Everyone gets randomly assigned squares in a 10x10 squares board.
There are 100 squares total.
A square wins if the home team and away team's score are in the correct box.
Run a pool for any individual game or all playoff games.
#5 NFL Playoff Takeover Pool
With 2, 4, or 8 people, randomly assign each of the divisional round teams. If your team covers the spread, you advance. If they win but don’t cover, your opponent takes over your team. Use 1/2-point spreads to avoid ties. Whoever has the team that covers in the Super Bowl wins.
Sorry, no software here. Get your pen and paper out for this one!
#6 Redraft Each Round
For each round of the playoffs, you redraft your team of players.
Each week is a new/separate pool.
You earn points based on player performances in that round only.
Score it using a standard fantasy football scoring system, or make up your own.
You could just award 1 point per touchdwon or something like that to keep it simple.
* Choose "Draft, then Enter Picks Manually" option
#7 Football Bingo
This works for any single game of the playoffs.
Everyone gets a bingo card with various football events on it.
When an event happens, your square is automatically marked off.
First to get bingo (5 in a row) wins.
What other formats do you use?
Please contact us if you have other NFL playoff pool ideas.Enjoy the playoffs!
