Run a college football pick'em
Pick every Saturday's winners. Rivalry weeks, ranked upsets, pure chaos - and a leaderboard to prove you saw it coming.
Free for groups up to 50. No app, no spreadsheet.
How it works
Create the pool
Set up your college football pick'em - choose your games, straight-up or against-the-spread scoring, and launch in minutes.
Share the link
One link to the group chat or alumni thread. Players join with a display name - no accounts, nothing to install.
Pick and climb
Everyone picks the weekend's winners. We auto-grade Saturday's carnage and stack the points on a live leaderboard.
College football pick'em rules
A college football pick'em is a pick'em pool built for the wildest schedule in sports. Every Saturday you pick winners across a massive slate, points stack all season, and the leaderboard sorts the diehards from the bandwagon.
CFB is tailor-made for it: huge weekly slates, ranked teams getting stunned, and rivalry games that wreck everyone's bracket at once.
The core rules
- Pick the slate. Each week you choose winners for the games in your pool - trim it to ranked matchups or go full chaos with the whole board.
- Score the winners. Correct picks earn points; most points wins. Run it weekly, season-long, or both.
- It stacks all season. From Week 0 through conference championships and bowl season, the standings carry over.
- Survive rivalry week. Upset-heavy weekends are where pools are won and lost - everyone misses the same chalk, so the contrarian calls pay off.
Scoring variations
- Straight up. Just pick winners - simplest, best for big casual groups.
- Against the spread. Pick after the points so loading up on top-five teams every week isn't an auto-win.
- Confidence. Weight each pick by how sure you are. (See the confidence pool format.)
Formats & tiebreakers
Run it for a friend group, a dorm, or the whole alumni network - and pair it with an NFL pick'em for a year-round football season. Ties settle on head-to-head record, bowl-season performance, or a single predicted-score question on the marquee game.
Why run it on Trofeo.live
A 50-game college slate is a spreadsheet death sentence. Trofeo.live grades every Saturday for you so you can actually watch the games.
- Auto-grading. Every result scored as it finishes - straight-up or against the spread.
- Live leaderboard. Standings update in real time across the whole season and into the bowls.
- Public proof. Called the upset of the week? Gassed up. Picked the team that got blown out? Roasted.
- No app for players. You set it up; they pick from a link with a name.
Set your slate, share the link, and let rivalry week do its worst.
Rivalry week has receipts
Saturdays are chaos and everyone's a genius on Sunday morning. Trofeo.live keeps every pick on record, so the upset you called - or the one you fumbled - is right there for the group to see.
FAQ
What is a college football pick'em pool?+
It's a group game where everyone picks the winners of college football games each week. Correct picks earn points that accumulate all season - through rivalry week, conference championships, and bowl season - and the highest total wins.
Can I pick only ranked games instead of the whole slate?+
Yes. You choose which games go into your pool each week - keep it to the ranked or marquee matchups, or open it up to the full board for maximum chaos. It's your call as the organizer.
Does it cover bowl season and the playoff?+
Yes - run the pool right through the conference championships, bowls, and the College Football Playoff. Many groups make bowl season its own bonus round.
Can I run a college and an NFL pick'em together?+
Absolutely - plenty of groups run a college football pick'em on Saturdays and an NFL pick'em on Sundays for a full-weekend football season. Each is its own pool with its own leaderboard.
Is it free?+
Yes - free for groups up to 50 players. It's bragging rights, not betting: no wagering or payouts are built in. Bigger pools and custom branding are available on paid plans.
Run a college football pick'em
Pick every Saturday's winners. Rivalry weeks, ranked upsets, pure chaos - and a leaderboard to prove you saw it coming.
Free for groups up to 50. No app, no spreadsheet.