How to Execute an NFL Playoff Bracket Office Pool

Daina Falk
Hungry Fan
Published in
2 min readJan 1, 2016

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Yes, I am talking about the NFL playoffs. The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the NFL’s Regular Season to determine the ultimate winner, or NFL Champion.

A great way to make an already fun time even more exciting is to create a pool. You can do this with friends, family or even at the office. We here at Hungry Fan are big fans of the office pool…it certainly livens up the work environment. And we like the competition…

Here is a tutorial on how to generate an NFL Playoff Bracket Office Pool:

Bracket
  1. 1. Print out an NFL Playoff Bracket pool template
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  2. 2. Decide how much it will cost to buy into the pool
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  3. 3. Select a Commissioner who will be responsible for collecting and holding onto the money
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  4. 4. Fill in your own individual bracket with the team you think will win each NFL playoff game. The games are organized like this:
  5. a. 1st round- Wild Card: #1 and #2 seeds receive byes, the #4 seed plays the #5 seed, and the #3 seed plays the #6 seed
  6. b. 2nd round- Divisional: #1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed from their conference
  7. c. 3rd round- Conference Championship: Winners of the Divisional round play each other
  8. d. 4th round- Super Bowl: Winners of Conference Championship play each
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    5. Have your Commissioner collect all the money and make copies of every players brackets to distribute it to everyone in the pool to ensure fairness
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    6. Determine how many points each series of each round is worth before the playoffs begin. Use a points system where the Wild Card round is 1 point, Divisional Championship is 2 points, Conference
    Championship is 3 points and 5 points for the Super Bowl
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    7. Decide if the winner of your pool takes all the money or whether you want to have multiple winders for second and third place
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    8. After the Super Bowl is over, tally the scores earned by each player. The player with the highest amount of points is the winner

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Daina Falk
Hungry Fan

Founder & face of Hungry Fan™ (brand). Curator of the sports fan's game day experience. Flavor maker. TV personality. Professional sports fan. #HungryFanFood