A full-season NFL Survivor Pool for your office. Pick one team per week — pick wrong once and you're out. Runs itself from Week 1 to the final week. No commissioner required.
🏈 NFL SURVIVOR POOL
Last one standing wins the season.
↓ See how it works
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WEEKS OF ENGAGEMENT
PICK PER WEEK
SCORE SOURCES
AUTOMATED SCORING
🏈 Pick one team per week
📋 No app to install
🌐 Remote & in-office
💸 One purchase per season
🚫 No IT ticket
🔒 Lives in your Google Drive
Pick one team. Survive the week.
🏈 NFL Survivor Pool
Each week, every player picks exactly one NFL team they think will win. Win — you advance. Lose or tie — you're out. Miss your pick — you're out. The twist: you can never pick the same team twice all season. Last one standing wins the pool.
Simple to learn. Brutal to survive.
Six rules. That's the whole game. The strategy is figuring out which teams to save for which weeks.
THE RULES
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No pick on record before the lock counts the same as a wrong pick. Automatic reminders go out so nobody forgets.
One pick per week
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Win or you're out
No team twice
Miss your pick? Out.
Pick any NFL team you think will win. Just the winner — no scores, no spreads, no point totals.
Your team wins — you advance. Loses or ties — eliminated immediately. No mulligans, no second chances.
Once you've used a team, it's gone for good all season. Forces strategic thinking across all 18 weeks.
Picks stay hidden
Last one standing wins
Nobody sees your pick until the last game of the week kicks off — no copying, no collusion, no late-game advantages.
If everyone loses the same week, nobody is eliminated — the pool continues with all survivors still alive.
Pick locking: Your pick locks 60 minutes before your team's own kickoff — not one blanket deadline for the whole week. Thursday night, Sunday early, Sunday night, Monday — every game locks separately. A player picking a Monday night team never gets to see Sunday results before their lock.
Worked example: Week 1 — Alex picks the Chiefs. Chiefs win. Alex advances and the Chiefs are now off the board for Alex all season. Week 3 — Alex picks the Cowboys. Cowboys lose. Alex is eliminated. The pool continues with all remaining players.
Three steps to launch your pool
From purchase to your first week of picks — in the time it takes to eat lunch.
HOW IT WORKS
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Pick your plan & check out
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Run Game Setup
Share & walk away
Choose 25, 50, or 100 players. Complete Stripe checkout in under two minutes. Your delivery email arrives instantly with your admin sheet link and player portal link.
The pool runs itself
Celebrate the winner
Step One — 2 minutes
Step TWO — 5 minutes
Step THREE — INSTANT
EVERY WEEK - AUTOMATIC
END OF SEASON
Open your Admin Sheet, go to 🏈 Survivor Pool → ⚙️ Game Setup. Set your start week, season year, optional entry fee, and pick lock window. Saving this turns on full automation.
Paste the Player Portal link into Slack, Teams, or email. Players register, make weekly picks, and watch live standings. Scores, eliminations, and week advances all happen automatically.
Every 2 hours, the sheet pulls NFL scores from ESPN, scores each pick, eliminates players with wrong picks, and advances to the next week. You don't touch anything.
The pool ends automatically when one player is left standing. Share the final standings in your team channel — 18 weeks of competition decided in one last week.
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ADMIN EXPERIENCE
Set it up once. Walk away for the season.
After purchase your Admin Sheet arrives with a 🏈 Survivor Pool menu built in. Every admin task is in there — including the ones you'll almost never need.
⚙️ Game Setup
Set start week, season year, optional entry fee, and pick lock window. Saving this single dialog turns on all automation — no separate trigger setup needed.
📝 Enter / Update My Pick
👤 Enter a Player's Pick
💰 View Payments Tab
📊 View Standings
🏆 Manual Score Entry (backup)
Admin plays too — submit or update your own weekly pick directly from the sheet without using the Player Portal.
Submit a pick on behalf of any player — useful when someone can't access the portal before their lock.
Only visible when an entry fee is set. Track who's paid via Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, cash, or any method — with notes per player.
See who's alive, who's eliminated, what each player picked each week, and the full pick history across the season.
Only needed if the score feed is down. Enter game results by hand — the sheet does the rest. Automatic scoring resumes as soon as the feed recovers.
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18 weeks of touchpoints that run themselves.
Perfect for
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HR Teams
A full season of weekly engagement that requires zero ongoing effort from HR after the 5-minute setup..
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Friend Groups
Office Managers
Private to your group. No ads, no strangers, no platform fees per player — just one purchase for the season.
Runs completely on its own once set up. No weekly tasks, no score posting, no player management from you.
Remote Teams
Players pick from anywhere on any device. The Player Portal works on phone, laptop, or tablet — no installs.
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One purchase The whole season.
No subscription. No per-player fees. One purchase runs your Survivor Pool from Week 1 through the final week of the regular season.
PRICING
Starter
$25
Up to 25 players
Need more than 100 players? Contact us — we can help
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Weekly pick reminder emails
Player Portal web app
Per-game pick locking
Admin menu with guided setup
Entry fee payment tracker
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NFL Survivor Pool
NFL Survivor Pool
Full 18-week regular season
Automated scoring every 2 hrs
Weekly pick reminder emails
Player Portal web app
Per-game pick locking
Admin menu with guided setup
Entry fee payment tracker
Full 18-week regular season
Automated scoring every 2 hrs
Weekly pick reminder emails
Player Portal web app
Per-game pick locking
Admin menu with guided setup
Entry fee payment tracker
Everything you need, in every plan.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
No stripped-down tiers. Every plan ships complete — the only difference is how many players can join.
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The Admin Google Sheet
Fully Automated Scoring
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The Player Portal
Your private game control panel. Lives in your Google Drive with the 🏈 Survivor Pool menu built in. Manage setup, view standings, track payments, and run backup procedures — all from one place.
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Instant Delivery Email
100% Private to Your Org
Automatic Pick Reminders
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A hosted web app players use to register, make weekly picks, view their pick history, and watch live standings. No spreadsheet access needed — just share the link.
NFL scores pull in automatically every 2 hours during the season. Picks are scored, eliminations applied, and the week advances — all without any action from you.
Players who haven't picked yet get email reminders automatically before the week's locks — sent by the sheet, not by you. Nobody forgets because they weren't reminded.
The moment you purchase, a delivery email arrives with your Admin Sheet link and your shareable Player Portal link. No waiting, no setup window, no back-and-forth with IT.
Your sheet lives in your Google Drive. WorkPlayEngage has zero access to your data after delivery. Your player information stays completely private within your organization.
Before you buy.
Everything you'd want to know before clicking purchase.
No — that's the whole point. NFL scores pull in automatically every 2 hours. Picks are scored, eliminations happen, and the next week opens on its own. Manual Score Entry exists only as a backup for the rare day the score feed is down.
Do I have to manually post scores every week?
COMMON QUESTIONS
What if players forget to make their pick?
The sheet sends automatic reminder emails to anyone who hasn't picked yet before the week's locks. If someone still misses their pick, they're eliminated — same as a wrong pick. There's no grace period, but the reminders catch most situations before they happen.
Can I charge an entry fee?
Yes — set an entry fee in Game Setup and a Payments tab appears in your Admin Sheet to track who's paid. Collect however you like (Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, cash) and log it there. WPE doesn't handle the money — that stays between you and your players.
When does a player's pick lock?
60 minutes before their picked team's own kickoff — not one blanket deadline for the whole week. A player who picks a Monday night team has until Monday afternoon to submit or change their pick. The portal shows each team's exact lock time.
What if everyone loses the same week?
That week is voided. Nobody is eliminated by it, the team each player picked that week becomes available to pick again, and the pool continues into the next week with everyone still alive.
Does this cover the playoffs too?
This purchase covers the NFL regular season (18 weeks). A separate Playoffs Survivor Pool will be available as its own purchase — same setup, same experience, just for the postseason.
Do I need a Google account to buy?
Yes — the Admin Sheet is delivered to a Google Drive folder, so a Google account is required for the purchaser. Players do not need Google accounts to register or submit picks.
Ready for the 18 weeks of friendly chaos?
Set it up in 5 minutes. The pool runs itself from there.
Questions? Reach out anytime.
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Privacy & Security Note: WorkPlayEngage templates are native Google Sheets. We do not host your data, and we never have access to your employee names or internal metrics. Your engagement remains 100% private within your organization’s Google Drive.
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