Run a private survivor pool for the College Football Playoff.
Twelve teams, four rounds, one pick a round. We run the picks, scores and reminders, and draft every round’s recap for you to send.
Start my poolSet it up today and send your link. Picks open when the bracket is set in early December. Remind me
Or try the demo, built on last season’s playoffs: 60-second commissioner tour · player tour
- Players join from your link
- We never touch money
- No ads
Run a private survivor pool for the College Football Playoff.
Twelve teams, four rounds, one pick a round. We run the picks, scores and reminders, and draft every round’s recap for you to send.
Start my poolSet it up today and send your link. Picks open when the bracket is set in early December. Remind me
Or try the demo, built on last season’s playoffs: 60-second commissioner tour · player tour
- Players join from your link
- We never touch money
- No ads
A recap your players actually read.
After each round, Still Standing drafts a recap from your league’s results and outside game coverage, written about your pool: who went out, the upsets, how your field picked. You review it, add a line of your own, and send it.
Read the whole sample recapShow less
The actual email from the demo league’s Quarterfinals round (Bracket Busters (demo)), as players get it. See how it’s made on the commissioner tour →
Picking takes seconds. Game day runs itself.
Tap a team and the pick is in. Picks stay sealed until the lock, then live scores ride along on every one on the Board.
How picking and game day workShow less
- Even you can’t see picks before the lock. Nobody can, not even the commissioner.
- Live scores on every pick, and eliminations land on their own at the final whistle.
- Reminders go out before each lock to anyone who hasn’t picked.
- Every pick gets a receipt email. As many entries per person as you allow.
Know who everyone else is on before you lock.
Each team’s chance to win this round and to win it all, what other pools are picking, and a warning when using a team now would leave you stuck later.
What the Planner showsShow less
- Win chance: how likely a team is to win its game. Title chance: how likely it is to go all the way.
- Pick share: how many entries in other pools are on each team, once enough pools are running. Popularity, not a prediction; your own pool is never counted.
- Suggest a plan for the safest path, or Best-value plan to go against the field, then Use as my picks in one click.
- Pick insurance can follow each player’s own plan, not just the favorite.
Your rules. Not ours.
Start from a preset that’s close to your pool, then change anything. The rules page writes itself in plain English. See every rule you can set →
What you can setShow less
- Picks per round, extra lives, team reuse, pick insurance, tiebreakers, the prize.
- The rules page writes itself, in plain English, from your settings.
- Every change is checked and logged. Post a mid-season ruling and every player confirms they’ve read it.
Pools you can run here
Six ways commissioners set up their pools. Start from one, then change anything.
Two picks in the first round, then one a round after that.
Start with thisYou OK each entry before it can pick: they’ve paid you, they’re in the group, whatever your rule is.
Start with thisBuilt so game day doesn’t go wrong.
Picks are sealed from everyone until the round locks, the commissioner included. Nobody can say the commish peeked.
A receipt email for every pick, a timestamped log of every pick, change and refusal, and a CSV export. Fix a pick and the player is emailed what changed and why.
Your league collects and pays out however it always has. Turn on “Approve to play” to OK each entry yourself.
More game-day safeguardsShow less
The pool’s clock decides the lock, not anyone’s phone.
By default a cancelled game counts as a win and the commissioner rules on a postponed one. Kickoffs can be moved, and the rules say what happens.
Correct a result, rename or remove an entry, or bring one back, always with a reason everyone can see, and it’s logged.
Only you and the people you choose to help run the league see a player’s real name and email. Everyone else sees entry names.
And everything else a commissioner needs.
Quick setup, co-commissioners and helpers, your league’s own colors and icon, and an “Ask a question” box that answers from your settings.
See everythingShow less
A short wizard: name it, pick your colors, start from a preset. You get a sign-up link and QR code.
Add co-commissioners who can do everything, or give a helper game-day access without the keys to the rules.
Your name, your colors, your league’s own icon. Emails come from your league’s name. Players see your league, not ours.
Every Commish Board page has an “Ask a question” box that answers from your own league’s settings. It never changes anything.
Post a mid-season clarification and each player confirms they’ve read it. Nobody can say they missed it.
Your Commish Board shows where the season is (set up, invite, play, wrap up) and one button for each job.
Remind me before the playoffs →
Running a full-season pool? Get first access for 2027Show less
The full-season engine already runs real pro and college pools this season. One email when it opens to every commissioner, well before kickoff. Nothing else.
- Pick winners or losers, FBS or FCS, conference limits, a cap on favorites
- Bonus weeks, extra picks by week, late entry, always/never-allowed teams
- “Will these rules hold up?” — a simulation of how long your pool lasts under real odds
Hear about other new games tooShow less
Want something built just for your pool? Custom pools →
The default rules, in plain English
A new pool starts with these. You can change any of them before the first pick.
See the default rulesShow less
- Each entry picks one team to win in each round of the College Football Playoff: First Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and National Championship.
- Each entry can pick a team only once in the playoffs — except for one team it may pick a second time, in a later round.
- Picks lock at each round’s first kickoff.
- A losing pick knocks the entry out.
- So does a missed pick.
- A cancelled game counts as a win; a postponed one is ruled on by the commissioner.
- The entry that survives the most rounds wins. Ties go to the closest guess at the National Championship’s total points, then a shared title.
Rules questions
What happens if everyone loses?
Entries that go out in the same round finish level. Your tiebreakers decide it, in the order you set them, and anyone still level shares the title. You can also bring an entry back yourself from the Commish Board. The five ways pools settle it →
Can I pick the same team twice?
Yes, by default each entry can use one team twice, in a later round. You can change that to each team once, or two teams twice. Try the options in the rules generator →
When do picks lock?
At each round’s first kickoff. Until then, players can change their pick as often as they like, and nobody sees anyone else’s pick until the lock.
What if someone misses a pick?
Reminders go out before each lock. A missed pick knocks the entry out, the same as a losing pick, unless you turn on pick insurance: then the site picks the biggest favorite for it.
Is it really free?
Yes. Every feature, as many players as you have. Free covers the playoff survivor pools (Pro Football Playoff and College Football Playoff) through February 2027. It doesn’t cover full-season pools, the 2027–28 season, or new kinds of pools we add later, like golf.
Do you handle the money?
No. We never touch money: no entry fees, no payouts. Your league collects and pays out however it always has.
More rules help: rules generator · if everyone loses · tiebreakers · tie rules
Questions commissioners ask
What are the default rules and dates?
New leagues start with one team reuse: one pick a round, and each entry can use one team twice. Default tiebreaker: closest guess at the title game’s total points. The bracket is announced in early December; the First Round is Dec 18–19 and the title game Jan 25. The top four seeds skip the First Round, so that round has only four games to pick from: run it one pick a round, or use the ready-made rule that asks for two picks in the first round. Start with ready-made rules, then change picks per round, extra lives, team reuse, insurance, tiebreakers and more.
Do you handle entry fees or prizes?
No. We never touch money. Your league collects and pays out however it always has. If you want to keep track of who’s in, turn on “Approve to play” and approve each entry yourself.
Do my players need an account?
Yes: they sign up from your link or QR code with an email and a password, which takes about a minute. One password covers all their entries.
What if someone forgets to pick?
Reminders go out before each lock. An entry without a pick at the lock is out, unless you turn on pick insurance, where the site picks for them.
Want help making this work for your pool?
Tell us how your group plays and we’ll brainstorm the setup with you. Use the Feedback button or email us.
Can I run both Pro Football Playoff Survivor and College Playoff Survivor?
Yes. While it’s free, every commissioner can run one Pro Football and one College Playoff league.
What does “free” cover?
Free covers the playoff survivor pools (Pro Football Playoff and College Football Playoff) through February 2027. It doesn’t cover full-season pools, the 2027–28 season, or new kinds of pools we add later, like golf.
What will next season cost?
After the season, we’ll survey every commissioner and player — what you liked, what you’d change, and how we compare to other survivor sites. Next season’s price comes from that: a price that makes this the easy choice for commissioners and lets us keep building. This year’s helpers get credits toward it.
Who sees my players’ details?
Only you and the people you choose to help run the league see a player’s real name and email. Everyone else sees entry names. Emails are used to run your league and nothing else.