NFL Survivor Locked

Picksheet NFL Survivor

Hosted by Kenny Long

Pick one winner each week until double picks start in Week 10. The last surviving entry wins a 500-entry credit toward a future Picksheet pool you host. It's free to enter, up to three entries per person. By joining, you’ll get Picksheet Invitational emails from me about deadlines, standings, and prizes. Unsubscribe anytime.

Entries

121

Format

NFL Survivor · Pick winners

Entry deadline

Week 1 · Sun 1pm ET

Entry registration is closed.

Note from commissioner

Updated

Welcome to the 2026 Picksheet Invitational: NFL Survivor

Pick one winner per entry each week, until double picks start in Week 10. You can’t reuse a team, and one incorrect pick eliminates the entry. The pool continues through the playoffs if necessary.

Regular-season picks are due Sunday at 1:00 PM ET, with earlier games locking at kickoff. During the playoffs, each round locks at its first kickoff.

For more information about this and other Picksheet Invitational contests, visit picksheet.com/invitational.

Staying alive

  • An incorrect, tied, or missed pick eliminates the entry.
  • Point spreads are shown for reference, but picks are straight-up.
  • If every remaining entry is eliminated in the same week, the pool keeps going. During a multi-pick week, only entries with the most surviving picks that week are revived.
  • Team availability resets when the playoffs begin.

The prize

  • The last surviving entry earns a 500-entry credit toward one future Picksheet pool its participant hosts.
  • All three permitted entries are prize-eligible.
  • If multiple entries remain alive after the Super Bowl, the 500-entry credit will be divided evenly among them and rounded up to whole entries.

Using your credit

  • The credit may be applied to one future Picksheet pool you host. It cannot be divided among multiple pools, transferred, exchanged for cash, or combined with another person’s credit.
  • The credit must be applied to an eligible Picksheet invoice by September 30, 2027. Any unused portion expires when the credit is applied.

Eligibility and fair play

  • Entry is free. Participants must be 18 or older, have a valid Picksheet account, and be legally eligible to receive a prize.
  • The three-entry limit applies per person, not per account or email address. Multiple accounts, aliases, or another person’s account may not be used to exceed it.
  • Picksheet may disqualify entries or prizes after investigating suspected circumvention.
  • Picksheet and TeamRankings employees, contractors, and members of their households may play but are not eligible for prizes.

The configured rules below govern picks, deadlines, and visibility.

Had enough rules? Me too. Kickoff can't come soon enough.

Kenny

Contest & objective

Format

NFL Survivor

Objective

Pick winners, straight-up

Entries

3 entries max

Schedule

Start → End

Week 1 → Super Bowl

Entry deadline

Week 1 · Sun 1pm ET

Pick deadline

Sun 1pm ET, each week

Playoffs deadline

First kickoff, each playoff round

Picks

Picks

1 or 2 picks per week

Double-picks

2 picks in Week 10, Week 11, Week 12, Week 13, Week 14, Week 15, Week 16, Week 17, Week 18, Wild Card

Team use limit

Use teams once

Pick-against limit

Unlimited picks against teams

Playoffs reset

Teams reset in playoffs

Auto-pick

Missed pick = incorrect pick

A missed pick is treated as an incorrect pick. It costs a life and can lead to elimination.

Survival

Total lives

1 life — eliminated on the 1st incorrect pick

Rebuys (when allowed) are handled manually by your commissioner.

Wipeout

Revive entries on wipeout

If every entry still alive is eliminated in the same week, the contest keeps going by reviving them — in multi-pick weeks, only entries with the most surviving picks that week are revived.

Ties

Ties = incorrect pick

Ties are treated as an incorrect pick. They cost a life and can lead to elimination.

Display & visibility

Seeing other picks

See other people's picks as each game locks

Point spreads

Show point spreads

Commissioner

Commissioner picks

Commissioner cannot make or edit picks

Always on

Per-game lock

Every pick locks at its own game's kickoff.

Commissioner visibility

Commissioner cannot preview picks early

Advance picks

Always allow advance picks

Audit markers

Commissioner picks flagged "C" · revivals flagged "R"