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A weekly NFL confidence pool
NFL Pick'em, built around your five best picks.
Create an NFL Pick'em league where every choice matters. Pick five teams against the spread each week, rank those picks 10, 6, 4, 2, and 1, then see who rises in the weekly standings and season standings.
NFL Pick'em, focused
Five picks make a better weekly challenge.
Traditional pools can ask you to choose every game. GridironFive narrows the card to the five teams you believe in most. That keeps the weekly routine approachable while adding a meaningful decision: how strongly do you rank each pick?
You are not simply counting correct answers. You are building a weighted five-pick card, making your highest-confidence choice your 10-point Best Bet and assigning 6, 4, 2, and 1 points to the rest. A correct pick earns its assigned value. A loss or push earns zero base points, so placement matters as much as selection.
Choose your teams
Review the week's eligible NFL games and select exactly five teams against the spread.
Set your confidence
Use every value once: 10, 6, 4, 2, and 1. Your strongest opinion becomes your Best Bet.
Watch points land
Winning selections earn their assigned points after results are scored. Losses and pushes earn zero base points.
Compete all season
Weekly standings settle the immediate bragging rights while season standings track the longer race.
Weighted scoring
Confidence creates the strategy.
Every completed card carries 23 possible base points. Put 10 on the team you trust most, then distribute the remaining values across four more picks. You can get more games right than a rival and still finish behind them if their highest-value calls win.
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Maximum base score: 23 points. Commissioners may also configure Best Bet and Perfect Week bonuses for a league season.
| Pick | Confidence | Result | Base points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team A | 10 — Best Bet | Win | 10 |
| Team B | 6 | Win | 6 |
| Team C | 4 | Loss | 0 |
| Team D | 2 | Win | 2 |
| Team E | 1 | Win | 1 |
| Weekly base score | 19 | ||
Your league, your people
Create a league for friends, family, or coworkers.
A commissioner creates the league and sets its season scoring options. Members can join and play from their own accounts, keeping picks, records, and standings organized in one place.
Choose a public league when you want it available in the member league directory, or use a private league for an invite-only group. Private access details remain inside the member experience rather than appearing on this public page.
A rhythm that lasts
One weekly winner. One season race.
Each week produces a new contest and a fresh chance to move. The weekly table shows rank, points, record, Best Bet wins, and Auto Picks. The season table carries performance forward so consistent players have something to chase from kickoff through the schedule.
That two-level structure works for both kinds of competition: the friend who wants this week's bragging rights and the league member tracking every point over the full season.
Clear competition
Standings that explain the race.
GridironFive keeps the important signals together, helping a league understand who is ahead and how they got there without maintaining a separate spreadsheet.
Weekly points
See each member's scored card for the current week, including their win-loss record and point total.
Best Bet wins
Track success on the 10-point selection—the pick carrying the most confidence and the largest base-point swing.
Season position
Follow the cumulative standings as weekly results build into a season-long leaderboard.
Commissioner options
Add bonuses when your league wants more.
The 23-point weighted card is the foundation. Commissioners can also configure season-specific bonuses for a winning 10-point Best Bet and for a Perfect Week—a complete five-pick card where all five picks win.
Set either bonus to zero to keep scoring entirely on the base values, or use bonuses to reward the moments your group cares about. Because settings belong to a league season, commissioners have a clear place to manage the format.
Optional coverage
Tools for the weeks that get busy.
Eligible leagues can use Auto Pick tools to help complete a card when a member has not finished every selection. The standings identify Auto Picks so the result remains visible to the group.
GridironFive is also built as an installable web app experience. Members can keep the league close on a compatible phone or desktop while still using the same familiar web account.
Game-aware locking
Later games stay available after early kickoffs.
Each pick locks when its game reaches kickoff. If an early game has started, selections tied to that game stop changing while later eligible games can remain available. Behind the scenes, GridironFive supports the weekly schedule, spread capture, pick locking, result imports, scoring, and standings updates that keep the pool moving.
5ranked picks each week
Why GridironFive
Less busywork. More meaningful picks.
The format is compact enough to become a weekly habit and strategic enough to create real separation in the standings.
Five focused choices
No requirement to pick the entire slate. Choose the five opportunities you like best.
Visible confidence
Everyone works with the same 10/6/4/2/1 values, making conviction part of the competition.
League flexibility
Run a public or private group and choose whether Best Bet and Perfect Week bonuses fit your season.
Kickoff-aware edits
Started games lock without unnecessarily closing every later opportunity on the card.
Two ways to win
Celebrate the weekly leader while maintaining a cumulative season standings race.
One shared home
Keep league membership, picks, scoring, and standings together instead of passing spreadsheets around.
NFL Pick'em FAQ
Questions before kickoff.
How many NFL teams do I pick each week?
You select five teams from the eligible weekly games, then assign one confidence value to each pick.
What do 10, 6, 4, 2, and 1 mean?
They are the points a winning selection earns. Use each value once. Your 10-point selection is your Best Bet, and all five values total 23 possible base points.
What happens on a loss or push?
A losing pick earns zero base points. A push is tracked as a push and also earns zero base points.
Can I run a private NFL Pick'em league?
Yes. Commissioners can create private leagues for an invited group, as well as public leagues that members can find in the league directory after signing in.
When do picks lock?
A pick locks when its associated game reaches kickoff. Later eligible games can remain editable after an earlier game begins.
Are bonus points required?
No. Best Bet win and Perfect Week bonuses are configurable by league season and can remain at zero.
Ready for your five?
Start an NFL Pick'em league.
Create your account, bring your group, and turn five weekly NFL picks into a full-season competition.