The rules page is broken down into 3 sections:
Changes for the 2025 season.
Rules for league play.
Individual game rules.
SECTION 1: Changes for the 2025 season:
This season all points are due Thursday September 4th, 2025.
Points will be paid out at the end of each quarter (Week 6, 12, 18 and 22), in the past all points were paid out at the end of the season. The only exception is Survival Island which will be paid as soon as the contests are over Survival Island and Survival Island 2.
The number of prizes will climb to 94 this season. (last season 93)
In the NFL, if a game(s) is canceled before Saturday at 5:00 pm we will delete the game(s) from our piksheet entry form and we will play on, minus that game(s). It will be the players responsibility not to include the canceled game(s) for weekly and/or season lock and upset picks or any side games. We will do as much as possible to let all players know of this situation. If the game(s) are canceled after Saturday at 5:00, the game(s) will remain on the piksheet, but the game or games will not count and all side game picks must be changed to another team before the Sunday cut off time. If game is canceled after the cutoff time (1:00) the results of the game will result in a 0-0 tie.
During the regular season and the first 2 weeks of the playoffs, if a player picks all teams that are favorites, that player will have to pick an underdog team for the Weekly and Season Upset Contest.
Any player who does not submit picks for the week or submits their picks after the cutoff time, will receive 0 points for the week.
Cutoff times for the Thursday Night Football Game, Friday Night, Sunday morning will be at game time.
We have increased the prize in the Perfekt Week from 3,000 point to 3,250 points. (250 points will be added each season, until we have a winner).
Added a new stand alone game, Survival Island, there is a separated fee for this game, $20 per entry and $50 for 3 entries (3 entry maximum per player) and a maximum number of entries of 200, $3,000 to the winner. We have added a consolation contest for any players who go 0-2 and they will play for $400-$600 prize.
We have added a new game: 100 to 1. Each week starting in Week 2 the 100th ranked player will have a chance to win the progressive pot if that player can win the Weekly Contest. The contest will start at $10 and increase each week by $10 until we have a winner.
SECTION 2: General Rules for League Play.
Piksheet cut off time. Thursday games, piksheet must be submitted by game time 8:15 pm. Thursday evening, Sunday games, piksheet must be submitted by 1:00 pm. Sunday afternoon. All times are Eastern Standard Time. There cannot be any changes made after the cutoff time. All picks must be submitted using the piksheet only!
Missing Cut off time. If a player did not submit a piksheet for the week, that player will receive zero points for the week.
Making changes to piksheet before cutoff time. A player can make as many changes to their piksheet, as long it is before the cutoff time. To make a change a player may make 1 or more changes (the smart piksheet will keep track of your picks and mark it in green.
Picking all favorites or Underdogs on the piksheet. You can pick all favorites or all underdogs, but if you pick all favorites, your Weekly Upset pick must still be an underdog or you will receive an automatic loss.
Survivor Contest comes down to 3 or less players. In any of the 3 Survivor contests during the season, when it comes down to 3 or less players, a player may request to split the pot, but it must be agreed by all 3 players. If 1 or more players disagree or do not respond, the Survivor contest will continue.
Survivor Contest will start on: Survivor I start on week 1, Survivor II starts on Week 6 and Survivor III starts on week 11. Survivor II and Survivor III will start even if the previous Survivor contest is still going on.
Over/Under: During the NFL byes, the over/under can not be used for any side games (HIGH5, MOV, Season/Weekly Lock or Upset, weekly picks, etc.)
Final Results (Weekly/Season): The final results for each week will be on Monday morning, also for Super Bowl.
SECTION 3: Games and Prizes
(All prizes are based on 150 Players)
(22) Weekly prizes. The player each week with the highest score will receive 500 points. (500×22 weeks=11,000 points) All games will be played using point spreads, there will be 16 picks each week and 1 lock and 1 upset pick each one worth 1 point each (preset on the piksheet). During bye weeks, these games will be substituted by Over/Under pick, worth 1 point.. Each week will be worth a total of 18 points (the only exception will be the last 2 weeks of the playoffs, Conference Championship (10 points) and Super Bowl (5 points). There will be no tiebreaker for the weekly prize, if there is more than one winner, they will be sharing the prize equally. The weekly contest will include 3 weeks of the playoffs and the super bowl (22 weeks).
(15) Total Prize Points. The Top 10% finishers at the end of the season will share 12,450 points.
1st place: 3,000 points, 2nd place: 1,500 points, 3rd place: 1,200 points, 4th place: 1,100 points, 5th place: 1,000 points,
6th place: 700 points, 7th place: 650 points, 8th place: 600 points, 9th place: 550 points, 10th place: 500 points 11th: 450 points 12th: 400 points 13th: 350 points 14th place: 250 points 15th place: 200 points
*****There will be no ties for the PFLPro Championships. In case of a tie of 2 or more players for the top 10% spots at the end of the post season, the first tie breaker will be 1) Overall season winning percentage, if there is still a tie, the second tie breaker will be 2) Regular season winning percentage, if still tied 3) Most playoff wins, if still tied 4) Finally, the last tie-breakers will be the best season score after week 17, 16, 15, etc.
(8) 4 QUARTER CONTEST: The season will be broken down into 4 Quarters, Weeks 1-6, Weeks 7-12, Weeks 13-18 and Weeks 19-22. The scores for each quarter will be based on your weekly scores, there is nothing to fill out or complete. The player with the highest score after 6 weeks will be declared the winner and take home 250 points, the player who finishes in second place will receive 100 points. Starting the second quarter, week 7, all scores from the first quarter will be deleted and all players will start with a score of zero. There is 4 separate quarters and 8 winners. 1 player could win more than 1 quarter. The program will take care of all players scores. (This contest runs the entire season, 22 weeks).
(3) Low Man Out: Each week the 7 players with the lowest weekly score will be out (eliminated) from the contest, if there is a tie between the last 2 or more players, we will have 2 tie breaker systems in place, the first tie breaker is total wins for the week and the second tie breaker is the Monday night tie breaker score. If two or more players are still tied after both tie-breakers, for the 7th and last spot, we will only eliminate 6 players for that week. After week 20 we will be down to 10-13 players, the following week, Week 21 we will eliminate 7-10 players to get down to 3 players (we might have to eliminate more if we have more ties during the season). After Week 21 we will be down to just 3 players. Week 22, The Super Bowl all 3 players will be guaranteed to win points. 500 points will go to the winner, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. (This contest runs the entire season, 22 weeks).
(1) Perfekt Week: If any player during the regular season (does not include playoffs, weeks 19-22) pick all the games correctly using the point spreads, that player will win the Perfekt score jackpot (To win a player must correctly make all 16 picks ((includes over/unders)), plus the lock and upset picks, a total of 18 picks). This is a season long contest. If more that 1 player has a perfect week during the season, they would split the Perfekt week jackpot. The jackpot for this season is worth 3,250 points. This contest will continue each week until we have a winner. If and when someone wins, we will start all again at 250 points. If there are no winner this season, the jackpot next season will be worth 3,500 points.
(3) Survivor Contest: All players are included in all the survivor contests throughout the season, the pay out for this game will be 500 points for each contest. In week #1 you will pick one team that you are absolutely, positively without a doubt cannot lose (on average 50% of all players lose each week) If your pick for that week wins, you will advance to week #2, if you lose, you will be out until the next Survivor contest starts. The remaining players will continue week after week until we have a sole survivor, if 2 or more players lose in the last week, the jackpot will be shared equally. This game is played against the point spread and you may pick any team as many times as you want throughout each contest. In any of the 3 Survivor contests during the season, when it comes down to 3 or less players, a player may request to split the pot, but it must be agreed upon by all players. If 1 or more players want to continue, the Survivor contest will continue.
(There are 3 Survivors and they start in Week 1, Week 6 and Week 11)
(9) Season Locks, Season Upsets and Season Total Lock & Upsets: For the players who have the highest score in each of these categories at the end of the second week (week 20) of the playoffs will win 500 points for first place, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. (The most season locks, the most season upsets and the combined season locks and upsets). Each week you will need to pick (1) Season Lock of the week and (1) Season Upset of the week. A lock can be any favorite or underdog team. An upset can only be an underdog team (over or unders can not be used. This contest runs until the end of week 20 (2nd week of the playoffs).
(3) Monday Night Football: The players who correctly picks the most MNF games correct throughout the regular season will win 500 points for first place, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. This contest runs until the end of Week 16.
(3) Thursday Night Football: The players who correctly picks the most TNF games correct throughout the regular season will win 500 points for first place, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. The 3 Thursday, Thanksgiving day games will be included in the contest. This contest runs until the end of Week 17.
(3) High 5: This game runs during the regular season only (18 weeks). Each week you will pick exactly 5 teams against the spread. For each correct pick you will receive 1 point for 1 win, 3 points for 2 wins, 5 points for 3 wins, 7 points for 4 wins and 10 points for all 5 wins. The player with the highest score at the end of the regular season will win 500 points for first place, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. (This contest runs the entire regular season, 18 weeks).
(10 players) XFL: This game consists of teams of 5 players each, each player can pick and choose what team he/she wants to join, once the season starts there will be no trades or movements of any kind. This contest goes through to the Super Bowl, the final 2 teams will win points; 1000 points, for first place and the second-place team will win 500 points. The end of the regular season the top 14 teams will qualify for the playoffs (just like in the NFL). The team with the most wins at the end of the regular season will be the number 1 seed; the team with the second most wins will be the second seed, etc. The top 2 teams will receive a first round bye. (The XFL will use the same format as the NFL playoffs). Only the teams that make it to the Super Bowl (Week 22) will take home the points. In case of a tie during the playoff’s the higher seed in each playoff game will receive ½ point (home field advantage). In case of a tie during the end of the regular season, (between the top 14 teams) the first tie breaker will be total wins, the second tie breaker will be the team that was higher ranked in week 17, if there is still a tie we will then go back to week 16, 15, etc. (This contest runs the entire season, 22 weeks).
(3) Margin Of Victory: (referred as MOV) Each week you are responsible for selecting one team, you will find this game where you make the selections on the weekly piksheet (our program will keep tabs on the teams you have used to date). You can only choose a team once during the season (no duplicating, there is a heavy penalty for duplicate picks or missed picks) this is where the strategy takes place, you might not want to use all the high scoring offenses too soon in the season, or you might be left with very mediocre teams, the last few weeks of the regular season. There is no point spreads used for this game (the only game in the PFL that does not use a point spread). The way the game is played, if the team you picked wins, you will receive points based on how many points your team wins by that week. For example, if you picked Tampa Bay this week and they won by 10 points you would receive 10 points for that week (but then you cannot pick Tampa Bay again for the rest of the season) we keep a running score for the entire regular season. If you pick a team that loses that week, we will subtract the amount that they lost by from your total. (The MOV contest is capped at a maximum of -20 for a team that ends up losing, or if you make a duplicate pick or miss a pick for a week). The players who ends the regular season with the most points will win 500 points for first place, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. (This contest runs the entire regular season, 18 weeks).
(3) Regular Season Champion: The players with the highest score at the end of the regular season (week 18) will win 500 points for first place, 250 points for second and 100 points for third place. This contest ends after week 18.
(4) Super Bowl Squares: The number of players (150) exceed the number of squares (100), the following is how we will distribute out the squares. The first quarter the top 100 players will receive a square, the second quarter any player who did not receive a square will receive a square first, the remaining squares will be given the number 1 players, then 2 etc. Each player is guaranteed at least 2 squares for the contest. If the game end in a tie at the end of regulation, the overtime will be considered the 4th Quarter (the 4th quarter is considered the final score). The total points will be 600 points, 150 points each square.
(1) Sacko Award: This prize goes to the player who ends up in last place. To win this contest, a player must pick every game of every week. If a player misses a game, we will award the next player with the lowest score who has made every pick of the season. That player will win an entry into next season's football pool. (This contest runs the entire season, 22 weeks).
(1) 100 to 1 Contest: Each week starting in Week 2 the 100th ranked player will have a chance to win the progressive pot if that player can win the Weekly Contest (finish first overall for the week). The contest will start at $10 in week 2 and increase each week by $10 until we have a winner. This contest runs the entire season.
(2) Survival Island: A double elimination game played like our Survivor Games, using NFL teams only. We use the exact Vegas Spreads (no added +.5), ties will result in a loss. There is a separate piksheet for this game and players must pick 1 team each week, may use the same teams more than once. We are capping the entries to 200 and the grand prize is $3,000. We have added a consolation Survival Island, for all players who start the season 0-2. They will start a separate Survival Island 2 and it will be a double elimination and the prize could be $400 or more, the exact total will depend on the number of entries, the exact total will be announced before the start of the season.
(94 Winners) (19 games)
TIEBREAKER RULES FOR THE SIDE GAMES:
If 2 or players tie for first place, they will split the 1st and 2nd place points equally (500+250), if 3 or more players tie for first place, they will split first, second and third place points equally (500+250+100). There will be no points for any other finishers.
If 2 players tie for second place, they will split of 2nd and 3rd place points equally (250+100), if 3 or more players tie for second place, they will split second and third place points equally (250+100). There will be no points for any 3rd place finishers.
If 2 or more players tie for third place, they will split 100 points.
PFLPro Playoff Scoring:
SCORING for the first 2 rounds of the PLAYOFFS: Weeks 19 & 20:
The scoring for all games will be doubled. Week 19 there are 6 games and 2 over/unders, all eight picks are worth 2 points each. In addition, you will need to pick 1 lock and 1 upset and they will be worth 1 additional point each (just like in the regular season). The total points for Week 19 will be a total of 18 points, the same scoring as the regular season. If you pick all 6 favorites, your Upset pick will have to be an underdog team.
Week 20 there will be 4 games and 4 over/unders. All 8 picks will be worth 2 points each. In addition, you will need to pick 1 lock and 1 upset and they will be worth 1 additional point each (just like in the regular season). There will be a total of 18 points for the week, the same scoring as the regular season. If you pick all 4 favorites, your Upset pick will have to be an underdog team.
SCORING FOR THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Week 21 of the PFLPro, the scoring for all games will now be worth 3 points each (there are 2 games) and there will be 2 over/unders and they will be worth 2 points each, for a total of 10 points for this week. There are no more locks or upsets for the rest of the season. The only addition is we will have a tie-breaker, which is the total points for the game (both teams combined). The player that correctly wins the 2 games and 2 over/unders and comes closest to the total points wins the week.
SCORING FOR THE Super Bowl:
Week 22 of the PFLPro, the scoring for the game is worth 3 points, and the over/under will be worth 2 points, for a total of 5 points. The only addition is we will have a tie-breaker, which is the total points for the game (both teams combined). The player that correctly wins the game and over/under and comes closest to the total points wins the week.
The Commish's address is:
Primo Buffano
1645 Virginia Ave.
Palm Harbor, Florida 34683
Looking forward to competing with each one of you this year,
Primo
The Commissioner
1998 PFL Champion