How to play NFL Maxout
NFL Maxout is an exciting new football pool format that combines elements of NFL Survivor with a unique scoring twist.
Pick Weekly
Choose one team each week that you think will win. Plan carefully, as you can only choose a team once over the course of the season.
Accumulate Points
If your pick wins, you earn points based on how many points that team scored in the game. If they lose, you earn zero and potentially face elimination depending on pool rules.
Outscore Everyone
Keep scoring each week to accumulate as many points as possible throughout the season. The player with the most points at the end of the season wins the pool.
NFL Maxout Pool Examples
See the features that make running an NFL Maxout pool online easy for commissioners and fun for players.
Make Picks from Any Device
Players can submit their NFL Maxout picks from anywhere, whether they’re at work, at home, or on the go. The picks page is optimized for mobile devices and works just as smoothly on desktop and tablet.
Track Weekly Picks and Points
The Results page makes it easy to follow every entry throughout the season. Your pool can quickly see which team each player picked, how many points they earned, and who has the most points on the season.
Post Updates and Talk Trash
Every pool includes a private message board where members can post updates, talk trash, and keep the conversation going all season long. It gives your group one place to stay connected beyond just making picks.
Why run your NFL Maxout pool online?
Gridiron Games automates the busywork so your pool can focus on making picks, sweating results, and enjoying the season.
Chasing down players every week and hoping everyone sends their picks in on time.
Players make their own picks online, from any device, before the deadline.
Updating scores by hand, double-checking formulas, and fixing mistakes after games.
Weekly results and season-long standings update automatically as games finish.
Keeping track of last-minute changes and trying to remember which version was final.
Players submit picks before the deadline, commissioners manage changes when needed.
Relying on group texts, email chains, and side conversations to keep everyone updated.
Use the built-in message board and commissioner tools to keep everyone informed.
Keeping records and rebuilding the pool from scratch again next season.
Roll your pool into the next season without any additional setup.
Frequently Asked Questions
An NFL Maxout pool is a football pool where players pick one team to win each week from the weekly NFL schedule. If your pick wins, you earn points based on how many points that team scored. Depending on your pool’s rules, incorrect picks can also count toward elimination.
Learning how to play NFL Maxout is easy. Each week, players pick one team they believe will win. If the pick is correct, they earn points based on that team’s score. If the pick is wrong, it counts as an incorrect pick and may put that entry closer to elimination depending on the pool rules.
On Gridiron Games, commissioners can customize their Maxout pool settings to match their preferred rules, including straight up or against the spread, no elimination, single elimination, double elimination, multiple entries, and flexible pick deadlines.
No. One of the key strategy elements in NFL Maxout is that you can only use each team once over the course of the season. That means every weekly pick affects your future options, not just your current week.
We use a pay-as-you-go pricing model that allows pools to pay for only the entries they need. To determine the cost of running your pool on the site, check out our pricing calculator. The hosting fee covers the entire season.
For NFL Maxout pools, entries are season-long. As an example, if you have 10 players each submitting one entry for the season, you only need to purchase 10 entries.
Only the pool commissioner is responsible for paying the hosting fee. Once the commissioner has purchased entries, other players can participate in the pool for free without needing to pay any additional fees through the site.
This depends on your pool’s settings. For NFL Maxout pools, we offer the following pick deadlines:
- Start of Week: Weekly picks are due by the first game of each week.
- Sunday at 1pm ET: Weekly picks are due by Sunday at 1pm ET. If selecting a team from a game that occurs before Sunday at 1pm ET, picks are due by kickoff of that game.
Please note: If using the Sunday deadline, players can still pick teams from earlier games however their pick will be due by kickoff of that game and will be locked after the game begins.
Yes. If your NFL Maxout pool is configured to allow multiple entries, players can submit them from the Picks page. After submitting the first entry, a green button becomes available that allows players to create a new entry, and a dropdown lets them switch between entries throughout the season.
If all remaining players are eliminated in the same week, the system will prompt the commissioner to decide whether the pool should end or continue. If the commissioner ends the pool, multiple winners can be crowned. If the commissioner continues the pool, the eliminated picks will be marked as a mulligan and those entries can keep playing in future weeks.
At the moment, the site does not have built-in tiebreakers for NFL Maxout pools because different groups prefer different rules. In cases where multiple entries finish the season, many pools use the fewest incorrect picks as the first tiebreaker, then apply additional rules such as longest correct streak if needed.