College Football Confidence Picks

Welcome to College Football Confidence Picks, an exciting game where your knowledge and strategy determine your success! Each week, you’ll predict the outcomes of college football matchups involving top-ranked teams, assigning confidence points to your picks. Compete to earn the most points each week and aim for the season-long championship. Here’s a clear and simple guide to get started.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Understanding the Matchups

Weekly Rankings: Each week, the AP Poll (or the College Football Playoff Poll after it begins) ranks the top 25 college football teams 1 through 25.

Matchups Defined: A matchup occurs when a ranked team plays any opponent (ranked or unranked). If both teams in a game are ranked, it only counts as one matchup.

Example: In Week 1 of the 2022 season, there were 22 matchups involving top 25 teams, even though some games featured two ranked teams (e.g., #3 Georgia vs. #11 Oregon counts as one matchup).

Below is an example of a schedule from the week 1 schedule from the 2022 season

2. Making Your Picks

Select a Winner: For each matchup, choose the team you believe will win.

Assign Confidence Points: Assign each matchup a point value from 1 to the total number of matchups that week (e.g., 1 to 22 for Week 1 of 2022).

Higher Points = More Confidence: Use higher point values (e.g., 22) for teams you’re very confident will win.

Lower Points = Less Confidence: Use lower point values (e.g., 1) for matchups where you’re less certain.

Example: You might assign 22 points to #7 USC vs. Rice (a game you’re confident USC will win) and 1 point to #3 Georgia vs. #11 Oregon (a closer game).

Rule: Each point value can only be used for one matchup per week.

3. Scoring

If Your Team Wins: You earn the points you assigned to that matchup.

If Your Team Loses: You earn 0 points for that matchup.

Weekly Winner: After the games, points are totaled, and the player with the highest score wins the week.

Season Winner: At the end of the season, the player with the highest cumulative points from all weeks wins the year.

4. Submitting Your Picks

Option 1: Your google sheets submission forum

Option 2: Submit picks via the designated Discord bot (Note: This feature is currently unavailable. Updates will be posted in the Discord channel when it’s ready).
Option 3: Send your picks directly to Ben Krapohl either VIA Discord, twitter, text, ect. However you can send your picks will be accepted as long as they are on time