Pick'em Mode

Week 20
Always Favorite
Pick the Vegas favorite for every game. Assign highest confidence to games with the largest spreads.
6
Points Earned
10
Points Possible
60.0%
Percentage
2-2
Record
0
Pending
4
pts
HOU HOU
@
KC KC *
2025-01-18 16:30
HOU -9.5
Clear favorite
Correct
+4 pts
14 - 23
3
pts
WAS WAS
@
DET DET *
2025-01-18 20:00
WAS -8.5
Clear favorite
Wrong
+0 pts
45 - 31
2
pts
LA LA
@
PHI PHI *
2025-01-19 15:00
LA -7.0
Clear favorite
Correct
+2 pts
22 - 28
1
pts
BAL BAL *
@
BUF BUF
2025-01-19 18:30
BUF -1.5
Toss-up
Wrong
+0 pts
25 - 27

How Pick'em Scoring Works

  1. Pick the Winner: For each game, pick which team will win straight-up (no spread).
  2. Rank by Confidence: Assign confidence rankings 1-4 to each pick. 1 = least confident, 4 = most confident.
  3. Earn Points: If your pick is correct, you earn points equal to your confidence ranking.
  4. Strategy: This page uses the Always Favorite strategy: pick the Vegas favorite, rank by spread magnitude (bigger spread = higher confidence).
  5. Backtest Result: This strategy scores ~72.5% of maximum possible points over 5 years (2020-2024).