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NCAAF (CFB) Team Survivor (Private Contests): Commissioner Setup — Picksheet & Eligibility

Core Picksheet Settings

Setting

What It Does

Default

Notes

Pick Days

Which days of the week can have games on the picksheet.

All days

Multi-select of Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed (at least one required).

Team Use Limit

How many times a single team can be picked across an entry's lifetime.

Once

Options: Once, Twice, 3x, 4x, 5x, Unlimited. The classic Survivor constraint — if an entrant runs out of eligible teams, that's on them; savvy players plan ahead.

Pick-Against Team Limit

Caps how many times an entry can pick against (select the opponent of) a specific team.

Unlimited

Options: Unlimited, 1–5. Applies to both Pick Winners and Pick Losers. Stops "everyone fades the worst team every week."

Playoff Reset

When the contest reaches the postseason, team-use counts and pick history reset — every team can be picked again.

Off

Only relevant when the End Week extends into the postseason.


College Eligibility Settings

Select Conferences (College)
What it does: Which CFB conferences are eligible for the picksheet.


Options: SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Mountain West, American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Sun Belt, Independents.


Notes: At least one conference is required.

Include AP Top 25 Games


What it does: Adds games involving Top 25 teams.


Default: Off


Notes: Game counts aren't known in advance for Top 25 weeks.

Exclude FCS Games


What it does: Hides FBS-vs-FCS matchups.


Default: On


Notes: These are usually blowouts, hence on by default.

Max Point-Spread Filter


What it does: Limits the picksheet to games within a spread range.


Default: Off


Options: 3.0–21.0, in half-point steps.

Exclude Specific Teams


What it does: Block list of individual teams.


Default: None excluded.

Select Specific Games


What it does: Commissioner hand-picks the games each week instead of using conferences.


Default: Off


Summary: Pick Days, Team Use Limit, and Pick-Against Team Limit shape the core strategy of the contest. The College Eligibility settings control which slate of games shows up each week, from broad (all conferences) to narrow (commissioner hand-picking specific games). Team Use Limit is the single most important setting to explain to commissioners and players alike.

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