Splash is rolling out several new commissioner settings for NFL Survivor contests in the 2026 season. Here's what's new and how each one works.
Pick Scoring
You can now choose how picks are evaluated in your contest:
Straight Up (Default) — Entrants pick the outright winner of the game.
Against the Spread — Entrants pick teams that cover the spread.
This gives you the option to run a more advanced, spread-based Survivor contest instead of the traditional straight-up format.
Exclude Individual Games
You can now toggle individual game slots on or off for any week in your contest schedule, removing specific matchups from the picksheet entirely. This is the same functionality already available in NFL Pick'em, now added to Survivor.
Auto-Declare Last Survivor Winner
This setting controls what happens when every other entry has used up all of their available teams and one or more entries still have teams left to pick.
Off (Default) — The last remaining entry must still make a correct pick to be declared the winner. Running out of teams is treated the same as making an incorrect pick.
On — The last entry (or entries) with teams remaining is automatically declared the winner. No final correct pick is required.
If more than one entry has the same single team remaining once everyone else has been eliminated, those entries are declared co-winners.
This setting is also available in CFB Survivor.
Pick Deadline (Label Update Only)
No functional change here — just a clearer label. The option previously called "Game Start" is now labeled "Last Game Time Of Each Week" to better describe how it works.
Pick deadline options remain:
Sundays at 1pm ET (Recommended) — Default
Last Game Time Of Each Week
Custom deadline (Thursday–Monday, 8am–8pm ET)
When You Can Edit These Settings
Setting | Editable Until |
Pick Scoring | 48 hours before the first game |
Auto-Declare Last Survivor Winner | 48 hours before the first game |
Exclude Individual Games | 48 hours before the first game |
Milestone Payouts (if available) | Not editable once contest is created |
Once the contest begins, none of these settings can be changed.