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WE HAVE WINNERS Week 10 will be worth $1,640.00 to a single winner Week 9 Update: Well… That Escalated Quickly OH MY GOODNESS!! What in the heck happened this week? After seven straight rollovers and weeks of everyone asking, “Does anybody actually win this thing?”, the football gods apparently decided to go completely off the rails. Week 8 finally produced two winners, ending the rollover madness. Each winner walked away with a very healthy $6,540.00. Then we reached Week 9. And suddenly every NFL team that Poolers picked decided to cooperate. The only real upset among the popular picks was Green Bay, selected by 22 Poolers, knocking off New England, which had been selected by 47 Poolers. The result? One hundred and twenty-two winners. Congratulations to all of you… I guess. Your share of the winnings amounted to a whopping $13.00 each. Compared to last week’s winners, who pocketed $6,540.00 apiece, there really is no comparison. In fact, some of last week’s winners were also among this week’s 122 winners, proving that life isn’t always fair and apparently luck is contagious. Obviously, I’m not going to list 122 names here. I have other plans for the evening. If you’re curious, head over to pick10footballpool.com/downloads, open Weekly Picks 2026, and click the Winners tab at the bottom. Week 8 and Week 9 now stand as two of the most extreme weeks in Pick 10 history. Week 8 produced the largest payout in the history of the pool. The prize pot was more than double any previous season’s high, and both winners collected the largest individual payouts we’ve ever seen. Then Week 9 came along and produced the most winners ever in a single week, along with the second-smallest payout in pool history. The only smaller payout was $7.00 many years ago, back when fewer than 100 brave souls participated in this little adventure. As for the Pick 1 pools, Week 9 was apparently set on being as boring as possible. In the Pick 1 Winner Pool, not a single Pooler suffered a loss. All 42 participants survive to make picks again in Week 10. The Pick 1 Loser Pool wasn’t much different. Only one Pooler recorded a loss, and it was merely her first. All 46 participants remain alive and picking. The Accumulative Pool didn’t see much movement either. Covey remains in first place with 70 wins. Lil Wambo sits just one game back with 69 wins. Meanwhile, Walleye Moses has quietly put together back-to-back perfect 10-win weeks and has climbed into third place with 67 wins. Just behind them are C. Hawk 80, PTC SPARTAN, and wargie, all sitting at 66 wins and waiting for someone above them to stumble. Half of the Pick 10 season is now in the books. We’ve already witnessed record jackpots, record winner totals, and enough strange outcomes to last an entire season. There’s still plenty of football left and plenty of money waiting to be won. Now let’s stop splitting prize pools 122 ways and get back to winning some real money.

WE HAVE WINNERS!!!!! FINALLY!!!! Week 9 will be worth $1,640.00 to a single winner Week 8 Recap: Miracles Happen These words have been a long time coming… CONGRATULATIONS to Walleye Moses and Wildcard, the first winners of the 2026 Pick 10 Football Pool season! The Week 8 pot totaled $13,120.00, meaning each winner pockets $6,560.00. In the history of the Pick 10 Football Pool, nobody has ever won that much money in a single week. Frankly, after watching the first seven weeks of this season, it was beginning to look like we were going to roll over prize money until Christmas. Finding winners has not exactly been the pool’s strong suit in 2026. Week after week, Poolers have faithfully marched behind heavy favorites like lemmings heading toward a cliff. Then the favorites lose, and hundreds of entries vanish into the football afterlife. Week 8 looked ready to continue the tradition. The carnage started on Saturday when 100 Poolers hitched their wagon to Oklahoma, only to watch South Carolina send them packing. Then Sunday showed up and chose violence. First, Dallas lost in overtime to Arizona, eliminating 244 Poolers. That didn’t quite wipe out the field, but it did reduce the list of potential winners from “maybe” to “not many.” The real drama came in Tennessee vs. Cincinnati. A whopping 318 of 329 Poolers selected Cincinnati. Just 6 brave souls, or perhaps 6 people who accidentally clicked the wrong box, selected Tennessee. The game went to overtime, and for a few nervous moments the entire season sat on the edge of another rollover. Fortunately for the masses, Cincinnati survived. Had Tennessee won, we’d probably still be talking about rollover money next week. The final upset that mattered involved The Chosen One game. A total of 211 Poolers selected Seattle, only to watch them lose to Chicago, which had been selected by just 118 Poolers. That result ultimately decided Week 8. The winners weren’t officially determined until Monday night. Ten Poolers entered the game with perfect 9-0 records. Unfortunately for BuffBillCam, Vic Vinegar, MIKEAZ, Agent Zero, glas2744, Who Dey, Chris9080 and Brometheus, they picked Seattle. A great run. An admirable effort. A heartbreaking ending. That left Walleye Moses and Wildcard standing alone atop the mountain… and standing next to a very large pile of cash. Pick 1 Winner Pool Only 5 of the 46 remaining players were eliminated this week. Three went down with Dallas, while two somehow trusted Atlanta enough to join them. Pick 1 Loser Pool The Loser Pool claimed 7 of its 54 remaining players. Four lost with Arizona, two with Denver, and one with Chicago. Accumulative Pool covey has climbed into 1st place with 60 wins. Lil Wambo sits alone in 2nd place with 59 wins. C. Hawk 80 occupies 3rd place with 58 wins. Meanwhile, PTC SPARTAN, Dalton and Walleye Moses remain just one win out of the money, lurking like fantasy football managers waiting for somebody else’s injury report. Looking Ahead It’s been an exhausting eight weeks of rollover pots, shattered favorites, overtime drama and collective frustration. Now, at long last, we return to something resembling normalcy. The Week 9 pot will be a mere $1,640.00. After handing out $13,120 this week, that almost feels like finding a quarter in the couch cushions. Off to a new start!

ROLLOVER!! Week 8 will be worth $13,120.00 to a single winner Now I truly understand the Groundhog Day theory. Each and every Monday, while watching Monday Night Football, I’m also drafting the same weekly update to the Pick 10 Football Pool. And each and every Monday I seem to be writing the same thing. Upsets! Frustration! Rinse! Repeat! Rollover again! To prove I wasn’t imagining things, I fired up the old Wayback Machine and looked at the first seven weeks of every season since 2020.   Weeks 1 thru 7     Winning Weeks # of Winners   2026 0 0   2025 6 66   2024 4 90   2023 3 18   2022 2 5 No winners until Week 4 2021 3 33   2020 3 51   The only season remotely similar to 2026 was 2022, when the first payout didn’t occur until Week 4. We’ve now doubled that drought. Meanwhile, last season players were apparently collecting winning checks like Halloween candy. Now, on to this week’s updates. The Pick 10 was rolled over before the late afternoon games kicked off. San Francisco, undefeated SF lost and so did 206 Poolers. Somehow the NY Jets was able to garner 212 Picks. Yes, they were playing Miami. Yes, they were at home. But . . . they are the NY Jets. I don’t think for the previous 6 weeks a total of 212 Poolers picked them to win. Carolina’s 175 picks lost long before halftime. Finally we get to Houston. Going into their game against the Giants, Houston had a total of 2 wins. The Giants had 3 wins. For whatever reason Houston mustered up 281 picks. YES!!! 281 picks for a team that only won 2 games. There really isn’t anyone that came close to winning this week. The best anyone could do was 8-2. And 9 Poolers accomplished that. At the opposite end of the spectrum, two brave souls nearly challenged Mr. Speedo’s legendary 0-10 performance. Congratulations to: Aps4man and SOCKMAN. Both finished a highly impressive 1-9. The Winner Pool naturally was also a disaster. 44 of 89 Poolers were eliminated. Of the remaining 45, only GauxGaux, HMC, Lil Wambo and LowKeyLew are without a loss. The Pick 1 Loser Pool was even more pathetic. 60 were eliminated leaving 55 competing. Of the 55, General, GoGoBuffalo, HMC, Jessica JJ, Noe Competition, Princess Brittany, Radar, Trader Joe and Vegas Rats have zero losses. The Accumulative Pool has Lil Wambo and Covey tied for 1st place with 50 wins. Wargie and C. Hawk 80 are in 3rd place with 50 wins. Followed closely by Rick N, Little E, Dalton and PTC Spartan, 1 win out of 3rd place. That’s about it for Week 7. Study hard. Double-check your picks. Try not to pick the Jets. And for the love of all things football…let’s crown some winners. 🏈😄

ROLLOVER!! Week 7 will be worth $11,480.00 to a single winner  Week 6 Recap The Arizona Cardinals. Yes, those Arizona Cardinals. The 1-4 Arizona Cardinals somehow managed to do what no team had been able to accomplish all season: prevent someone from winning the largest pot in Pick 10 Football Pool history. Facing the 2-3 LA Rams, Arizona received exactly what you’d expect from a 1-4 team… zero legitimate Pooler Picks. Meanwhile, the Rams collected a whopping 313 picks. That’s an awful lot of confidence being placed in a team that had managed only two victories through five weeks. Unfortunately for PTC TandG, he was one of those 313 believers. Heading into the late afternoon games, PTC TandG sat at a perfect 6-0. Under normal circumstances, his remaining selections would have had the engraver warming up the trophy. But this wasn’t a normal week. This was Week 6, where common sense apparently took the day off. The Cardinals’ upset wasn’t the only surprise. College football hasn’t been pulling its weight in the upset department this year, so game-changing results have been scarce. The closest thing we saw was Maryland’s 77 picks losing to Rutgers’ lonely single pick. The NFL, however, decided to make up for lost time. Apparently underdogs got together before kickoff and decided enough was enough. Despite the Cardinals’ betrayal, PTC TandG still finished with a spectacular 9-1 record. Following his lead, 26 Poolers posted a very respectable 8-2. On the other end of the standings, 18 Poolers managed four wins or fewer and are probably already studying next week’s lines. Accumulative Pool At the top of the mountain sits Lil Wambo with 45 wins, averaging 7.5 victories per week. Given the chaos we’ve witnessed this season, that’s nothing short of remarkable. Lurking just one game behind and tied for second place are C. Hawk 80 and covey with 44 wins. Just outside the money positions, but within striking distance at 43 wins, are: One good week could change everything. Pick 1 Winner Pool Calling Week 6 a disaster might actually be understating it. Thanks to the Rams and Colts deciding not to cooperate, 60 Poolers were eliminated this week. That leaves 99 Poolers still standing, with only 13 remaining perfect and loss-free. Pick 1 Loser Pool Compared to the Winner Pool carnage, the Loser Pool was relatively quiet. Only 29 Poolers slipped below the Eliminate line, leaving 116 contestants alive and moving on to Week 7. Final Thoughts Another week is in the books. Another week with zero payouts. Honestly, I was convinced Week 6 would finally produce some winners. Instead, Arizona, Tennessee, Cleveland, and a few other troublemakers had different plans. So let’s dust ourselves off, put our football brains into overdrive, and see if we can finally get some money flowing. Because at this rate, the pot is getting so big it may soon need its own zip code.

ROLLOVER Week 6 will be worth $9,840.00 to a single winner. Week 5 Recap — The Season That Refuses To Make Sense I’m officially out of new adjectives for whatever in the hell this Pool thinks it’s doing. I keep trying to come up with fresh material each week, but the season keeps recycling the same theme: goofy, chaotic, and allergic to logic. At least Week 5 gave us a little drama heading into The Chosen One game: San Francisco vs Seattle. Blitzburg & Noe Competition strutted in at 8‑0. Johnny Dynamite, MstChief17, PatRiot, SpecShop & MiracleFrank were sitting pretty at 7‑0. Then came MiracleFrank — the lone wolf who picked San Francisco. The 49ers won, which instantly turned his last two picks into a suspense thriller. He had Atlanta on Sunday night and… well, we don’t even need to finish that sentence. Baltimore’s 4th‑quarter resurrection and overtime domination slammed the door shut and delivered yet another rollover. Of course it did. Now, allow me a brief detour into Thursday Night Football — also known as The Weekly Curse of the Overconfident. Picks started rolling in Monday morning. By kickoff, 196 Poolers had submitted picks. Of those, 191 picked Dallas. One brave soul — Pain in the Analyst — chose winless Tampa Bay for reasons known only to him and possibly his therapist. He finished 8‑2. So apparently some of his picks weren’t goofy… just the first one. Despite the madness, plenty of Poolers had respectable weeks: Accumulative Pool We’ve got a tie at the top: C. Hawk 80 and Lil Wambo with 37 wins — both went 8‑2 this week. Right behind them at 36 wins: DeeJay, Anthonym311, Kiss My Alias, wargie, Weekend Ron, and covey. Pick 1 Pools And that’s Week 5. Week 6 officially marks the point where we’re one‑third through the season already. Time flies when the NFL is actively trying to ruin your picks.

ROLLOVER!! Week 5 will be worth $8,200.00 to a single winner “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra, probably watching this Pool from above If you were expecting Week 4 to behave differently than Weeks 1–3, I admire your optimism… but you may be living on a distant, football‑less planet. The trend continues: favorites aren’t favorited, underdogs aren’t underdogs, and chaos is undefeated. Every week, two or three bottom feeders suddenly decide they’re the ’85 Bears, just long enough to vaporize the majority of the Pool. The fun began with the final college game of Saturday night: Baylor vs Arizona State. Only about 10% of the 3,290 total picks went to the 18 college teams available, but 84 brave souls hitched their wagon to Arizona State. That wagon promptly exploded. Sunday morning brought hope — favorites were actually winning — until New England marched into Buffalo and ruined 294 Poolers’ afternoons. That single loss triggered the rollover. The Bills Mafia may be used to heartbreak, but this one spread to 329 Poolers. A few more upsets joined the party: But hey, it wasn’t all doom and sadness. Cstan7, EDGE, Howie, Shake Your Money Maker, and The Machine somehow navigated the minefield and posted 9 wins. Another 84 Poolers hit 8 wins, and the average win total was 6.65 — the highest of the season. Progress! Pick 1 Pools Accumulative Pool We have a leader: DeeJay sits at 30 wins. Right behind at 29 wins: Lil Wambo, C. Hawk 80, Tiffany, Anthonym311, Silverfox, Door Bumper Clear, Weekend Ron, and C2COOL. There are still 14 weeks left, so none of this means anything yet. Expect the leaderboard to look like a snow globe someone keeps shaking. That wraps Week 4. And just so everyone fully appreciates the moment: $8,200.00 is the largest pot in the 30+ year history of the Pick 10 Football Pool. Who wants it? Who’s bold enough to claim it? Who’s ready to go 10‑0 in Week 5? Step right up. The money’s warm.

ROLLOVER!! Week 4 will be worth $6,560.00 to a single winner Week 3 Recap — Upsets Everywhere Another week, another Pick 10 disaster. Forty-five percent of the 3,290 teams picked went down in flames. And it all started Thursday night when Green Bay lost to Atlanta. Atlanta — not exactly an NFL juggernaut — walked into Lambeau without a single Pooler believing they could win. Green Bay collected 124 picks… and delivered 124 losses. And that wasn’t even the worst of it. It was a rough week. A very rough week. Bright Spots (Yes, There Were a Few) Somehow, Pinch Weasel and Mr Big Pants navigated the minefield and posted 9 wins. Another 15 Poolers managed 8 wins, which feels like a miracle given the chaos. And now the pot sits at $6,560.00 — the largest in Pick 10 history. Accumulative Pool After three weeks, C. Hawk 80 and agillyhuh share first place with 23 wins, averaging 7.7 wins per week. Right behind them with 22 wins are: DeeJay, Gamblin Girl, GoGoBuffalo, Just Retired, Lil Wambo, and Pinch Weasel. Plenty of contenders. Plenty of football left. Pick 1 Winner & Loser Pools Poolers are dropping like flies. And remember: So keep submitting picks until you hit that second loss. That’s Week 3 Study hard. Reset your strategy. And let’s crown some winners in Week 4.

Week 2 ROLLOVER!! Week 3 will be worth $4,940 to a single winner. Two weeks into the season and I’ve got one question: Where do we go from here? The good teams are losing, the bad teams are winning… or maybe the good teams are actually bad and the bad teams are suddenly good. At this point, your guess is as good as mine. Let’s talk numbers. We have 329 Poolers submitting picks each week. At 10 picks each, that’s 3,290 total selections. Of those, only 258 were placed on college teams — less than 8%. That leaves 3,032 NFL picks, and 1,222 of those landed on losing teams. That’s 40% of all NFL picks… lost. We have to do better! But don’t ask me for solutions — I’m about to buy a dog. Close, But No Cigar This week’s almost‑hero is EricM, who somehow pieced together 9 wins. His lone loss? Da Bears. After dropping 59 points last week, you’d think they were a lock at home against Minnesota. Apparently not. Another 23 Poolers finished at a solid 8–2, proving that we do have some smarties in the group. On the other end of the spectrum, Frosty Balls and Saltines managed only 3 wins, and they’re still looking down at forbidden donut and Kessler Kid, who posted just 2. Accumulative Pool After two weeks, EricM leads the pack with 17 wins. One win behind him are: Wildcard, Weekend Ron, Cashcows, RedDog, Jaybird, Vegas Rats, Man of Colors, agillyhuh, C.Hawk 80, and Lil Wambo. Plenty of names in the hunt — this thing is wide open. Pick 1 Winner & Loser Pools Disaster might be too kind. Many Poolers in both Pools already have one loss, and just a reminder: It takes TWO losses to be eliminated. So if you’ve got one, keep picking — you’re still alive. That’s Week 2 A big pot is on the line this week. Do your research, trust your gut, and maybe avoid the teams that suddenly forgot how football works.

We Have A ROLLOVER!    Week 2 will be worth $3,280.00 to a single winner