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This format makes in difficult to run a normal bracket pick'em office pool, so instead we recommend trying our Playoffs Block Pool, our Playoff Squares or our Playoff Confidence Pool. The winners of each Conference Championship game then go on to play in the Super Bowl. The 3rd and 4th rounds run as you would think, the winners of the Divisional Playoffs go on to play each other in the Conference Championship. 5 seed would go to the bottom bracket and play the winner of the 3 vs 6 seed. An example of this would be if the number 7 seed beats the number 2 seed in the first round the 7th seed would go to the upper bracket and play the number 1 seed and the winner of the 4 seed vs. But, the second round is rearranged so that the number 1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed left in the tournament(in their conference).
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The first round runs as you would think, the 1 seed gets a bye, the 4th seed plays the 5th seed and the 3rd seed plays the 6th seed and the 2nd seed plays the 7th seed. The NFL playoffs work a little different than the NBA Playoff Bracket or the March Madness Tournament Bracket. We have also created a cool little tool that will calculate the total Number of Games in a Tournament.Below is a quick explanation of how the Playoff system works, but please read our How do the NFL Playoffs Work article for a complete understanding of the system and check out When do the NFL Playoffs Start to get the playoff dates in advance. Whoever wins that game would then be the champions. If the team from the Loser's Bracket wins, then game 15(dotted lines) in the above illustration would be played. If the team from the Winner's Bracket wins then they are the champions. Game 14 in the above illustration is the Championship between the Winner of the Winner's Bracket(Zero Losses) and the Winner of the Loser's bracket(1 Loss). All you have to do is look at the Winner's Bracket to see what game number was played, and the loser of that game would drop down to the corresponding location in the losers bracket.ĭ: The letter "D" represents the Championship game. Simply start by playing the game labeled (1) and continue until all games are completed.Ĭ: The letter "C" points to the position where the loser of each game would move to. If you are printing a blind draw bracket these numbers will not appear on the bracket, but the rest of the bracket will be exactly the same.ī: The letter "B" points to the order in which the games are to be played. What is a Confidence Pool In a confidence pool you pick the winner of every game. The same idea is used for all brackets, not matter what the number of participants are.Ī: The letter "A" points to the "Seeds" of the tournament, if you have pre-ranked your participants based on strength or a season record you would put each team's name on the corresponding line. For a slight variation you can try our Week 7 Confidence Pool where participants rank their picks based on their confidence of the winning team. You also have the option to customize the sheets by editing the title and by adding rules and prize information. Bowl Games Confidence Pool Tiebreaker: Total Points Scored in Sugar Bowl Game Participant’s Name Enter numbers 1 through 16 in the boxes. The bracket above is a 16 Team "Seeded" double elimination bracket. Below you will find our Week 7 schedule/pick sheet. If you are not familiar with running double elimination tournaments, the above illustration and the comments below should help guide you through setting up and running your tournament. For a slight variation you can try our Week 1 Confidence Pool where participants rank their picks based on their confidence of the winning team. You also have the option to customize the sheets by editing the title and by adding rules and prize information.
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We also have printable Single Elimination Brackets and Triple Elimination Brackets available. Below you will find our Week 1 schedule/pick sheet. The two sections above are broken up between "Blind Draw" and "Seeded". The Double Elimination brackets above are free to print.