For commissioners
Start a survivor pool in 2 minutes
Set your league's rules, share one invite link, and let Outlast Pool handle the rest of the season — pick deadlines, grading, eliminations, standings, and reminder emails. Free, no catch.
How do you start an NFL survivor pool?
Create the pool, set its rules, and share the invite link. On Outlast Pool that means choosing your house rules — entries per player, lives or strikes, whether teams can be reused, when picks lock, and how ties and missed picks are handled — then sending one link to your league. Everything after that runs on its own: picks lock at kickoff, results grade from live NFL scores, and standings update themselves. It is free, and if your pool charges an entry fee, the commissioner collects it directly — Outlast Pool only tracks who has paid.
Three steps, then it runs itself
Set your rules
Sudden death or multiple lives, mulligans, buybacks, tie handling, missed-pick penalties — every classic house rule is a setting with a playable default.
Share one link
Your pool gets a private invite link (password optional). Friends sign up free and are in — no accounts to manage, no roster spreadsheet.
Let the season run
Picks lock at kickoff, results grade from live NFL scores, eliminations and standings update on their own. You play; the app commissions.
Everything you won't be doing this season
Running a survivor pool by hand is a part-time job. Outlast Pool automates the commissioner chores so you can actually enjoy playing in your own pool.
- Chasing picks in the group chat every Saturday night
- Grading Monday-night results before work on Tuesday
- Tracking who burned which team on a spreadsheet tab
- Ruling on ties, forgotten picks, and re-buys from memory
- Nagging people about entry fees
Commissioner questions
- How do I start a survivor pool?
- Create a free account, name your pool, and choose your rules — lives, mulligans, buybacks, pick deadlines, tie handling, and more all have sensible defaults. Then share your invite link. The whole setup takes about 2 minutes.
- What does it cost to run a pool?
- Nothing. Outlast Pool is free for commissioners and players — no platform fees, no premium tier required to get the core survivor experience.
- How is the entry fee money handled?
- Outlast Pool never touches money. You can set an entry fee and list how you accept payment (Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, and more); the app tracks who has paid and gives players one-tap pay links, but funds move directly between you and your players.
- What do I have to do each week as commissioner?
- Almost nothing. Schedules sync from live NFL data, picks lock automatically at your deadline, forgotten picks follow your missed-pick rule, results grade themselves, and standings update by Tuesday morning. Players even get automatic pick-reminder emails.
- Can I customize the rules mid-season?
- Structural rules freeze at the season's first kickoff so the game stays fair, but cosmetic settings (like payment details and descriptions) stay editable all season.
Eighteen weeks. Thirty-two teams. One survivor.
Start a free pool, share one link, and let Outlast Pool run the rest of the season.
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