WEEKLY POOLS

Short pools, big engagement

A season pool asks for months of attention. A weekly pool asks for a few days — and that's exactly why groups love them. Here's how to run one on ScoreMyPool with what's built today.

Why short pools work

In a season-long pool, missing one busy weekend can put you out of the running for good — so people quietly stop caring. In a short pool there's nothing to fall behind on: every pool is a clean slate, a champion gets crowned within days, and whoever missed this one just catches the next. One commissioner, one link in the group chat, and the trash talk resets every week.

Pick your competition, pick your pace

Every pool is built on a competition — the set of games it can include. Your start and end dates then carve out the slice you want. Match the competition to your group's appetite:

🏈 NFL

Monday Night Only — one game a week, the lightest lift going.
Three Nighter — Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games only.
Weekender — every Sunday game.
Regular Season — the whole slate, every game.

Football

Big 6 Head-to-Head — only matches where two of the Big 6 meet.
Big 6 Matches — every match involving a Big 6 club.
Full Schedule — all 380 matches, every matchweek.

📅 Your window

A weekly NFL pool is Wednesday to Monday. A Football matchweek is usually Friday to Monday. Or go longer — a two-week sprint, a one-month race. The dates are yours to set; only games inside them count.

Setting one up takes two minutes

1

Create a pool

Pick your sport and competition — for an NFL weekly, the Regular Season competition covers every game, or go lighter with Three Nighter or Monday Night Only.

2

Set your dates

Set the points start and end dates to the window you want — say, Wednesday through Monday for one NFL week. Games outside your window simply don't count.

3

Share one link

Set your props, grab the invite link, and drop it in the group chat. Crown a champion when the window closes — then spin up next week's and do it all again.

Create a pool

We're making the week-to-week rhythm even faster — soon you'll be able to clone last week's pool, settings and props included, in one click.