Why teams instead of players
Player fantasy works in the NFL because everyone knows the players. College football has more than 130 FBS teams and rosters that turn over every year, so a player league asks for a lot of homework before the first kickoff.
Teams are what college football fans already follow. Draft Ole Miss and you care about Ole Miss all season, the way you already do about your own school. And because each team has one owner in your league, every game on a Saturday belongs to somebody.
The three formats, side by side
What you pick, how you draft, and what each one asks of you every week.
Weekly pick'em
ESPN College Pick'em, Yahoo College Football Pick'em
- What you pick
- Winners of a set of games, new every week
- The draft
- None
- Each week
- Make your picks before kickoff, every week
- Is your pick yours alone?
- No. Everyone can pick the same team
Player fantasy
Fantrax and other league hosts
- What you pick
- Individual players, scored on their stats
- The draft
- A long player draft
- Each week
- Set a lineup and work the waiver wire
- Is your pick yours alone?
- Yes, one owner per player
Pick 6
pick6cfb.com
- What you pick
- 5 teams, one per conference
- The draft
- A live snake draft, five rounds
- Each week
- Nothing. Your teams play and you score
- Is your pick yours alone?
- Yes, one owner per team
How Pick 6 keeps score
A win is 1 point. A win as an underdog of 3.5 points or more is 2. A loss is 0, and a loss as a favorite of 3.5 or more costs 1. So the draft is not a race to grab the top-ranked teams: a team that wins as an underdog is worth more than a team that only wins when it is supposed to.
Every player gets one swap before week 6, the final week is a head-to-head bowl game, and after the season a Playoff bracket sets next year's draft order. The full rules have the details.
Which one should you play?
Play Pick 6 if your group wants a draft and a season-long race without weekly homework, or if some of your friends follow college football closely and others only watch their own team.
Play a weekly pick'em if you want to pick specific games every week and do not want a draft.
Play player fantasy if you want to scout individual players and manage a roster week to week.
New to Pick 6? Start with how to play.