Pick’em
Pick home or away on the NFL slate each week against the contest line (ATS). Everything is points only — BoxD never handles money.
Pick’em is its own format — no 10×10 box board. You get a weekly pick screen, standings, a picks board matrix, multi-entry, and a prize sheet you configure in points.
For the owner — create & configure
1. Create. Tap + New Pool → Pick’em. Name the pool, set entry points (tracking only), and any notes for house rules.
2. Slate (NFL). Choose how much of the season you’re running:
- Full season — full NFL slate BoxD can seed for you
- Regular season — regular-season weeks only
- Custom range — pick a start week and end week
When you create, BoxD seeds the schedule from the NFL slate so you’re not typing every matchup by hand. Contest lines (spreads) feed in for ATS grading; owners can still adjust lines before they freeze.
3. How picks score (ATS). New pools default to against the spread: a correct pick must cover the contest line. An exact margin is a push (no points). You can still choose pick winners vs pick losers as the style of pick.
4. Scoring mode (confidence). Choose how correct picks earn points:
- Standard — every correct pick is worth your points-per-correct amount (e.g. 1 pt each)
- Top 3 ranked — each player picks exactly 3 games that week and ranks them; correct ranks award 3 / 2 / 1 points
- Top 5 ranked — exactly 5 picks; ranks award 5 … 1 if correct
- Rank every game — rank the full slate; rank 1 is worth the most points if correct (N down to 1)
Push or miss always scores 0. Ranking only multiplies correct covers.
5. Picks per week (when not forced by Top 3 / Top 5).
- All games — pick every game on the slate that week
- Exact N — everyone must pick exactly N games that week (you set N)
6. Prizes (points only). On create (and edit, until things lock), open the prize structure:
- Net pot — entry points × players, minus optional organizer keeps (held off the top, still in points)
- Weekly bucket + season bucket — percent of the net pot
- Places — weekly and season 1st / 2nd / 3rd (you can turn places on or off)
The prize sheet shows those lines in points. BoxD records who was awarded what for display — it never moves points between people.
7. Multi-entry. Players can hold more than one entry under the same account (you set a max, or unlimited). Each entry has its own picks and standings line. New entries are allowed until the entry lock (below).
Running the season
8. Making picks. Players open Make Picks, choose home or away per game (and ranks when the scoring mode needs them), and switch entries at the top if they have more than one. Each game locks at its own kickoff.
9. Picks Board. The Picks Board is a matrix of everyone’s picks for a week. Your own picks are always visible to you. Other people’s picks for a game show after that game has kicked off, is final, or is graded.
10. Standings. Weekly and season standings list every entry and its points for that scoring mode.
11. Entry lock. Once any game on the slate has kicked off, no new entries can be added. Get multi-entries set before that first kickoff.
12. Grading. When games finish, BoxD can auto-grade picks from final scores and contest lines. Owners can still fix results if something looks wrong.
For players
- Join with the share code or invite link
- Add entries if the owner allows multi-entry (before entry lock)
- Make picks each week; change them until that game kicks off
- Watch standings and the picks board as games lock and finish
- See My points / season points by person on the pool and Standings, plus prize awards when places apply
- Trophy alerts and Past Winnings (in Settings) when you hit points
What BoxD does not do
- No money. No dollars, no cash prizes, no payments in the app
- No gambling framing. Pick’em is entertainment scoring and tracking for your group
- BoxD never moves points between people — the prize sheet is display only
For entertainment purposes only. BoxD Sports organizes and manages your pool — it does not collect, hold, or transfer money or anything of monetary value.