Know the game
THE FULL RULES
Everything you need to know to compete in Survivor. Simple to start, brutal to survive.
League commissioners can still choose settings like lives, missed-pick handling, and tie resolution before the season starts.
The Basics
- Make one pick each week during the NFL season.
- Each team can only be used once per season, so every choice affects future weeks.
- If your picked team wins, your entry stays alive and moves to the next week.
- League settings control whether missed picks are allowed, auto-filled, or simply leave you behind.
Losing A Pick
- A losing pick costs a life or ends your entry immediately, depending on the league configuration.
- When an entry ends, it is final for that contest unless the league offers a re-entry.
- Your standings and history still reflect completed and eliminated entries.
Pick Deadlines
- By default, each pick locks at that game's scheduled kickoff time.
- Kickoff times are displayed and enforced in Eastern Time (ET).
- League commissioners can instead use a shared weekly lock such as first game of the week, Thursday night, or Sunday 1:00 PM ET.
- Once the configured lock time arrives, you cannot change or cancel that pick.
- Delays do not move the lock time. The original scheduled kickoff controls the lock.
Postponed & Canceled Games
- If your selected game is postponed or canceled, the pick is void.
- A void pick does not cost a life.
- A void pick also frees that team for future use.
Winning
- Keep surviving each week longer than everyone else.
- The last survivor standing wins the contest.
- Some leagues may continue until a single winner remains, while others may settle ties using league-defined settings.
Leaderboard
- The leaderboard tracks who is still alive, who has been eliminated, and how far each entry has advanced.
- Expect basic ranking information such as survival status, progress through the season, and relative standing against other entries.
- Contest history remains visible even after an entry ends.