Super Bowl Squares
One big game. Four quarter results. A reason for everyone to watch until the end.
Score sync for ESPN-linked gamesPRIVATE SPORTS POOLS
Poolfather
Coming SoonNovember 2026
Beyond the usual squares. Run Cross & Reverse, MLB 13 Run, and season-long pools with clear rules, organizer-set points, and automatic scoring where supported.
Free setup is available now. Build your draft before opening it to participants. For squares pools, your group can join online or receive results by email without signing up.
THE SUNDAY CREWDEMO BOARD
Home
Away
Your crew Your squares10 x 10 possibilities
FIND YOUR GROUP’S GAME
A familiar board. A different way to play.
Compare the rules before you create a pool. Each guide explains the draw, results, and organizer controls.
Super Bowl Squares One game, 100 boxes, four checkpoints. Start with the classic.
Cross & Reverse Squares Standard winners, swapped digits, and four neighboring boxes.
MLB 13 Run Pool Draw a team and collect final run totals from zero through thirteen.
Thanksgiving Squares Keep your boxes for the holiday. Get different digits for each game.
Sunday Night Season Long One group across Sunday nights, Thanksgiving, and the Super Bowl.
Supported ESPN-linked games update automatically. Some formats need organizer-entered scores. See hosting plans · See the setup steps
Have a pool idea you cannot find here? Suggest a new format. Organizer requests help shape what we build next.
THE FUN BELONGS TO EVERYONE.
The busywork shouldn’t belong to you.
One shared board.Private by invitation.
Your group, your pool.Results made visible.
No guessing who won.
START WITH THE CLASSICS
Pick your kind
of game day.
Boards, drafts, survivor, and the new MLB run chase. Choose the format your group already follows.
Sunday Night Football Season Long
Sunday nights, Thanksgiving and Super Bowl. Same owners. Fresh digits each game.
Halftime and regulation-final winnersNFL Point Change
Kickoff 0–0 starts the action. Scoring changes identify winning squares across 20 result shares.
Overtime optional · 20 total sharesNCAA Tournament Squares
One board for 63 bracket games. Match the winning and losing score digits. First Four excluded.
Final scores entered by the organizerMLB 13 Run
Draw one team. Chase every final run total from 0 through 13. Watch the live scorecard fill itself.
Automatic team draw · MLB final-score syncNFL games added without an ESPN link require manual score entry. Result emails follow each pool’s rules and saved recipient settings. Compare formats and availability →
New: Super Bowl Cross & Reverse. Halftime and final-checkpoint reverse and wrapping cross awards. Award points set by the organizer.
LESS CHASING. MORE CHEERING.
A clear path from
first invite to final score.
- 01 / SET IT UP
Make the rules clear.
Choose your format, name your pool, and review its game settings before anyone picks a square.
- 02 / BRING YOUR PEOPLE
Share one private invitation.
Participants join and choose available squares. Manage the participant list and follow-up in one place.
- 03 / FOLLOW THE GAME
Keep winners in view.
Lock the board to draw permanent digits. Review scores and winning squares, with result emails for supported formats.
FOR THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS ORGANIZES IT
You’re the host.
Not the help desk.
Who joined? Which squares are taken? Who still needs a follow-up? Your management workspace keeps those answers together.
Built with office organizers in mind. Anyone can host: a company, a friend group, a family, or a club.
ORGANIZER’S DESKILLUSTRATION
One pool. A clear game plan.
- Participants & follow-upWho needs attention
- Square assignmentsWho picked what
- Board & resultsWhich squares won
- Email preferencesOrganizer or everyone
Settings and controls follow your pool’s format. Choose who receives result emails and check delivery status in your pool.
One pool or a whole year.
Build free. Choose $5 per pool or unlimited hosting for $30 a year.
Per pool
$5one time
No subscription required. Participants join free.
Secure checkout through Stripe. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.Everything for one pool
- Any Poolfather pool type
- The whole game, tournament, or season
- Unlimited participants, with no per-person fee
- Automatic scores and winners where supported
- Participant list and emails from Poolfather
- Full refund before you open the pool to participants · owner review
Annual Unlimited
$30per year
One payment. A year of game days. Better value when you host seven or more pools.
Sign in to view or manage your plan.
Make every season yours
- Unlimited pools you organize, across all pool types
- Unlimited participants; they always join free
- 12 months of hosting from purchase
- Opened pools keep running after your plan ends
- Cancel renewal here anytime; access lasts through your paid year
U.S. customers only. Both plans include card processing with no added card fee. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment. Annual Unlimited cancellation stops the next renewal; no prorated refund.
- 1Build it free
Pick a pool type, set the rules, and look it over.
- 2Pay $5 or use Annual Unlimited
After payment, choose Open pool to participants. Opening makes the hosting payment nonrefundable.
- 3Invite your group
Participants join with your link or code. They never pay Poolfather.
Hosting payments cover Poolfather’s software only. Poolfather never collects, holds, or pays out entry fees or prize money. Read the service terms and privacy notice.
NEXT FOR ORGANIZERS
Make it feel
like your clubhouse.
Planned upgrades—not included in today’s early-access product. Paid-plan inclusion and release dates have not been set.
Your company logo
A pool page that feels familiar to your group.
Branded invitations
Your organization’s identity, from the first invite.
Co-organizers
Share organizing duties with someone you trust.
Run it again next year
Reusable setup for traditions worth keeping.
BEFORE THE FIRST PICK
A few things
worth knowing.
Is this only for companies?
No. Anyone can organize a private pool. We build with office groups in mind, but friends, families, and clubs are welcome.
Does Poolfather handle participant money?
No. Poolfather is pool-management software. It does not collect, hold, transfer, or distribute participant funds. Future hosting fees will pay for the software service.
Are results and emails automatic?
MLB 13 Run scorecards update automatically from completed games. Linked NFL games support score imports after the board is locked. Manually added games and NCAA tournament finals require organizer score entry. Automatic result emails follow the pool’s timing and recipient settings.
What about Draft and Survivor pools?
Draft includes team entries, automatic regular-season and year-end standings, and final winner notices. Survivor includes daily picks, automatic eliminations, shared wins for ties, and winner notices.
Can I try it before creating an account?
Yes. The homepage demo uses fictional names and results. You can also plan a pool before signing in. Organizers and online players need accounts. Organizers can also add email-only participants, who receive results without signing up.
Poolfather is in early access. Read the privacy notice and service terms, or visit Help.
GIVE YOUR GROUP A GAME TO SHARE
The next great tradition
starts with one board.
Start with the classic. The friendly rivalry will take care of itself.
How it works
CreatePick a sport and pool type, name it, and set the rules. Building is free.
OpenPay $5 or use Annual Unlimited, then choose Open pool to participants. Your hosting payment becomes nonrefundable when you open it.
InviteChoose online participation with a private link or join code, email-only participation, or both.
PickOnline players sign up free and make their picks. For squares, you can add email-only guests and assign boxes without signup.
LockFor squares, follow the pool’s locking rules. Each game’s digits are fixed once drawn; season pools draw new digits for each game.
ScoreSupported games update on their own, or enter scores yourself. Winners show on the board.
NotifyChoose yourself or everyone for supported result emails. Super Bowl summaries wait until Monday at 9 AM Eastern. You can also message participants.
- Participants are free
- Only the organizer pays: per pool or with Annual Unlimited.
- No money changes hands here
- Poolfather never collects entry fees or pays out prizes. You settle up with your group.
- Changed your mind?
- Request a full refund before you open the pool to participants. Poolfather reviews requests before processing.
Pool types
Choose a sport, then choose the pool you want.
STEP 1
Choose a sport
STEP 2
Choose a category
STEP 3
Choose a pool
Try NCAA wrestling in practice mode ↗ Build a lineup and replay sample scoring.
ONE GAME · FOUR CHECKPOINTS
Super Bowl Squares
A 100-box football pool for your office, friends, or family. Players choose squares; the score decides which boxes win.
How the board works
The 10-by-10 board has one team across the top and the other down the side. Locking the board draws random digits from 0 through 9 on each axis. At Q1, halftime, Q3, and the last checkpoint, the last digit of each team’s score identifies the winning square.
For example, home 17 and away 14 selects home digit 7 and away digit 4. The organizer sets each checkpoint’s award points and chooses whether the last checkpoint is regulation or the final including overtime before locking.
Set up before the matchup is known
Save an advance Super Bowl pool with teams to be confirmed. The supported schedule update fills the matchup when it becomes available. ESPN-linked games support automatic scoring; manually added games need organizer scores.
SUPER BOWL · REVERSE AND TOUCH BOXES
Cross & Reverse Squares
Keep the familiar 100-box Super Bowl board, then add reversed digits and neighboring boxes at halftime and the last checkpoint.
Standard, reverse, and four neighbors
Q1 and Q3 each award the standard winning square. Halftime and the last checkpoint each award six results: standard, reverse, above, below, left, and right. The cross surrounds the standard winner. Diagonal squares do not count.
Reverse swaps the teams’ score digits against the board’s drawn axes. For home 7 and away 4, the reverse uses home 4 and away 7. It does not reverse a box number. Neighbors wrap across the board edges, so a top-row winner has an “above” neighbor on the bottom row.
Set the points for your group
The organizer chooses points for each award before locking. A box can earn multiple awards, and those points add together. Choose regulation or overtime-inclusive final before the board locks or kickoff passes.
BASEBALL · THE ZERO-THROUGH-THIRTEEN CHASE
MLB 13 Run Pool
Give your baseball group a different reason to follow the season: collect every final run total on your assigned team’s card.
Draw a team. Fill the card.
Each classic card has spaces for 0 through 13. A team’s verified final score fills the matching space. A 5-run final marks 5; another 5-run final adds no new space. Extra-inning finals count; scores above the target do not.
The first full card wins by the verified time its deciding game ended. Finishing on the same calendar day does not make a tie. Only identical verified completion times share a place. The organizer chooses how many finishing places to recognize.
Follow live games without counting them early
ESPN live scores refresh every five minutes while games are in progress. Only verified finals fill cards. Missing or inconsistent data keeps the previous verified results, and missed dates are recovered over subsequent checks.
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL · ONE SHARED BOARD
Thanksgiving Squares
Keep your group on one 100-box board across the selected Thanksgiving games, with a separate digit draw for every game.
Same boxes, different game digits
Participants keep their square positions throughout the holiday. When the board locks before the first kickoff, each selected game receives its own permanent random row and column digits. Use the game selector to see the matching draw and teams before checking a winner.
The final digit of each team’s score identifies the winning square at each saved checkpoint. Choose quarter, halftime, or final checkpoints, review the overtime rule, and set award points before locking. One game’s digits should never be used to read another game’s results.
Plan the gathering in advance
Start a free draft before the schedule is ready and select the Thanksgiving event. Supported schedule updates add the games when available. ESPN-linked NFL games support automatic scoring; games entered without a link require organizer-entered scores.
A SEASON TOGETHER · FRESH DIGITS EACH GAME
Sunday Night Football Season Long
One 100-box board follows Sunday nights in Weeks 1–17, Thanksgiving’s three games, and the Super Bowl. Week 18 is excluded.
Keep your square. Watch the new draw.
Square owners stay the same for the season. Every game receives separate random row and column digits. All 100 boxes must be filled before a new season pool’s automation activates, so finish assignments before expecting score updates and board emails.
Regular games have exactly two result checkpoints: halftime and end of regulation. The Super Bowl has four: Q1, halftime, Q3, and end of regulation. Overtime never counts. The last digit of each team’s score identifies each winning box, with award points set by the organizer.
See the board before game day
The first board email is scheduled from Saturday at 9 AM Eastern; later board emails run Tuesday morning. Result summaries are scheduled from Monday at 9 AM Eastern after verified finals. ESPN live scores refresh every five minutes for active games.
FOR ORGANIZERS
Create a private pool.
Build the complete pool free. Pay $5 per pool when you are ready to open it, or choose Annual Unlimited for $30 a year.
No participant fees. Poolfather never holds prize money.
My pools
Select a pool to open its board.
Board
Open a pool
MY ACCOUNT
Account details.
Your profile is read-only for now.
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Profile editing is coming later.
HELP
Questions and answers.
Quick answers for joining, creating, and running a pool.
How do I join a pool?+
Open the invitation link from your organizer, or go to My pools and enter their join code. Online players sign in or create a free account. For results by email without signup, ask your organizer to add you as an email-only guest.
How do I create a pool?+
Choose a pool, set the game and rules, review, then open and invite. Building is free; pay $5 per pool or use your annual plan before opening it to participants.
Can anyone host?+
Yes. Any Poolfather account can create and run a pool. You can even plan one before signing in.
What pool types are available?+
Choose from football and basketball squares, MLB 13 Run, brackets, Survivor, draft, wrestling, golf, pick’em and confidence formats. See Pool types for the complete list and rules.
Does Poolfather handle money?+
No. Poolfather does not collect, hold, transfer, or distribute participant funds. Organizers pay $5 per pool or choose the $30 yearly unlimited plan.
Are scores automatic?+
Linked NFL games, March Madness brackets and Survivor, and MLB 13 Run update automatically. College football squares, NCAA tournament squares and games added by hand use organizer-entered scores.
Where do I manage my pool?+
Open the Organizer portal from your account menu. You’ll see each pool’s board, your participant list, and tools to email your participants.
I forgot my password.+
Choose Sign in, then “Forgot password?”. We’ll email you a link to choose a new one.
Can I change a pool after it starts?+
Some settings lock when the board locks or a game starts. Review the setup before inviting your group.
PRIVACY
Your information.
Effective October 14, 2026. This notice covers Poolfather accounts, pools, email recipients and Capo.
Information used to run your pool
We store account names, email addresses and protected password records; pool settings, invitations, entries, square assignments, scores and points; and email preferences and delivery records. An organizer can add your name, email and box numbers as an email-only guest without creating an account for you. We also keep hosting payment and subscription references, support correspondence and security or activity records needed to operate the service.
Who can see it
Your organizer can manage participant contact details and assignments. People with access to your pool can see names, boards, entries when the format allows, and results. Result emails can list winners and their points. Participant emails are sent as individual copies. Authorized Poolfather administrators can access records for support, security and service operation. Keep private invitation links and join codes within your group.
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SERVICE TERMS
Running a pool.
Effective October 14, 2026. These terms describe use of Poolfather’s hosting software.
Hosting and participation
Organizers create and manage private pools, choose rules and award points, and decide who participates. Organizers and people playing online need accounts. An organizer can add email-only participants without requiring them to register. For entry or team-pick formats, an email-only recipient is not automatically given a playing entry.
Points and participant funds
Points are scores or awards within a pool. They have no cash value or redemption through Poolfather. Poolfather does not collect participant entry fees, hold prize funds or pay winners. Organizers are responsible for their rules, their arrangements with participants and compliance with applicable requirements.
Hosting prices and renewal
Building a private draft is free. Current hosting is $5 per pool or $30 for Annual Unlimited, plus applicable tax, for U.S. customers. Participants pay no Poolfather fee. Prices and tax are shown before payment. Annual Unlimited renews every 12 months after you accept renewal at checkout. Cancel the next renewal from Pricing; access continues through the paid term, and pools already opened continue for their competitions. Cancellation does not issue a prorated refund.
Opening and refunds
For an individually paid pool, request a full hosting refund before opening it to participants. Requests are reviewed before processing; a request is not an immediate refund. Opening the pool makes its hosting payment nonrefundable. Keep it private while a request is under review. Contact support@poolfather.com about a billing error. These terms do not limit rights that applicable law requires.
Organizer responsibilities
Review the rules, point schedule, participants and box assignments before locking or play begins. Only add contact details for people who have agreed to take part or receive your pool messages. Respect email preferences and keep invitation links private. Do not use participant information for unrelated messages or share someone’s account credentials.
Scores, notices and availability
Automatic scoring depends on the selected format and available verified sports data. Some formats need organizer-entered results. Scores can be delayed or corrected, and emails depend on verified results, recipient settings and delivery services. Check the pool page and organizer controls if something appears wrong. The site is in early access; uninterrupted service, immediate scoring and email delivery are not guaranteed.
Acceptable use and help
Use Poolfather for its pool features. Do not attempt unauthorized access, disrupt service, send spam, impersonate others or bypass limits. Capo answers questions about Poolfather; it cannot manage pools, execute code or access private records. Accounts or actions may be restricted to address abuse or protect the service. For support, contact support@poolfather.com.
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