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NFL Playoff Bracket Challenge
Last updated: August 2026
The NFL Playoff Bracket Challenge is a fantasy football bracket pool: make your picks and predictions for who wins each playoff game, then score points as the real bracket plays out from Wild Card Weekend to the Super Bowl. Creating and joining a bracket pool is free for everyone, no PRO required and no exceptions.
How the NFL Playoff Bracket Challenge works
Create a pool, name it, and invite whoever you want in. Everyone picks the winner of each playoff game before it kicks off; your points come from how many of your picks come through as the bracket advances, round by round, all the way to the Super Bowl.
Score points through the playoff bracket
Points scale with how far into the playoffs a correct pick lands. A correct Super Bowl pick is worth more than a correct Wild Card pick, so a strong final stretch of picks can still make up ground lost earlier.
Free public bracket pools
This is the one format on FantasyAtlas with zero PRO gating on creation or joining. Everyone can create or join a bracket pool for free. The one limit that applies to every account, free or PRO, is one active pool at a time, so pick the pool you want to run with for the postseason. There's no pool-settings customization beyond naming it. The scoring works the same for every pool, which keeps things consistent no matter who you invite.
Frequently asked questions
Is the NFL Playoff Bracket Challenge free?
Yes. Creating a bracket pool and joining one are both completely free, for every account, with no PRO requirement at any point.
How many bracket pools can I join or create?
One at a time, per account. This limit applies equally whether you're on a free or PRO plan.
Can I customize my bracket pool's scoring?
Not currently. Every pool uses the same scoring and tiebreaker rules, so you can't customize settings beyond the pool's name.
What happens if there's a tie in a bracket pool?
Ties are broken using each player's combined Super Bowl score prediction, with the closest guess to the actual result winning the tiebreak.