The 2026 updates every player needs to know before the season begins.
Weekly prizes, Top 10%, Perfekt Week, Survivor, Locks, Upsets, MOV, High 5, Bowl Games, and more.
PFLU is built on Saturday competition, weekly pressure, bowl-game chaos, and season-long consistency.
The roster for the U will have a maximum of 76 players.
In the Margin of Victory Contest, there are no duplicate team picks during the season.
Use a team once, then it is off the board.
PFLU Championship positions use a final season tiebreaker system.
There are no ties for Top 10% championship positions.
Prizes are based on a 76-player roster.
Each week, the player with the highest total score wins $250.
There are 17 weekly prizes.
Each regular weekly piksheet is worth a maximum of 18 total points.
16 games + 1 Lock + 1 Upset.
There is no tiebreaker for weekly prizes during most of the season.
If two or more players tie for the highest score, the weekly prize is split evenly.
Weekly prizes and scoring continue through all three weeks of College Bowl Games.
Exception: Week 17 — Bowl Games III uses a tiebreaker if two or more players are tied for the weekly high score.
At the conclusion of the season, the Top 10% of players — 7 total finishers — will share $4,750.
8th place receives a handshake from The Commish.
If any player correctly picks all games against the point spread during a qualifying week, that player wins the Perfekt Week Jackpot.
This includes the regular season and the first two weeks of Bowl Games.
This season’s Perfekt Week Jackpot is $750.
There is no cap on how large the jackpot can grow.
Once the jackpot is won, the contest resets and begins again the following season.
The following weeks do not qualify:
All players are automatically entered into each Survivor Contest held throughout the season.
Each Survivor Contest pays $200 to the winner.
On average, nearly 50% of players are eliminated each week.
Pick wisely under the Saturday lights.
At the end of the season, $600 total is awarded.
Lock and Upset selections are made in the designated section of the weekly piksheet.
The same teams are selected at the same time, but they apply to two separate contests.
Locks, Upsets, and TLU contests end after Week 16, following the second week of Bowl Games.
Select one team each week. The system tracks teams already used.
You may only select each team once per season.
Duplicate or missed picks result in a heavy penalty.
The player with the highest total score during the Bowl Games only wins $200.
Bowl weeks: Week 15, Week 16, Week 17.
The player with the highest total score at the end of the regular season — Week 14 — wins $200.
Select exactly five teams each week against the point spread.
Winner receives $200.
Each week, the four players with the lowest weekly scores are eliminated.
Eliminations continue until one player remains.
Winner receives $200.
If players are tied for the final elimination spot:
There will be no ties for PFLU Championship positions.
If two or more players are tied for a championship spot at the conclusion of the Bowl Games, tiebreakers are applied in order.
The first tiebreaker that produces a difference determines the final standings.
If NCAA games are canceled before Friday at noon, those games will be deleted from the piksheet and the week will continue without them.
If games are canceled after Friday at noon, they will remain on the piksheet and all players will receive a win for the game, regardless of which team they picked.
Any game canceled after the Saturday cutoff will be considered a 0-0 tie.
Scoring is the same as the regular season.
The final piksheet uses the 12-team College Football Playoff system.
The college playoffs consist of 11 games and 19 total points.
There are no Locks or Upsets in the CFP.
18 seasons of PFLU tradition. 35 prizes. Over $11,000 on the line. Weekly pressure, bowl-game chaos, campus rivalries, and one long road to PFLU history.