PAPER FOOTBALL POOLS
Run your football pool on paper.
Let Comped keep score.
Keep handing out Pick'em sheets at the bar, office, or wherever your pool lives. Add your players, enter their picks each week, and Comped handles the scoring and season standings.
Players don't need accounts or even need to visit the site. And if you're entering paper sheets, you can enter picks after kickoff too.
- ALWAYS FREE
- NO PLAYER ACCOUNTS
- PRINTABLE SHEETS
- AUTOMATIC SCORING
Built for football pools that still use paper
Not every football pool needs an app.
Maybe you hand out weekly Pick'em sheets at your bar. Maybe everyone fills them out at the office and drops them on your desk. Maybe you've been running the same pool for 20 years and nobody wants to change how they play.
You shouldn't have to.
Your players can stay on paper while Comped handles the tedious part: grading games, adding up scores, and keeping the season standings.
How it works
How it works
- 01
Print your sheets
Print a Pick'em sheet for each week of the NFL season. Play straight up or against the spread, including with your own point spreads.
Hand them out however you always have.
Print this week's sheet→ - 02
Collect and enter the picks
Add each player by name. They don't need an email, account, or login.
Turn on "Enter paper picks after kickoff" and enter the picks from your paper sheets whenever you're ready, even after the games have started.
- 03
Comped keeps score
Once the picks are entered, you're done. Comped grades completed games automatically and keeps weekly scores and season standings updated.
Print the results for the wall or download them to a spreadsheet.
The paper doesn't need replacing.
The spreadsheet does.
Keep running the pool the way your players already know.
They fill out the sheets. You collect them. Comped takes over the part nobody enjoys: tracking picks, grading games, adding up scores, and maintaining the standings.
No new system for your players to learn. No accounts to create. No chasing everyone into an app.
You run the pool. Comped handles the rest.
Features
Everything you need to run a paper Pick’em pool
Printable football pool sheets
Print a clean Pick'em sheet for every NFL week. Use straight-up picks or include point spreads for an against-the-spread pool.
See printable Pick'em sheets→Straight up or against the spread
Run a traditional Pick'em pool or pick against the point spread. Lines update automatically, or the commissioner can set their own lines for the week.
When setting your own lines, Comped uses half-points so you don't have to deal with pushes.
Enter picks after kickoff
Paper doesn't always make it into your hands before Thursday night.
Turn on commissioner entry after kickoff and enter players' picks when you collect their sheets. Comped clearly identifies commissioner-entered pools so everyone knows how picks are handled.
Automatic scoring and standings
No more updating a football pool spreadsheet every Monday.
Comped grades completed games automatically, calculates weekly scores, and keeps a running season leaderboard.
Print the results
Print weekly results and season standings to hang at the bar or office, or export everything to CSV for Excel or Google Sheets.
Paper and online can play together
Want to keep most of the pool on paper but let a few people make their picks online? No problem.
Online players use the pool link. You enter the picks for everyone playing on paper. Everyone ends up on the same leaderboard.
Enter the whole pool from one screen
Work straight down your stack of sheets. Enter everyone's picks from one screen without opening players one at a time.
Need the sheets too?
Comped has free printable NFL Pick'em sheets for every week of the season. Print the current week's matchups, use them with your Comped pool, or hand them out on their own.
Ready to move the whole pool online? Players can join a free NFL Pick’em pool with one link and make their own picks.
FAQ
Paper football pool questions
Do my players need accounts?
No. You can add every player yourself by name. If you're running the entire pool on paper, your players never need to visit Comped at all.
Can I enter picks after the games have started?
Yes. Turn on "Enter paper picks after kickoff" in your pool settings. It's designed for paper pools where the commissioner collects sheets and enters the picks later.
Can I print weekly football pool sheets?
Yes. Comped has free printable NFL Pick’em sheets for every week of the season.
Can I print sheets with point spreads?
Yes. Against-the-spread pools can print the week's lines directly on the Pick'em sheet. Lines can update automatically, or the commissioner can set their own.
Can I set my own point spreads?
Yes. Commissioners can set their own lines each week. Commissioner-set lines use half-points to avoid pushes.
Does Comped keep season-long standings?
Yes. Weekly scores and cumulative season standings update automatically as games finish.
Can I print the standings?
Yes. Both weekly results and season standings have print-friendly versions, so you can hang them at the bar, office, or wherever you run your pool.
Can I export my football pool to Excel?
Yes. Results and standings can be downloaded as CSV files and opened in Excel, Google Sheets, or another spreadsheet app.
Can some players pick online while others use paper?
Yes. Both can play in the same pool. Players who want to pick online can use your pool link, while the commissioner enters picks for everyone playing on paper.
Is Comped free?
Yes. There are no paid plans, trials, or upgrades. Run your pool free all season.
Is Comped an OfficeFootballPool alternative?
Yes. If you used OfficeFootballPool to manage a paper football pool, Comped supports the same basic workflow. Collect your players' sheets, enter their picks, automatically score the games, and maintain the season standings. Your players can stay on paper, or you can let some of them make their picks online.
Keep the paper.
Lose the spreadsheet.
Print your sheets, collect the picks, and let Comped handle the scoring and standings.
Start a paper football pool→Free all season. No player accounts required.