These free 2026 college football pick’em sheets give you everything you need to run an office or friends pool this season. Download the printable PDF below: it includes a ready-to-use Week 1 sheet with the marquee matchups already filled in, plus a blank weekly template you can reuse for any week of the season. Print, pick your winners, and pool up.
College Football Pick’em Quick Facts
- What is a college football pick’em pool? A pool where each player picks the winner of each listed game, and whoever gets the most right wins.
- What is included in this printable? A two-page PDF with a filled-in 2026 Week 1 sheet and a blank reusable weekly sheet.
- What is a confidence pool? A variant where you assign each game a points value; you earn those points only when that pick is correct.
- How do you break a tie? Use a tiebreaker such as the total combined points scored in a designated game, which is built into each sheet.
- When does the 2026 college football season start? Week 1 runs over the opening weekend in late August 2026, with the first games on Thursday and Friday.
How Do College Football Pick’em Pools Work?
A pick’em pool is the simplest way to make every college football Saturday matter. Each player picks the winner of each game on the sheet, and the person with the most correct picks wins the week. It takes minutes to set up and works for an office, a group chat, or a family. Our sheets support both the classic straight pick’em format and the more strategic confidence pool.
What Is Included
- 2026 Week 1 sheet: Sixteen marquee opening-weekend matchups already filled in, including Clemson at LSU and Notre Dame vs Wisconsin, with a spot to mark your pick and a confidence column.
- Blank weekly sheet: A reusable template with fifteen write-in game lines so you can run the same pool every week of the season.
Straight Pick’em vs Confidence Pool
In a straight pick’em, every correct pick is worth one point, so the winner is simply whoever picks the most games right. In a confidence pool, each player ranks the games by assigning a points value (for example, 1 through 16 on the Week 1 sheet), using each number once. You earn a game’s points only if that pick is correct, so putting big numbers on the games you are surest about is the whole strategy. Both sheets include a tiebreaker line.
How to Run Your Pool
- Print one sheet per player and hand them out before the week’s games kick off.
- Have everyone circle their winners (and add confidence points if you are playing that version) and fill in the tiebreaker.
- Collect the sheets before the first game starts so no one can change a pick.
- After the games, tally the correct picks, apply the tiebreaker if needed, and crown the weekly winner.
2026 Week 1 Marquee Games
The opening weekend is loaded. Headliners on the Week 1 sheet include Clemson at LSU, Notre Dame vs Wisconsin in Green Bay, Ole Miss vs Louisville in Nashville, Auburn vs Baylor in Atlanta, Boise State at Oregon, and the Apple Cup between Washington State and Washington. For the full slate with kickoff times and TV, see our 2026 College Football Week 1 schedule. The NCAA lists official matchups as they are confirmed.
More College Football and Pool Resources
- 2026 College Football Schedule Hub (all teams, weeks, and printables)
- 2026 College Football Week 1 Schedule (TV times and printable PDF)
- 2026 NFL Weekly Pick’em Sheets and Grids
College Football Pick’em FAQ
How many games should a pick’em sheet have? Our Week 1 sheet uses sixteen marquee games, and the blank weekly sheet gives you fifteen write-in lines, which is a comfortable size for most pools.
Can I use these sheets against the spread? Yes. For an against-the-spread pool, just note the point spread next to each game and have players pick the covering team instead of the straight-up winner.
Are the sheets free to print? Yes. The PDF is free to download and print as many times as you need for your pool.
