2017 NCAA Football Survival Pool Week 1


It's that time again, 1st game kicks off Saturday, August 26th and Week 1 goes all the way through September 4th.

Please remember have your picks in before kickoff of any game before Saturday. Saturday deadline for ALL games is 11:00 AM EST. Any other day of the week, Pick must be made before the game kicks off.

Official Survival Pool Week 1 2017

1) Pick one college FBS team per week.
2) The team you pick MUST BE UNDEFEATED AND PLAYING THIS WEEK.
3) Once you pick a team you MAY NOT PICK THEM AGAIN.
4) If your pick loses you're out. You only advance to the next week if your pick wins.
5) If you fail to pick in a given week, you're out.
6) Last player standing wins.
7) Picks must be posted in that week's thread.
8) If all the undefeated teams lose in a given week or no survivors can advance to the next week there is no tie breaker. If there is a tie, those survivors win.
9) Each succeeding week post your pick for that week as well as those of your previous picks.
Example:
Week 1: Penn State
Week 2: Clemson
Week 3: South Carolina
Week 4: Indiana

10) If you change a pick, don’t make a change in the original post just make a new post. I use the last post you make for a pick.
11) Be very clear with your pick. Follow the name format of ESPN Conference Standings! Bama doesn’t get it!
12) Schedule weeks are per ESPN. As moderator of the pool I will settle all disputes.

FBS (I-A) Schedule - 2017 - NCAAF - ESPN
Good Luck and start picking!

Post your Week 1 picks in this thread

Week 1: Auburn

Week 1

LSU Fighting Tigers

I'm excited
Week 1 Michigan State

Been looking forward to this. I lost early last year when somebody upset Iowa.

Week 1: BYU

University Central Florida

Little iffy on the rules but I'll give it a shot:

Week 1. Air Force

Happy to answer any questions.

This was fun last year.

Assuming we are lumping all the early games as week 1...

Week 1: Stanford

Haven't played before, but I guess I'll give it a go this season.

Week 1: Fresno State

Week 1: Alabama

I notice that several of the teams that play on the 26th also play again later in "week 1". Should there maybe be a "week 0" for those few early games?

Does the contest include the playoffs, or just regular season?

Yeah, to hang with ESPN's schedule, (Rule 12), there are 8 teams that play twice in that time frame.
Oregon State
Portland State
Colorado State
BYU
Hawaii
UMass
USF
San Jose State

If you want to pick one of those teams, I will assume that you are picking their first game, unless you post otherwise.

Regular season games only. No conference championship games or bowl games.

Cincinnati

Missed out on this last year, glad I caught it early this time around.

quote:

Originally posted by jmtgsx:
Yeah, to hang with ESPN's schedule, (Rule 12), there are 8 teams that play twice in that time frame.
Oregon State
Portland State
Colorado State
BYU
Hawaii
UMass
USF
San Jose State

If you want to pick one of those teams, I will assume that you are picking their first game, unless you post otherwise.

Too bad, I was wanting to use Oregon State in the latter game (against that same crap team that my week 1 pick BYU plays on the 26th). Guess I'll just have to hope that OSU has a winnable game later on.

I feel kind of sorry for the kids who play for Hawaii. Half of their games are a quarter of the way around the world from home (average). But to have to travel to UMass??? Geez. I wonder if the kids get to keep the frequent flyer miles or if the school snatches them up? Probably the school.

Week 1: Mississippi State

Week 1: Fresno State

Week 1: Minnesota