MOCKSLATE

Schedule Survivor — Official Rules

Rules version: games-survivor-2026.v1-2026-07-16

Schedule Survivor — $100 Contest Official Rules — effective July 16, 2026

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. See Complete Rules

Sponsor: Cody Blaze Enterprises LLC d/b/a MockSlate. MockSlate is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with the National Football League, any NFL team, or any player. All league and team names are used for descriptive reference only.

Eligibility: Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and D.C. who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling) and household members, are not eligible. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

Entry Period: Entries are open now and must be saved and locked by the first Week 1 kickoff of the 2026 season ("Entry Deadline"); after entry, weekly picks lock per game at kickoff as described in the Complete Rules. Sponsor's server clock is the official timekeeper.

How to Enter: Log in to your free MockSlate account, build your entry on the Contest page, review the Rules, confirm you are 18+, and click Save. One (1) entry per account. Multiple accounts or entries per person will result in disqualification of all associated entries.

Prize: One (1) prize of one hundred U.S. dollars ($100.00), paid by Zelle or Venmo (winner's choice) to the sole winner within 30 days after winner verification. Approximate Retail Value: $100. Odds of winning depend on the number and quality of entries received and skill applied. Winner is solely responsible for all applicable federal, state, and local taxes.

Judging and Tiebreakers: Entries scored per the published Scoring Rubric (below). In the event of a tie: if the final surviving players are eliminated in the same week, the entry with the most combined points across the season wins; if still tied, the earliest-submitted entry wins. Sponsor's scoring decisions are final and binding. The Scoring Rubric and Tiebreakers are frozen at the Entry Deadline and will not be changed thereafter.

Winner Notification and Publicity: Winner will be notified by email at the address on their account within 14 days of the Entry Deadline. If a potential winner cannot be reached within 7 days of the first notification attempt, or if a prize is returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited and awarded to the next-highest-scoring eligible entrant. By entering, winner grants Sponsor the right to publish winner's display name in connection with contest results and promotional recap on MockSlate-owned channels.

General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify the Contest if fraud, technical failure, or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor may disqualify any entrant it believes has tampered with entry, scoring, or the Service.

Privacy: Information submitted is handled per the MockSlate Privacy Policy at mockslate.com/privacy.

Disputes and Governing Law: All disputes are governed by these Rules and the MockSlate Terms of Service (including the arbitration and class-waiver provisions), and by the laws of the State of Florida without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Winner List: For a winner's list, email hello@mockslate.com.

Entry

  • Free to enter — no purchase necessary. MockSlate Pro is not required and never affects prize eligibility or odds.
  • Entrants must be 18 or older with a MockSlate account, US only at launch. Void where prohibited.
  • One entry per person per season. Entries may be withdrawn and re-made until entries lock at the Week 1 kickoff.

How to play

Pick one game each week. You survive if its combined final points land in the top half of that week’s slate. Example: you pick Chiefs–Raiders and it ends 24–7 — that’s 31 combined; if 31 lands in the top half of the week’s ~16 games you advance, bottom half you’re out (a tie at the cutoff counts as surviving).

Both teams in your pick burn for the season — you can never use either again. Each pick locks at its own game’s kickoff; miss a week and you’re eliminated. Because every pick burns two teams, 16 picks use up all 32 — Week 16 is the furthest anyone can go, and by Week 17 the last survivors are boxed in. Most pools empty around Weeks 11–14.

  • Each week, pick one game before it kicks off. Picks lock per game, at that game’s kickoff — you may pick or change to any game that hasn’t kicked off yet. Once your picked game kicks off, the pick is final.
  • Both teams in your picked game are burned for the rest of the season — you can never pick a game involving either team again.

Survival & elimination

  • You survive a week if your game finishes in the top half of that week’s games ranked by combined final points. Bottom half, you’re eliminated.
  • With an odd number of games, the exact-middle game counts as surviving. Ties in combined points at the cutoff round in the players’ favor (a tie with the cutoff game survives).
  • Missing a pick deadline eliminates you. A week with no pick at grading time is an elimination.
  • If every remaining game in a week involves a team you’ve burned, you have no legal pick and are eliminated (boxed in). Running out of teams is how you lose — manage them wisely.
  • Because each pick burns two teams, a run of 16 picks uses up all 32 teams — so Week 16 is the maximum survivable week; any player still standing at Week 17 is boxed in. Realistically the pool empties earlier (around Weeks 11–14).
  • A postponed game eliminates you — your pick is locked in, and if the league doesn’t play it that week, that’s the risk you took.

Winner, prize & tiebreakers

  • Last player standing wins the $100. The contest ends when the player pool empties; the winner is the last player eliminated.
  • If the final surviving players are all eliminated in the same week, the winner among them is whoever’s picks scored the most combined points across the whole season. If still tied, the earliest-submitted entry wins.
  • Weekly results are graded automatically from final scores after each week completes; anomalous weeks (a missing result, a postponement) are held for human review before anyone is eliminated.

MockSlate's prize games are free-to-enter skill contests — no purchase necessary. Pro-exclusive games are prize-free and carry no cash award. Not affiliated with the NFL or any team.

MockSlate is an independent fan tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, FIFA, or any team or national federation. Team names are used for identification purposes only.