Coming in November

Description: The NCAA Weekly Challenge will test college basketball fans' ability to predict games on a weekly basis.  This NCAA contest will comprise of ten selected match-ups that usually tip at least one team from the current AP Top 25 basketball poll.  See how you fair against other fans throughout the entire season or just play when you feel like it for a chance to win the weekly prize.  Just like college basketball, your record will determine your success.

Entry Fee: 100 CFBPoints. If you don't have enough points you can either buy more points through the "Buy/Sell Points" link on the user menu at the top of the page or you can earn points through various actions on the site.

How To Play: Click the NCAA basketball logo above to enter the contest and follow the on screen instruction. Those instructions are as follows.  Select which team you think will win each game by selecting the option button next to that team.  Enter in a Confidence Value, from 1-10, in the box between each of the teams. This value represents how confident you are that the team you picked will win. Each number may only be used once so you are basically ranking each pick from your most to least confident. 10=most confident. 1=least confident. For the 10th and final game, enter a margin of victory for your winner of the game.

Each participant may submit up to one entry per contest and only two participants per IP address are permitted. Your latest entry will always overwrite any previous entry.

Scoring: Scoring will be based on your win-loss record for that week of games.  The games you pick correctly will add the confidence points you assigned to them.  Any games picked incorrectly will forfeit assigned confidence points for that game.  Your record and points will accumulate throughout the season.  You may view your updated record, points and standings among other participants following each weekend of games.  These cumulative standings are for the end of season prize to be given out to the top-ranked participant at the end of the season.  The standings will be located under Standings > NCAA Challenge on the main menu when available.  These standings rank you among others based on a predictors rating(CFBRating).  The CFBRating is simply your winning percentage multiplied by your total points.  For example, if a participant has a record of 30-10(0.750) with 145 points at a given time during the season, his CFBRating will be calculated as 145 x 0.750 = 108.75.  This gives a natural advantage to those who play more weeks because they will accumulate more points.

Deadline to Play: Every Wednesday, usually at 7 PM ET unless otherwise announced in email or the forums.

Prizes: There will be a weekly $10 prize awarded to the 14 contest winners during the 2010-2011 season. In addition, CFBPoints will be awarded to the top ten finishers each week and the final season standings. See the table below for specific point values to be awarded.

To be eligible for the end of season prize that goes to the best CFBRating, you must play a minimum of 75% of the contest's games.  Meaning, the minimum participation requirement to be eligible for the end of season prize is 105 games or approximately 11 of 14 weeks/contests.

Any ties will split cash prizes between the winners.  All cash prizes will be sent via PayPal to the email address registered on this site.  If you do not have a PayPal account, you will receive an email upon winning a contest, with easy instructions for creating a PayPal account.

Trophies, Medals and Accolades: There are five virtual trophies and three medals associated with the NCAA Weekly Challenge. These include one national prediction championship trophy, one all-time record-holder trophy, three single-season record-holder trophies and three medals. Trophies and medals won by members will be displayed in the Trophy Room and in the member's profile trophy case. In addition to virtual hardware, NCAA Challenge Champions and the current NCAA Challenge record holders will reserve a place on the College Basketball Winners Wall.

1. The player to finish ranked No. 1 on the NCAA Weekly Challenge Standings at the end of the college basketball regular season will receive a gold basketball trophy. This is one of the four major college basketball prediction trophies.

2. The player who holds the record for the most all-time NCAA Weekly Challenge Wins gets to carry one of four all-time record trophies until someone else surpasses it.

3. There are three single-season record trophies held by their current title holders. The three records represent the three scoring categories from the NCAA Weekly Challenge standings. These include CFBRating, record and confidence points. Once any of these records get broken, the trophy for that record will change hands.

4. Each week, the winner of the NCAA Weekly Challenge will receive a medal to add to his collection of awards. Players can win a gold, silver or bronze medal. A gold medal is rarely won and signifies the player has won the contest while acheiving a perfect score, which is a 10-0 record and 57 points. A silver medal is awarded to those who won the contest and scored a 10-0 record. A bronze medal is awarded to those who have won a single week of the contest.