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Description: The NCAA Weekly Pool will allow participants to raise the stakes of the original NCAA Weekly Challenge contest by contributing to a cash prize pool which will be used for the prize payouts for the contest. Like the NCAA Weekly Challenge, participants will predict winners from ten selected games each week that have at least one team from the current AP Top 25 basketball poll.  The contest will be identical the NCAA Weekly Challenge, the only difference is the entry fee and higher payout.

Entry Fee: 10,000 CFBPoints or $10

Entry Fee Breakdown: Of the $10 per participant entry fee, $8.50 will go into the contest's cash prize pool.  Of the remaining $1.50, 59 cents will go to PayPal for their transaction fees and 91 cents will go back into the site for other contests, future contests, site features, content and hosting fees.  100%(minus the transaction fee) of the money contributed to the pool each week will go back into this contest(90%) or the site(10%).  That means that, by participating, you are helping to keep the site running, growing and adding new contests, content and features while keeping all other aspects of the site completely free.  And, of course, you will have a chance to win a significant amount more than what you could only playing other contests.

How To Play: Click the NCAA basketball logo above to add to the cash pool and make your entry.  You will be directed to PayPal's secure payment page where you can make the $9 entry fee.  Following successful payment, you will be directed to the contest entry page which will look identical to the NCAA Weekly Challenge of the same week.  Once there, you may select your school loyalty then follow the on-screen instructions.  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 one entry per contest and only two separate participants per IP address are permitted.

Scoring: Scoring for each contest 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.  Participants will be ranked by record then by confidence points.  For instance, if participant A finishes 9-1(48 points), participant B finishes 8-2(51 points) and participant C finishes 8-2(52 points), the final standings would go participant A, C then B.  Unlike the NCAA Weekly Challenge, your record and points will not accumulate throughout the season, but instead, a MoneyList will be tracked so you can follow the top earners throughout the season.  The money list will be located under College Basketball on the main menu following the first contest.

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

Prizes: The top five participants of each weekly contest will be payed a percentage of the cash prize pool.  The winner will receive 50%, second place 20%, third place 15%, fourth place 10% and fifth place 5%.  So, for example, if there are thirty entrants the total cash prize pool after deductions would total $240.  The winner would receive $120, second $48, third $36, fourth $24 and fifth would receive $12.  The more people entered, the higher the payouts.

Note: A minimum of five participants are needed for the contest to run.  If there are less than ten but more than five entrants, only the top three will receive a percentage of the cash prize pool where the winner would receive 60%, second 30% and third 10%.

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 receiving the payment from PayPal.