Welcome to Hosted Pools!

What Is Hosted Pools?

HostedPools.com is your solution to hosting and managing office sports pools. Set up your league, and let us do all of the scoring and updating, saving you countless hours of updating excel spreadsheets, etc. All selections are made online, and your standings and weekly results are updated on a regular basis. Each league has a message board to post important information, or to talk some smack. All for as little as $25! Running a pool can be a great fundraiser for your team/organization!

These pool types are currently available:

Football Pools
Loser Football Pool

Pick one team each week of the NFL season (including playoffs) to lose. If the team you picks loses, you get points. Each team has an associated value, according to their finish the previous season. The reigning champions are worth 32 points down to the last place team, which is worth 1 point. The highest total points at the end of the playoffs wins the league.

Margin Football Pool

Pick one team each week of the NFL regular season. You get points based on the margin of victory, or lose points based on the margin of defeat. You may only pick a team once during the season. Highest point total at the end of the season wins.

Survivor Football Pools

There are two variations of Survivor pools. One, you pick one team each week of the NFL regular season to win, if they win or tie, you survive to the next week. If they lose, you're out. The other, you pick a team to lose, and if the win, you are out. You may only a pick a team once for the duration of the pool. The last team standing wins.

Hockey Pools
Survivor Weekly Hockey Pool

Pick a team to win 2 games in a week (Mon-Sun). If your team wins at least 2 games, you move on, otherwise you are out. You may only pick a team once during the season. The last team standing wins.

Survivor Weekend Hockey Pools

There are two variations on the Survivor Weekend Hockey Pool. One in which you pick a team to win selected game for the week (Fri-Sun games only) and one in which you pick a team to lose their selected game. If your team gets the required win/loss, you move on, otherwise you are out. You may only pick a team once during the season. The last team standing wins.

Loser Hockey Pool

Another variation on the Survivor Hockey Pool. You pick a team to lose their Saturday game and if your team loses in regulation or overtime you survive to the following week. If your team wins or goes to a shootout, you are out. You may only pick a team once during the season. The last team standing wins.

Pick'em Hockey Pool

Pick one team each full week of the NHL season (Mon - Sun). For each win they get during that week, you get a point. You may only pick a team once for the season. The team with the most points at the end of the season wins.

Baseball Pools
13 Run Baseball Pool

Every participant in the pool gets a Major League Baseball team (assigned randomly or via draft). To win, your team must be the first to check off each of 0 through 13, using final scores from that team's games. Most leagues also have a bonus for the first team to score exactly 13 runs in a game.