Challenge a friend on any NFL game — free, one link, no pool needed
Sure about Sunday? Post your pick as a challenge: one game, your team, and a link anyone can open to back you or take the other side. It settles itself when the game ends, and everyone in it gets the result. It's free, and it's bragging rights only.
Free forever — no credit card, no money changing hands.
How a pick challenge works
- 1 Pick a game and the team you back. Add more games if you like, up to ten.
- 2 Choose straight up or against the spread. Against the spread, the line is the one the books show when you post, and it never moves after that.
- 3 Share the link. It opens as a card with both teams and your claim in Messages, WhatsApp, X and Facebook.
- 4 Friends back you or take the other team. When the games finish, the challenge grades itself and everyone in it gets the result.
Open to anyone, the first few, or one person
You decide who can answer when you post. Friends who open the link can see the game, the line and who picked which team before they sign up, and picking a team creates their free account in the same tap.
- Anyone with the link: back the challenger or take the other team.
- Only the first few: the same, until the number of people you chose are in.
- One person: a head-to-head. Name a friend or someone from one of your pools and they get an invitation, or leave it to whoever takes the other team first.
Straight up, or against the spread
Straight up, you just call the winner. Against the spread, a pick is judged on the number: the favorite has to win by more than the line. Because a challenge is one claim, the line is frozen when it's posted, so everyone who answers is held to the terms they saw.
One difference from a season-long pool: if the final margin lands exactly on a whole-number line, a challenge is a tie and nobody wins that game, the way a sportsbook grades it. Half-point lines like -2.5 can never tie.
Head-to-head with a friend
A head-to-head is you against one person. Once they take the other team, and if you're in a private pool together, the two of you can message each other on Sportpoolz about it. When it's completed, either of you can press Rematch to go again, on the next game between the same two teams when there is one, and the series record between you builds up as you play.
A challenge or a pool?
A challenge is one claim on one game, or a few, set up in a few taps and open to anyone with the link. A pool is a whole season with weekly picks, standings and a champion for a group you invite. Plenty of people run both: every game in a Sportpoolz pool has a menu to challenge someone on your pick or talk about it in the pool's chat.
Common questions
Can a challenge cover more than one game?
Yes. Add games from the same picker, up to ten, each with the team you back. Every game is graded on its own, and the challenge shows each person's record across them.
Can I cancel a challenge after I post it?
Until the first game kicks off, yes, and it's void for everyone: no wins, no losses. The link keeps working and says it was cancelled, so a link already shared still leads somewhere.
What if nobody takes my head-to-head?
It voids at kickoff, because nobody can win a challenge nobody took. Nothing counts either way.
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Ready to call your shot?
Posting a challenge takes a few taps, and sharing it is one link.