Pick'em Name Generator

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Generate names for a football pick'em contest: league and pool names for the office, family or friend group, entry names for your own picks, and names for survivor, confidence and college bowl pools, such as Pick Six Society, Easy Pickins, Coin Flip Special and Sixteen Points of Regret.

About pick'em names

A pick'em contest asks one thing each week: who wins. There is no draft, no roster and no waiver wire, so the names cannot lean on players the way fantasy names do. The humor comes from the act of picking itself: puns on the word (Pick Six Society, Easy Pickins, Picktionary), coin flips and gut feelings (Tails Never Fails, Trust My Gut), and the regret that arrives after the weekend (Coulda Shoulda Woulda).

The list covers both names a contest needs. League and pool names speak for the whole group, whether that is an office (The Break Room Ballot), a family (Cousins Only Pick'em) or a set of old roommates. Entry names belong to one player and work best when they admit a method: Picked by My Dog, Helmet Color Theory, Vibes Based Analysis.

Three formats get names of their own. Survivor pools, where one wrong pick ends your season, take last-one-standing jokes such as Out by Week Three and There Can Be Only One. Confidence pools, where you rank each pick by how sure you are, get Sixteen Points of Regret and Misplaced Confidence. College and bowl-season pick'em brings Barely Bowl Eligible and Rivalry Week Wreckage. It is a friendly prediction game throughout, so the names are about bragging rights and nothing else.

How to choose pick'em names

  • Decide whether you are naming the group or yourself. A pool name should make sense to everyone in it (Third Floor Forecasters); an entry name can be a private joke about your own method (Did Not Watch a Game).
  • Match the name to the format. Survivor pools suit Still Alive Somehow or One Life to Pick, confidence pools suit Low Confidence High Hopes, and a plain weekly contest suits a pun on the word pick.
  • Choose an entry name that still works when you are losing. Wrong but Loud and Often Wrong Never in Doubt read well from last place, while a boast looks worse every week.
  • Long names can get cut off in a standings table, so check how yours looks there before week one.
  • Leave real players and coaches out. A name built on this year's star goes stale after a trade or an injury, and a pun on picking works every season.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good name for a pick'em league?

A good league name tells the group what it is and makes them smile: Pick Six Society, The Break Room Ballot, Cousins Only Pick'em and Friends Until Kickoff are all in the list. Puns on the word pick are the classic choice, and a name that mentions your office, street or family makes it yours.

What is the difference between a pool name and an entry name?

The pool or league name is shared by everyone in the contest, and the person who runs it usually sets it. An entry name is the label on one player's picks in the standings. The list has both: Nacho Average Pool is a pool name, and Picked by My Dog is an entry name.

Are there names for survivor and confidence pools?

Yes. Survivor names play on elimination, such as Out by Week Three, One Life to Pick and Last Pick Standing. Confidence names play on the points you attach to each pick, such as Sixteen Points of Regret, Misplaced Confidence and My Sixteen Lost Again.

Do these names work for college football pick'em?

Yes. One group of names is written for Saturdays and bowl season, including Saturday Selectors, Barely Bowl Eligible, Rivalry Week Wreckage and Transfer Portal Prophets. Most of the pick puns and coin-flip names fit a college contest just as well.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 15 names

  • Accounting vs Everybody
  • After Dark Believers
  • Against the Spreadsheet
  • Alive Until Thanksgiving
  • All Favorites All the Time
  • All My Eggs in One Basket
  • All Picks No Roster
  • All Sixteen on the Upset
  • Alphabetical Order Strategy
  • Alumni Group Text
  • Analytics Schmanalytics
  • And Then There Was One
  • Army Navy Tiebreaker
  • Aunt Carol's Locks
  • Autopick Again

B: 26 names

  • Back-to-Back Believer
  • Backup Quarterback Believers
  • Bandwagon Season Pass
  • Barely Bowl Eligible
  • Battle of Attrition
  • Berry Good Picks
  • Best Guess Forward
  • Big Brain Small Results
  • Blindfold and a Dart
  • Bold Strategy Cotton
  • Bone to Pick
  • Book Club Blitz
  • Bottom of the Leaderboard
  • Bowl Cut Picks
  • Bowl Eligible
  • Bowl Game Guessers
  • Bowl of Confusion
  • Bowl Season Bandits
  • Bowled Over by Upsets
  • Bowling Night Backups
  • Breakroom Bragging Rights
  • Broken Clock Picks
  • Bubble Team Blues
  • Burned the Favorite Early
  • Bye Week Blues
  • Bye Week Brain

C: 28 names

  • Called It in the Air
  • Casual Friday Forecast
  • Cautiously Optimistic
  • Cereal Bowl Champions
  • Changed It at the Last Minute
  • Cherry Pickers
  • Choose Wisely
  • Circle Back Sunday
  • Clear the Mantel
  • Closest Without Going Over
  • Coin Flip Special
  • Cold Weather Theory
  • College Pick'em Professors
  • Commissioner for Life
  • Commissioner's Choice
  • Conference Realignment Confusion
  • Confidence Crew
  • Confidence Is Key
  • Contrarian by Accident
  • Couch Committee
  • Coulda Shoulda Woulda
  • Cousins Only Pick'em
  • Crisis of Confidence
  • Crystal Ball Is Cloudy
  • Cubicle Coin Flippers
  • Cul-de-Sac Selectors
  • Cupcake Schedule Specialists
  • Cupcake Week Casualties

D: 16 names

  • Dads Who Guess
  • Dartboard Decisions
  • December Bowl Bingo
  • Default Picks Dynasty
  • Defending Champ Decline
  • Did Not Watch a Game
  • Dill Pickers
  • Directional State Believers
  • Division Rivals Do Weird Things
  • Do the Opposite
  • Dodged Another One
  • Doinked Off the Upright
  • Dome Team Doubters
  • Don't Be Upset
  • Dorm Floor Pick'em
  • Down to the Final Ten

E: 12 names

  • Early Window Expert
  • Easier Than Fantasy
  • East Coast Bedtime
  • Easy Pickins
  • Educated Guesswork
  • Eighteen Weeks of Opinions
  • Eliminated Before the Bye
  • Elimination Station
  • Engrave It Now
  • Epick Fail
  • Erased the Right Answer
  • Extra Life Please

F: 24 names

  • Faculty Lounge Forecasters
  • False Confidence Football
  • Family Feud Football
  • Fantasy Dropouts
  • Favorites Only Please
  • Fight Song Forecasters
  • Finger Pickin' Good
  • Firehouse Pick'em
  • First Instinct Was Right
  • First Round Pickers
  • First Timer Lucky Streak
  • Flexed Out of Primetime
  • Flexed to Primetime
  • Flip for It
  • For the Glory Alone
  • Forgot to Pick Again
  • Forgot to Submit
  • Forty Bowls Later
  • Frenemies Football Forecast
  • Freshly Picked
  • Friends Until Kickoff
  • Front Runner Forever
  • Fruit Bowl Forecasters
  • Fruit Pickers Union

G: 13 names

  • Galaxy Brain Picks
  • Game Time Decision
  • Garage Fridge Gridiron
  • Garbage Time Heartbreak
  • Goalposts in the River
  • Goldilocks and the Three Picks
  • Gone by Halloween
  • Grandma's Winning Again
  • Grandpa's Gut Feelings
  • Group of Five Believers
  • Group Text Trash Talk
  • Guessing With Confidence
  • Gut Check Time

H: 17 names

  • Half a Game Back Forever
  • Head Over Heart
  • Heads I Win
  • Heart Over Head
  • Heavy on the Home Team
  • Helmet Color Theory
  • Highlander Rules
  • Hindsight Is 20/20
  • Home Favorite or Bust
  • Home Field Disadvantage
  • Home Teams by Default
  • Homecoming Court Picks
  • Homecoming Kings of Wrong
  • Hometown Homer
  • Horoscope Says Home Team
  • Hot Start Cold Finish
  • HR Approved Pick'em

I: 10 names

  • I Called That Upset
  • I Read One Headline
  • If Only
  • Immunity Idol Wanted
  • In a Real Pickle
  • In-Laws and Outlaws
  • Inactive List Surprise
  • Injury Report Insomniacs
  • Irrationally Confident
  • It's a Trap Game

J: 1 name

  • Just Here for the Picks

K: 4 names

  • Kick'em and Pick'em
  • Kiss of Doom Picks
  • Knocked Out in September
  • Knockout Round Regulars

L: 22 names

  • Last Minute Entry
  • Last One Standing
  • Last Pick in Gym Class
  • Last Pick Standing
  • Last Place Wears the Jersey
  • Last Team Left
  • Late Window Wizard
  • Letdown Saturday
  • Living on a Prayer
  • Lock It In
  • Lock Ness Monsters
  • Lock of the Century
  • Lock of the Week
  • Locked Out of First
  • Lone Survivors Club
  • Look-Ahead Losers
  • Loser Brings Snacks
  • Loser Mows the Lawn
  • Lost on a Walk-Off Field Goal
  • Lost on the Last Play
  • Lost the Tiebreaker Again
  • Low Confidence High Hopes

M: 23 names

  • Magic Eight Ball Says
  • Mandatory Fun League
  • Marching Band Believers
  • Mascot Fight Logic
  • Mascot Madness Picks
  • Mathematically Alive
  • Max Points Min Sense
  • Meaningless Touchdown Misery
  • Middle of the Pack Mentality
  • Misplaced Confidence
  • Missed It by That Much
  • Missed the Thursday Game
  • Mixed Picks
  • Mom Picks by Mascot
  • Monday Morning Regrets
  • Monday Night Miracle Needed
  • Monday Night Total Wrong
  • Monday Standup Standings
  • Mortal Lock Mortals
  • Musical Chairs Pool
  • My Sixteen Lost Again
  • My Team Always Wins on Paper
  • My Toddler's Picks

N: 16 names

  • Nacho Average Pool
  • Need the Monday Nighter
  • Neighborhood Know-It-Alls
  • Never Trust a Road Favorite
  • New Here Go Easy
  • New Year's Day Picks
  • Night Shift Selectors
  • Nine and Seven Heaven
  • Nine Lives Needed
  • Nitpick Nation
  • No Draft No Problem
  • No Such Thing as a Sure Thing
  • Noon Kickoff Club
  • Noon Kickoff Nostradamus
  • Not Eliminated Yet
  • Numbers Never Lie Mostly

O: 17 names

  • Often Wrong Never in Doubt
  • Old Oaken Bucket List
  • Old Roommates Pick'em
  • On Any Given Thursday
  • One and Done
  • One Game Back
  • One Life to Pick
  • One Point on My Own Team
  • One Point Wonders
  • Opposite Day Every Sunday
  • Option Offense Optimists
  • Out by Week Three
  • Out of Good Teams
  • Out of Office Picks
  • Outlook Not So Good
  • Outpick Outlast Outlive
  • Overtime Heartbreakers

P: 76 names

  • Padlock Prophets
  • Participation Trophy Collectors
  • Payroll Prognosticators
  • Peaked in Week One
  • Per My Last Pick
  • Perennial Runner-Up
  • Perfect Week Pending
  • Perfectly Picked
  • Peter Piper's Pick'em
  • Pick a Card Any Card
  • Pick a Lane
  • Pick a Side
  • Pick Against Me
  • Pick and Choose
  • Pick and Pray
  • Pick Floyd
  • Pick Me Pick Me
  • Pick Me Up League
  • Pick of the Litter
  • Pick of the Patch
  • Pick of the Week
  • Pick Perfect
  • Pick Six Feet Under
  • Pick Six or Bust
  • Pick Six Pack
  • Pick Six Society
  • Pick Up Sticks
  • Pick Up the Pieces
  • Pick Wisely
  • Pick Your Battles
  • Pick Your Poison
  • Pick Your Spots
  • Pick'em and Weep
  • Pick'em Apart
  • Pick'em Fences
  • Pick'em Like I See'em
  • Pick'em Palooza
  • Pick'em Pals

P, continued

  • Pick'em Pandemonium
  • Pick'em Party of Ten
  • Pick'em Posse
  • Pick'em Up Truck
  • Pick'em While They're Hot
  • Pick-a-Boo
  • Picked by My Dog
  • Picked Clean
  • Picked Last Again
  • Picked the Lock
  • Picked With My Eyes Closed
  • Picket Fence Prophets
  • Pickin' and Grinnin'
  • Pickin' Winners Since Never
  • Picking With My Heart
  • Picks and Giggles
  • Picks and Shovels
  • Picks Due by Kickoff
  • Picks or It Didn't Happen
  • Picktionary
  • Pickup Truck Prophets
  • Picky Blinders
  • Picky Eaters
  • Picture Perfect Picks
  • Pivot Table Prophets
  • Playing for Pride
  • Playing Spoiler
  • Playoff Committee Rejects
  • Pleasantly Upset
  • Points of No Return
  • Points on the Board
  • Poorly Picked
  • Power Conference Problems
  • Power Rankings Panic
  • Preseason Poll Victims
  • Pride on the Line
  • Primetime Pretender
  • Pumpkin Patch Pickers

Q: 3 names

  • Quarter in the Air
  • Questionable to Doubtful
  • Quick Pick Artists

R: 21 names

  • Rank Amateurs
  • Ranked and Filed
  • Ranked Matchup Mayhem
  • Read the Rules Once
  • Records Out the Window
  • Redshirt Freshman Picks
  • Reigning Champ Do Not Touch
  • Remote Control Commissioners
  • Reply All Pick'em
  • Rested and Rusty
  • Retired From Fantasy
  • Reverse Jinx Specialist
  • Right for the Wrong Reasons
  • Ripe for the Picking
  • Rivalry Trophy Hunters
  • Rivalry Week Wreckage
  • Road Team Believers
  • Rock Paper Scissors Picks
  • Rookie Quarterback Rollercoaster
  • Rule Book Lawyers
  • Rushing the Field

S: 50 names

  • Saturday Morning Picks
  • Saturday Selectors
  • Saving the Good Teams
  • Screenshot Your Picks
  • Second Guessing Myself
  • Second Half Surge
  • Second Life Survivor
  • See You in January
  • Service Academy Salute
  • Set It and Regret It
  • Seven Layer Picks
  • Short Week Skeptics
  • Should Have Flipped a Coin
  • Should Have Stayed Put
  • Sibling Rivalry Sundays
  • Signing Day Savants
  • Signs Point to No
  • Silver Medal Season
  • Six Wins and a Dream
  • Sixteen and Oh No
  • Sixteen on the Sure Thing
  • Sixteen Points of Regret
  • Skimmed the Injury Report
  • Slain by a Backup Quarterback
  • Slim Pickins

S, continued

  • Slow Starter Strong Finisher
  • Snuffed Out Sunday
  • So Close Yet So Wrong
  • Sole Survivor Sunday
  • Spreadsheet Sages
  • Spring Game Overreactions
  • Squinting at the Schedule
  • Standings Refreshers
  • Stayin' Alive
  • Still Alive Somehow
  • Stock Pickers Anonymous
  • Straight Up Guessing
  • Straight Up Wrong
  • Strength of Schedule Skeptics
  • Student Section Selectors
  • Submitted at the Buzzer
  • Sunday Pickers
  • Sunday Scaries Selections
  • Supremely Confident
  • Sure Things Only
  • Survival Mode
  • Survival of the Pickiest
  • Surviving on Fumes
  • Survivor's Remorse
  • Sweating the Late Game

T: 70 names

  • Tails Never Fails
  • Take Your Pick
  • Tarot and Touchdowns
  • Ten Friends One Trophy
  • Thanksgiving Table Tiebreaker
  • That's Why They Play the Games
  • The Annual Argument
  • The Break Room Ballot
  • The Carpool Lane Picks
  • The Cat Chose These
  • The Commish Picks Last
  • The Conference Room B League
  • The Eliminator
  • The Eye Test
  • The Family Text Thread
  • The Group Chat Gridiron
  • The Island of Misfit Picks
  • The Jinx Is Real
  • The Kids' Table Picks
  • The Lock Pickers
  • The Lunch Table League
  • The Nitpickers
  • The No Waiver Wire Club
  • The Overconfidence Pool
  • The Pick of Destiny
  • The Pick Whisperers
  • The Pick'em Patch
  • The Picket Line
  • The Pickpockets
  • The Picktators
  • The Recliner Review Board
  • The Sales Floor Selectors
  • The Selection Committee
  • The Snack Table Scouts
  • The Teachers' Lounge Locks

T, continued

  • The Team Chat Showdown
  • The Traveling Trophy League
  • The Tribe Has Picked
  • The Usual Picks
  • There Can Be Only One
  • Third Floor Forecasters
  • Three-Peat Pending
  • Throw Out the Records
  • Thursday Deadline Missers
  • Thursday Night Frights
  • Tiebreaker Tears
  • Tiebreaker Titans
  • Tiebreaker Total Guessers
  • Tied for First in Spirit
  • Tied for Last
  • Tis but a Scratch
  • Told You So Tuesday
  • Too Many Bowl Games
  • Toothpick Dynasty
  • Top Heavy Rankings
  • Top of the Leaderboard
  • Top Pick Energy
  • Top Twenty-Five and Dive
  • Torch Still Lit
  • Transfer Portal Prophets
  • Trap Game Saturday
  • Trap Game Trappers
  • Trap Week Victims
  • Triple Overtime Tears
  • Trivia Night Transfers
  • Trophy Shelf Vacancy
  • Trust My Gut
  • Tuesday Morning Apologies
  • Twelve Team Dreamers
  • Two Houses Both Wrong

U: 11 names

  • Uncle Knows Best
  • Undefeated in August
  • Underdog Lover
  • Underdog Whisperer
  • Undone by a Missed Kick
  • Upset Alert
  • Upset City
  • Upset Saturday
  • Upset Special
  • Upset Stomach
  • Used My Best Team Already

V: 5 names

  • Vibes Based Analysis
  • Victory Bell Ringers
  • Visibly Upset
  • Vote of No Confidence
  • Voted Off in Week Two

W: 19 names

  • Walk-On Wisdom
  • Water Cooler Oracles
  • Week One Casualty
  • Week One Genius
  • Weekly Recap Roasters
  • Weighed and Found Wanting
  • Weight of Expectations
  • Went With the Home Team
  • West Coast Bias
  • What's the Point Total
  • Wide Right Again
  • Wild Guess Wednesday
  • Wings and Wild Guesses
  • Winless in Primetime
  • Wishful Picking
  • Wooden Spoon Winners
  • Wrong Again Weekly
  • Wrong but Loud
  • Wrong Side of History

Z: 1 name

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