Lock of the Week
One pick. Favorites are locked out. Win or cover and you bank the full spread. Miss and you get nothing — better luck next week.
Your Card
The Reveal
Picks unlock at kickoff. See who played it safe. 👀
Season Tape
Every pick, every week. Scroll right for the full season.
The Dog Pound
The Underdog Project · 8 members · Season through Week 6 · Winner take all
The Pot
How Points Work
House Rules
- One underdog pick per week — your Lock of the Week.
- College football only. Favorites never appear as selectable.
- You may reuse the same team as often as you like across weeks.
- Multiple entries allowed, max 3 — but each entry must take a different dog each week.
- The door shuts at the end of Week 3. No new players and no new entries after that — join late and you still carry zeros for the weeks you missed, so earlier is better.
- Every entry must be paid for by the end of Week 3 too. Anything unpaid is frozen: it keeps the points it earned and stays on the board, but it can't pick again and isn't in the running for the pot. Paying unfreezes it immediately.
- Lines refresh Tuesday morning. Your pick locks at that game's kickoff.
- You are scored at the line you took, not the closing line.
- Points accumulate all season. Highest total takes the whole pot; 2nd place gets their buy-in back.
- Tie broken by: most weeks cashed → highest single week → tied players split 1st and 2nd evenly.
Running the league
Everything that used to mean writing SQL.
Entries
Tick the box when someone pays. Tap a name to change it.
For entertainment only. The Underdog Project is a private season-long contest run among friends. It is not a sportsbook, it accepts no wagers, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NCAA, any college, conference, or betting operator. Point spreads are third-party data shown for scoring. Entry fees and prizes are handled privately by the league commissioner and never pass through this site. Taking part is your own decision and your own responsibility, including whether it is permitted where you live. Never risk money you can’t afford to lose.