How to Play Survival Fantasy Football

Survival fantasy football is a game in which you pick one football team to win each week. If you pick incorrectly, you're out of the game. Win the game by being the sole survivor.

Instructions

1. Choose a place to manage your league, or manage it yourself. Yahoo! offers a survival fantasy football league that can be played online. You can also run a league yourself via message board, email, or in person with just a pen and a piece of paper.

2. Study the NFL schedule each week. Choose one team that you think will win their game. Keep in mind that once you pick a team, you cannot choose that team again for the remainder of the season. If you are running the league, compile everyone else's picks.

3. Eliminate players when they pick a losing team. Also eliminate players who did not make a pick by the deadline. Usually a deadline for a survival fantasy football league an hour before kickoff of the first game of the week.

4. Continue predicting a winner each week as the NFL season continues. Win the league by being the last player standing.

Tips & Warnings

• Because you can only pick a team once, save some of the strong teams for later in the competition.

• Survival fantasy football leagues often end in just a few weeks. If everyone is eliminated with several weeks left in the season, start over and play again.

• A variation of survival fantasy football involves choosing a loser every week. This can put a fun spin on the season as you try to be the best at picking bad teams.

• Don't get too risky with your picks. As much as you want to save strong teams until the end, don't eliminate yourself early by going out on a limb in the first three or four weeks.