Super Bowl Squares Pool for 2027 — free for friends
Squares is the one Super Bowl game anyone at the party can play: no football knowledge, no picks to research, just a square on a grid and a reason to care about every quarter. Sportpoolz squares pools open in late January, ahead of the Super Bowl — free, and played for bragging rights rather than cash.
Free forever — no credit card, no money changing hands.
How Super Bowl squares works
- 1 The pool is a grid of 100 squares: ten columns for one team, ten rows for the other.
- 2 Everyone claims squares until the grid is full. Nobody knows yet what a square is worth.
- 3 Once the grid fills, the digits 0 to 9 are drawn at random — one set across the top, one down the side — so every square now pairs one digit for each team.
- 4 At the end of each quarter, take the last digit of each team's score. The square where those two digits meet wins the quarter.
Because the digits are drawn after the squares are claimed, skill plays no part — the fan who has watched every game and the guest who came for the commercials start exactly even.
Sportpoolz is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NFL.
What is decided before the grid fills
Squares has very few rules to choose, and the important ones are settled before the digits are drawn: who is in the pool, and how many squares each person may claim. After the draw nothing can change, which is what makes the grid fair.
There is no entry fee and no prize money on Sportpoolz. A winning square earns its quarter and its place in the group chat's memory, and that is all.
Key dates
- Playoffs, 14 teams: January 2027 – February 2027
- Super Bowl squares pools open on Sportpoolz: January 2027
- Super Bowl LXI: February 2027
Squares pools are not open yet. A free account now means you are ready to start your group's grid when they open in late January.
A sample quarter
- Your square sits where the first team's 7 column meets the second team's 3 row.
- The first quarter ends 7–3. The last digits are 7 and 3, so your square wins the first quarter.
- At halftime it is 14–10: digits 4 and 0. A different square wins.
- Each quarter is a fresh draw from the same grid, so one square can win more than once — or never.
Common questions
Do you need to know football to play Super Bowl squares?
No. The digits are drawn at random after everyone has claimed their squares, so there is nothing to study. All you need is a square and the score at the end of each quarter.
When can I start a Super Bowl squares pool?
Squares pools open on Sportpoolz in late January, ahead of the Super Bowl in February. Creating your account now means the grid is one step away when they do.
Which quarters count in squares?
Each of the four quarters has its own winning square, read from the score at the end of that quarter — so the final score decides only the last of the four.
Be ready the day it opens
Sportpoolz is free. Create your account now, and starting your pool takes a couple of minutes once it opens.