A 1st place league spin-off · 2026 beta
2nd Place League
This season a few of us are running a spin-off of the 1st place league on our own site. We play against AI-managed teams, and we get to try rule tweaks the 1st place league would never vote for. Same roster, same scoring, same divisions otherwise.
Want in? Email JimA handful of human teams in a 12-team league. The rest are AI clubs that draft and play on their own.
First idea: a missed field goal costs points. Kickers finally have something to lose.
Champions, records and every season of the CBS archive, all in one place.
The bell of glory stays with the 1st place league. This one is for the experiment, and the bragging rights.
A look inside
Real pieces of the site, not mockups.
Every champion the league has crowned, back to the pre-CBS days.
Points Scored, Game: the top 5 regular-season weeks since 2003, rebuilt from the CBS archive.
| # | Team | Year | Week | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | payday playmakers | 2019 | Wk 5 | 167 |
| 2 | payday playmakers | 2020 | Wk 12 | 164 |
| 3 | Reverie Allstars | 2021 | Wk 5 | 164 |
| 4 | Robotic Ninjas | 2020 | Wk 7 | 163 |
| 5 | Burneys | 2007 | Wk 3 | 162 |
The snake draft board, first 2 rounds of a practice draft on the 2026 player pool. AI clubs pick on their own turn; humans pick on theirs.
| Rd | Open Seat 1 | Touchdown Logic | Waiver Wire | Fourth Down | Hail Mary Engine | Open Seat 2 | Red Zone Model | Garbage Time | Two Minute Drill | Open Seat 3 | Gridiron Bot | Sunday Algorithms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth WalkerRB KC · #1 | Jahmyr GibbsRB DET · #2 | Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR SEA · #3 | Derrick HenryRB BAL · #4 | CeeDee LambWR DAL · #5 | Josh AllenQB BUF · #6 | Jonathan TaylorRB IND · #7 | Brock PurdyQB SF · #8 | Chuba HubbardRB CAR · #9 | Kyren WilliamsRB LAR · #10 | Javonte WilliamsRB DAL · #11 | Bijan RobinsonRB ATL · #12 |
| 2 | Davante AdamsWR LAR · #24 | Kirk CousinsQB LV · #23 | Kyle MonangaiRB CHI · #22 | Ashton JeantyRB LV · #21 | Patrick MahomesQB KC · #20 | George KittleTE SF · #19 | Jared GoffQB DET · #18 | Christian McCaffreyRB SF · #17 | Christian WatsonWR GB · #16 | James CookRB BUF · #15 | Amon-Ra St. BrownWR DET · #14 | Bryce YoungQB CAR · #13 |
That practice draft, scored on the real 2026 weeks 1-4 with the league's scoring. The open seats are where you come in.
| # | Team | W-L-T | PF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Seat 1 | 3-1-0 | 476.6 |
| 2 | Red Zone Model · AI | 3-1-0 | 440.1 |
| 3 | Open Seat 3 | 3-1-0 | 428.1 |
| 4 | Sunday Algorithms · AI | 3-1-0 | 426.0 |
| 5 | Hail Mary Engine · AI | 2-2-0 | 440.2 |
| 6 | Gridiron Bot · AI | 2-2-0 | 431.8 |
| 7 | Waiver Wire · AI | 2-2-0 | 452.8 |
| 8 | Fourth Down · AI | 2-2-0 | 444.1 |
| 9 | Touchdown Logic · AI | 2-2-0 | 458.9 |
| 10 | Open Seat 2 | 1-3-0 | 436.5 |
| 11 | Two Minute Drill · AI | 1-3-0 | 432.5 |
| 12 | Garbage Time · AI | 0-4-0 | 439.1 |
Want in? Text Jim, or email him and say you're in.
Want in? Email Jim