What: Twenty-five invited handicappers compete - with no entry fee required - in a season-long contest with $25,000 in prizes awarded.

When: Friday, September 6 through Friday, January 3, 2025 (18 weeks)

Where: VSiN studio in the Circa sportsbook

Contest plays

- Seven plays, college and NFL full-game sides and totals (no props, team totals or first-half plays) with one designated as the Best Bet (BB). Contestants are limited to four college football totals per week.

- Plays will be graded as one point for a win - a Best Bet winner is worth 1.5 points - and a half-point for a push. If a game is canceled or postponed, it's graded to be worth a half-point; a postponed game must be played by the following Thursday or is graded to be worth a half-point.

- The Best Bet (BB) point total will be used as a tiebreaker if needed.

- Use the Circa Sports lines posted at Noon PT Fridays. All contestants are using the same lines. Any contestant failing to designate a Best Bet will get a zero for the Best Bet record that week.

- Seven plays must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. PT each Friday; any contestant who misses the deadline gets zero points for the week.

Prize structure

- Circa owner Derek Stevens is awarding $25,000 in total prize money: $15,000 for the winner, $7,000 for second place and $3,000 for third place. The winner also receives a trophy and a green jacket designed by Stevens.

Contest field/format

- The contest begins Friday, September 6 and continues each Friday through January 3, 2025.

- In December during the college bowl season, any games scheduled through the following Thursday can be used in the contest (and any games must be scored as final on that Thursday to count). For the final week, only games scheduled through Monday, January 6 can be used in the contest (and any game must be scored as final on that Monday to count).

Elimination rounds

- At the conclusion of Week 9 of the NFL schedule (the Friday, November 1 contest week), the two contestants with the lowest point totals will be cut.

- The same elimination process - with one exception - will continue each week for the following seven weeks through Week 16 of the NFL schedule (the Friday, December 20 contest week). The two contestants with the lowest point totals will be cut each week through Week 15; at the conclusion of Week 16, the three contestants with the lowest point totals will be cut.

- At the conclusion of NFL Week 16, the eight remaining contestants compete to the end.

- If there is a tie for last place in any elimination week, the Best Bet (BB) point total for the two or more contestants will be used as a tiebreaker to cut one contestant; if there still is a tie, the most recent week's Best Bet result will be the tiebreaker, and that process of grading Best Bets continues in reverse order until the tie is broken.

Derek Stevens has the authority to make a final ruling on any contest rules disputes.