How To Calculate Bracket Points

Scoring Your March Madness Bracket

How To Calculate Bracket Points

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How do you score the rounds for the March Madness Office Pool?

We wanted to touch on how to keep score of your College Basketball Bracket and also go over what we feel are the best bracket scoring structures. First off, there is no universal way to score the bracket. There are many different point structures that can be used, but the overall set up for each is basically the same.

Points Per Round

There are 6 rounds to the NCAA tournament, for each correct winner picked, a player is awarded points based on what round the winner is picked in. In most cases, and the way I feel it should be, the points per round increase as the tournament progresses. I have seen pools ran that award 1 point for every game picked correctly no matter which round it is. The chart below shows possible scoring by round systems, if you read further down the page we explain which system we think works best. Check out our Fillable Bracket and our Excel Bracket, which allow you to completely customize your bracket before printing. This includes filling in the points per round, giving your bracket a title, and typing in any notes/rules you want to pass on to the participants.

Sample Scoring Systems
RND 1	RND 2	RND 3	RND 4	RND 5	RND 6
1	2	3	4	6	10
1	2	4	8	16	32
2	4	6	8	10	12
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	3	6	10	15	20
1	2	4	8	12	16
2	4	8	16	32	64

NCAA Point Systems used by ESPN, Yahoo, FoxSports, NCAA.com and CBS:

These are the top online Tournament Challenge sites.

RND 1	RND 2	RND 3	RND 4	RND 5	RND 6
ESPN	10	20	40	80	160	320
Yahoo	1	2	4	8	16	32
CBS	1	2	4	8	16	32
FoxSports	1	2	4	8	16	32
NCAA.com	1	2	4	8	16	32

As you can see, CBS, FoxSports, NCAA.com and Yahoo all use the same scoring system and even though ESPN has higher point values they are exactly proportioned to the others (each round is 10x the amount of points). Remember the point value shown is for each game, multiply the number of games per round by the points per game/round then add all of the rounds together to come up with the Total Points Possible.

Round 1 - 32 Games

Round 2 - 16 Games

Round 3 - 8 Games

Round 4 - 4 Games

Round 5 - 2 Games

Round 6 - 1 Game

Total Points Possible for Yahoo, CBS, FoxSports and NCAA.com - 192

Total Points Possible for ESPN Tournament Challenge - 1,920

What system do we use?

Some people prefer to place a great deal of weight on picking the championship game correctly, like in the example 1,2,4,8,16,32. Which basically means the winner of the office pool must correctly pick the winner of the championship game. Others think that picking the most games correctly should weigh more on the outcome, like in the example 1,2,3,4,5,6. I definitely don't like the idea of putting all of the weight on the championship game, you are basically eliminating everyone that does not correctly guess the winner of the tournament. I do however feel that picking the winner in a field of 64(68) does have importance, so I prefer to use the first scoring method in the list above 1,2,3,4,6,10. This gives the people that correctly pick the tournament champion an advantage, but does not completely eliminate the people that didn't correctly guess the champion.

What about the play-in games?

Yes, the NCAA has really threw us for a loop with these new play in games. It wouldn't be so bad if all four of the play-in games were going to make up the 16 seed in each different region. But, the NCAA committee has decided they need to have a couple of 11 and 13 seeds participate in these play-in games instead of two of the 16 seeds. Anyway, you're still wondering how to incorporate these games into your office pool. We wrote a short article titled Do you Count the First Four Games in your College Basketball Pool. This article gives more detail on what you should do with the play-in games, but you basically have 2 options:

Option 1: Just don't count the play-in games, pick your winners based on a field of 64.
Option 2: Score the play-in games as you would any game in the first round, or you can also change your entire point system around to be 7 rounds, which could look something like 1,2,3,4,6,8,12. If you use this option, you will have to have your entries received by Tuesday morning before the first play-in game begins.

Other Scoring Methods

You can always add your own twist to the office pool. Some people award bonus points for upsets picked in the first round. If a player correctly picks a lower seed to beat a higher seed, they are awarded double the points for that game.

You could also try a 'multiplier pool', where each game you pick correctly, the 'seed' number is multiplied by the points in that round.

Example using the 1,2,3,4,6,10 system:
A #1 seed pick in the first round is worth 1 point, a #15 seed would be worth 15 points.

A #1 seed in the 6th round is worth 10 points, a #2 seed would be worth 20 points.

Our new Fillable Bracket allows you to type in the points by round and then print the bracket, no more handwriting on the bracket!

If you need help filling out your brackets check out our Strategy for Winning your March Madness Pool to ensure your best chances of winning your office pool.

Scoring on the Bracket

Some folks may get confused with how to actually score the bracket. Let's use the first round as an example. Each person has picked 32 teams to win their first round game by writing each team's name in the second round of the bracket. Simply circle each team that was picked correctly and draw an 'x' or a line through the incorrect games. To score the first round, you will actually be circling the names on the second round of the bracket. You do not circle the teams that are pre-entered in the round of 64. Each circle would be worth the corresponding points per round.

If you need a ACFT Calculator tool to figure out the crazy calculations of the New Army Score Chart. Not a problem, we will make sure you have the most up to date ACFT Calculator. Enjoy!

Army ACFT Calculator

ACFT Score Calculator

Maximum Deadlift (lbs.)
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Standing Power Throw (m)
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Hand Release PU (reps)
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Sprint Drag Carry (m:s)
3:35	m:s	0	points
Leg Tuck (reps)
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2 Mile Run (m:s)
22:48	m:s	0	points

FAQ on the Army ACFT Calculator

What is a good ACFT score?

A good ACFT score is anything above your category minimum:
1. Heavy (Black) = 420 Points (70%)
2. Significant (Gray) = 390 Points (65%)
3. Moderate (Gold) = 360 Points (60%)

What happens if you fail the ACFT?

How To Calculate Ncaa Bracket Points

If you fail the ACFT it will not be your test of record. You will not be penalized. As for right now: Until October 2020 the APFT will be the test of record. If you fail the ACFT after October 2020 you will go through the same procedures as failing a record APFT.

Calculation Chart for ACFT

When calculating your ACFT Score, the latest ACFT Score Chart is necessary. Below is a PDF file of the the Score Chart. All the number in the chart below are plugged into the ACFT Calculator.

ACFT Score Chart 2020 – New Updated ACFT Score Chart.PDF

In-depth information on the ACFT Score Chart – Click Below:

ACFT Calculator: Scoring

The ACFT Scoring Calculator is based off your Army Physical Demands Standards. What are the ACFT Standards? Glad you asked! Below is a chart that will explain how your ACFT Score is Calculated.

Each event is scored by the following:

– Moderate is the lowest level;

– Significant is the mid-range;

– Heavy means that your ACFT score would be the hardest;

Army ACFT Calculator by MOS

If you are looking for an easy way to find out what your standard by MOS score is… Just hit this link. All you need to do is type in your MOS and the MOS calculator will give you your Minimum and Maximum scores.

If you want in-depth information on ACFT Standards by MOS click on the link to the left

Calculator Instructions: New Army ACFT Scoring

More on the ACFT and Passing the New Army Score Chart:

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All right, I got some exciting news! So, the new ACFT calculator is now built. Wow! Learning about HTML , putting it onto FTP server and all this stuff… It took awhile but I am happy to say it is finished. So, this is the instructions for the ACFT calculator.

How To Calculate Bracket Strength

I’m going to show you how to get there on the website. It’s right here next to the home button, click on the ACFT calculator button. You’re gonna scroll down and as you can see it is a slide bar. Okay so, the cool thing about this calculator is you can calculate your ACFT score, and kind of guess where you’re at. So, say you went to the gym and you know you did, 190 pounds for at least 10 reps right? You know you could do probably 230 or whatever for three reps. This ACFT calculator allows you to play around. Slide it up and down. It also gives you a good prediction on where you’re at with your ACFT score.

Calculator for ACFT will Calculate Pass or Fail on the New Army Score Chart

So as you can see right now, the category that you’re on right now. You have zero points. The hand release push-up, sprint drag carry, the leg tuck, the two-mile run, you have zero points. Meaning, you failed your ACFT test.

Once you slide these bars up to ACFT standard, it will tell you where you are on the ACFT standards chart. So, as you can see here all you need is one Leg Tuck.

One leg tuck right here. which is kind of kind of sad, you only need one leg tuck but, one leg tuck will get you to the moderate physical demand ACFT category. So, say you can do six reps, you could put it here. You’ll get 72 points on your ACFT score chart. If you run an 18 minute 2 mile. Good, 69 points on your ACFT score chart. You’re in the moderate category for the ACFT. So, first knowing where you’re at on the MOS standards. You can find out what category you are in by looking at the standards by MOS chart.

ACFT Standards by MOS Calculator

What you are going to need to do is just look at your MOS category. I also have that on the website too. So you just go to standards by MOS. You can also download this standards by MOS form. I have it on downloadable format for everybody. These are the MOS standards. So, you can calculate your ACFT score and what you’re going to need. The MOS standard chart said moderate, heavy, significant. Depending on your MOS . Obviously you need to know where you’re at. So, we’re gonna go back to the ACFT calculator.

Slide-Bar

Like I said, I wanted to make a slide bar, I worked very hard on it for everybody. So, hopefully it’s useful for you all. I know a lot of guys that work in the training room they have to calculate PT scores all the time and they generally type in ACFT score with numbers and it’ll tell you if you pass or fail.

The ACFT calculator with a slide-bar they can use this too but, I feel like it would be a lot easier for them to use an ACFT calculator with something like typing it in you know? Type in the number of reps you did or type in the time you ran your two mile run in. Then it will tell you if you pass or fail your ACFT. That will be getting done this week. So, I’ll hopefully I’ll have that new ACFT calculator up for everybody this week.

So, we can give you two options for ACFT calculations. You’ll have the slide-bar ACFT calculator and then you also have a type-in ACFT calculator. Up Next? It will be THE APP ACFT calculator. So you guys can have it on your cell phones because, I know everybody’s on their cell phones.

How Can We Improve the NEW ACFT Calculator?

Do you have any ideas you have for the calculator? Anything you don’t like about the slide bar calculator? Something you would like to add? Just let me know. I’ll work on it as hard as I can and then I’ll get it up and running for you.

Also, if you have any great workout tips for the ACFT I am all ears. If you took the ACFT, please let us know how it went. Even if you don’t like going on camera, you can just type it to me and I’ll put it on the website.

People really want to know. Everyone is wondering, you know? What is the ACFT like? Is the ACFT hard? Is the ACFT easy? I’m getting mixed reviews as of right now. “It is too easy…” “oh man it’s really hard…”

Contact Me

I’d love to hear what your opinion is on the ACFT. You can either email me, write it in the comments, whatever It is. Just please hit me up and let me know. This way, I can share with others. Again, I worked really hard on this calculator for you guys. I hope it is very useful for you and I look forward to seeing you guys soon. Take care.

For the Calculator Instruction on PDF click Below:

For the ACFT Calculator instructions on MP3 click below:

Army ACFT Calculator – Event Min & Max

Gold/Moderate Category

3 Categories:

• Black/Heavy Category
  • 70%
• Gray/Significant Category
  • 65%
• Gold/Moderate Category
  • 60%

Author: Robert Gibson