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The classic competition format for fantasy football is the style that mirrors the NFL: going head to head against the other teams in your league. In a head-to-head scoring league, each fantasy squad plays one other squad per week, and the starting lineup with the highest score that week wins. If the matchup ends in a tie, a tiebreaker set by your commissioner decides the game (total bench points scored is a common tiebreaker). Your league provider automatically tallies the points, using your league’s scoring parameters (see the previous sections in this chapter). After the week’s NFL games are completed, the fantasy results become final.

A larger league may also be divided into divisions, just like the NFL, although most aren’t. Each team will usually play the teams in its own division twice and the other teams once, but it depends on how the league is configured by the website or by the commissioner.

10 or 12 teams per league is standard. 8 teams is considered a shallow league. Anything above 12 is considered a deep league.Each team’s win-loss record determines the standings at the end of the season, just like in the NFL. The top teams from the regular season — depending on your league’s settings — then go head to head in the playoffs in a seeded tournament format, just like in the NFL. The winner of the championship matchup becomes the league champion. (Check out Chapter 12 for more on the playoffs.)