The Overall Confidence contest was one of the most hotly contested races in a long time in the UPsP. 50GazillionDollarArm took control of the contest back in week 8, when he built a 6 point lead over early contender LLCoolJP. He maintained a small lead over various challengers for the next 7 weeks before being overtaken by It's illegal for you to ask me that after week 16. As the final week got underway, just 8 points separated the top two players, and by the end of the Sunday day games, 50GazillionDollarArm was trailing It's illegal for you to ask me that by a single point. With 9 points left to wager on the final matchup against the leader's 3, 50GazillionDollarArm controlled his own destiny. Then the Steelers missed an extra point and the Ravens were driving for the win... alas, a missed field goal sunk 50GazillionDollarArm's hopes and won It's illegal for you to ask me that the UPsP XV Overall Confidence trophy with a total of 1,592 total points, which was his exact same score from last season. What a difference a year makes, from 20th place to first.

It's illegal for you to ask me that was looking for the overall sweep, but fell just one win short of the title. Blackjack spent a total of ten weeks in the number one Pickem' spot, first taking over the lead in week 4, but was overtaken in week 13 and then dropped as low as fifth place. Five wins off the pace with just two weeks to play, Blackjack won the week 17 contest and was one win behind the leaders in week 18 to surge back to the top of the leaderboard and become the UPsP XV Overall Pickem' champ as the only player to compile 185 wins.

Heading into week 14, there were still 9 unbeaten players remaining in the Survivor contest. Losses by the Bucs and Browns in week 14 rocked the competition, and only Dawgman remained undefeated by betting on the Jags. After Dawgman held on with perfect picks for the final 4 weeks, the third-year player was crowned the Survivor Champ and added a serious piece of hardware next to his only other trophy from a 2024 Turkey Sweep. It has been 5 years since the last time someone went undefeated in the competition when DowntownTinaBrown, GodOfThunder, Goldblooded, and Hondo13 all achieved the feat in 2020.

4TD RB from Polk High rushes into the final Pickem' win For the second week in a row Mabrown put together an impressive lineup of picks. He started off strong by earning 15 points on the Saturday slate, and then went on to only miss out on 24 points on Sunday to win the week 18 Confidence contest despite losing the last two games of the week. EnsenadaDrive tried to come from behind to catch the leader by earning 5 points on the Steelers win, but ended up with 109 points, three back of Mabrown.

Four players finished the week with 12 correct picks, including the confidence winner. Of the four, three of them submitted a winner's score and they were all very close to the mark. In fact, 4TD RB from Polk High's guess was perfect and so he won the week 18 Pickem' contest on the first tie-breaker, beating out (the aptly named) Steeler Nation and Mabrown by 1 and 2 points, respectively. hugh.bryan.iv, the other 12 game winner, ended up in fourth place.

Three more players were eliminated from the Survivor contest in week 18, one each on the Eagles, Bears, and Bengals. Seven other players won with a mix of teams including the Vikings, Bills, Falcons, and Jags to stay alive, but, it didn't matter because Dawgman won on the Vikings' victory over the resting Packers to remain undefeated and become the Survivor champ.