After 34 days, 13 playoff games, and hundreds of entry picks from 103 contestants, the winner of this year's NFL playoffs contest is John K! He scored a total of 3,610 points throughout the four weeks and correctly guessed the victors of 11 of the 13 playoff games, including the Super Bowl. He began the contest in 24th place, jumped to 1st place in Week 2, and stayed atop the leaderboard to win the top cash prize of $258. 

Jessica T finished in 2nd place with 3,595 points, winning $103. In 3rd place is Angelo C with a total of 3,550 points. He wins the 3rd place prize of $52. Ten contestants round out the Top 13, each winning $10: Katie T, Matthew S, Sheannse S, Mike C, Romeo G, Edward D, Samuel L, Paul M, Evan D, and Erin G. Congrats to the Top 13, especially for the first-time prize winners (Angelo C, Matthew S, Samuel L, Evan D, and Erin G).

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Overall, Sheannse S improved the most in the rankings, jumping up an impressive 76 places (from 82nd to 6th). Other contestants who made big comebacks in the contest were Samuel L (85th to 10th), LeAnn H (94th to 20th), Erin G (85th to 13th), and Romeo G (78th to 8th). LeAnn H performed the best among the 14 newcomers this year, finishing in 20th place. Other notable rookies were Lee R (23rd), Luke A (24th) and Roy C (42nd). There were a total of 33 contestants who were in the overall Top 13 at some point during the contest, and 9 contestants who made the overall Top 3. The contestants who scored the most points in WEEK 4 were: Erin G (1,775 pts), Brian S (1,700 pts), Katie T (1,700 pts), Sheannse S (1,700 pts),  Christine J (1,675 pts), Jen C (1,675 pts), and Liam C (1,675 pts).

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71 contestants correctly predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs would win Super Bowl LVIII, with 19 of them getting both the margin of victory and over/under correct as well. The Chiefs won their fourth Lombardi Trophy (and their third in five years), as Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes rallied his team from a 7-point halftime deficit to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime.

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All of the Top 13 contestants correctly picked the Chiefs to win -- that's how important the Super Bowl victor always is in determining this contest's winners. In an alternate universe where the 49ers won the Super Bowl, the Top 3 contestants would have been Michael D in 1st, John K in 2nd, and Jack G in 3rd!
 

Check out the updated Contestants and Leaderboard pages to find out everyone's final ranking and point total. The Matchups page has also been updated so you can easily compare yourself to your spouse, family members, friends or co-workers.