Section Captain contest
No purchase necessary. Free to enter. Skill-based — the most verified recruits wins, with a minimum of 10 to qualify.
Who can enter
Anyone 18 or older, resident in the United States, who casts a free Rally and opens a section. No purchase is necessary and buying a placement does not help you win — bids and the Fan Poll are completely separate. Void where prohibited.
The entry period
One round runs Monday 00:00 UTC to the following Sunday night, the same clock the fan board uses. Recruits are counted inside that window only. The all-time board keeps running across rounds.
How winners are decided
The three captains with the most verified recruits in the round win. A recruit counts once, when a new person arrives through your link and casts their own Rally from their own device. Clicks, shares and views count for nothing. Ties go to whoever reached the number first.
There is a minimum of 10 verified recruits to win anything. Finishing in the top three with fewer than 10 does not win a prize, and that place simply is not awarded that week — we would rather leave it unclaimed than pay out for a handful of clicks. Your position on the board is not affected; only the payout is.
Prizes
First $50, second $30, third $20, paid as DoorDash or Uber Eats credit. The all-time top three get a surprise at the end of the season. Prizes are not transferable and no cash alternative is offered. You are responsible for any tax on what you receive.
Verification, and what gets you disqualified
Every winner is reviewed before payout. Recruits that come from the same person using multiple browsers, private windows, cleared storage, emulators or scripts are not recruits, and we will not pay for them. We may withhold a prize, remove a captain from the board, or void an entry where the recruits do not look like real, separate people. That judgement is ours and it is final.
Claiming
Winners are contacted through the profile on their handle within 7 days of the round closing, and must reply within 14 days to claim. Unclaimed prizes are forfeited.
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Who is running this
CollegeWars, an independent fan project — not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any university, athletic program, conference or the NCAA. This contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram, TikTok, X, DoorDash or Uber Eats. We can change or end it at any time; the version on this page at the moment a round closes is the one that governs it.