Basically, each week, as a participant in a knockout pool, one is expected to select a single team that is most likely to win their game outright in a given week.   There are no point spreads involved, all you need is the inspiration to pick a single winner every week.  The catch is, that you can only select a team once during the course of the entire season.

Logic dictates that the most heavily favored team on the schedule for any given week is the best knockout choice for that week.  Most people play it that way in early weeks.  Additionally, when there isn't a clear cut favorite often people will select a home team over a team playing on the road. 

Micks-Picks.com is in one of these this year as part of the 2007 handicapping championship and will gladly provide its selection weekly. (Note: these are our  survivor pool selections, the selections used in the actual handicapping championship appear on Micks-Picks.com as some combination of member and free plays)