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Game of the Week: The Biggest Real Matchup, Played Against the CPU

Daily Gaming Team · November 2026

Every week there's one game everybody's talking about. Now you can play it. Each Monday, Daily Gaming picks the biggest real matchup of the week in Madden, College Football and NBA 2K, names a star from that game, and gives everyone one shot against the CPU. Most yards, points or assists with that player wins $25 in coins in each game.

3 contests a weekMadden, CFB and 2K
Freeno entry fee
One try40-minute clock
$25 to 1st25,000 coins per game

This week's lineup

These are the real matchups being played this week, so you can see how you'd have done.

Madden
Vikings vs Bills
Most receiving yards with Justin Jefferson
College Football
#2 Georgia vs #18 Missouri
Most passing yards with Gunner Stockton
NBA 2K
76ers vs Celtics
Most assists with LeBron James

New matchups are picked every Monday morning from the real schedule: the best records, the ranked teams, the games people will be watching.

How it works

  1. Start your entry. In the app, Game of the Week is the top card on Lobby → Main Stage. Pick a game and tap Start. Your 40-minute clock begins.
  2. Set up the game. Play Now with the week's matchup, you as the first team listed, 5-minute quarters, any difficulty.
  3. Snap the kickoff. At kickoff (tip-off in 2K), photograph the scoreboard showing the 1st quarter at 5:00. That shows the quarter length is right.
  4. Play, then snap the stats. When the game ends, open the player stats, highlight the named player's row, and take the photo. That number is your score.
Take the photo straight on. Stand square in front of the TV, not off to the side, and fill the photo with the screen. The app reads the whole row, so a sharp photo means the right number.

If the number looks wrong, you can retake the final photo while your clock is still running. After that, tap Request a review and an admin checks your photos before the reveal.

Sealed until Sunday

Nobody sees anyone's score until the reveal, Sunday at 8 PM ET. There's no chasing a number on the board, just your best game. At the reveal, every entry goes public: each player's score and the photos behind it, kickoff and final stats. Past weeks stay in the app under Past weeks, so anyone can check any result.

The prize

1st place in each game gets 25,000 coins ($25), added automatically after the reveal. Coins are worth real money: 1,000 coins = $1, and you can redeem them in Rewards for USDC sent to your in-app wallet. If two players tie, the earlier finish wins.

The rules

More ways to play

Want something every day? Daily Challenges give you three free CPU goals a day. When you're ready for a real opponent, post a free or paid match from Main Stage, or join Thursday Night 2K, our free weekly tournament.

This week's Game of the Week is live.

Get the app and find it at the top of Main Stage.