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Help Us Build Your Dream Fantasy Football League

DataForce Fantasy Football publishes a survey every offseason, usually about March, to get your feedback on good rule changes, software enhancements, and league offerings. These are the results of the survey, with the changes we'll be making this year.

See the initial survey.

How to Contribute Ideas for the Survey

Just write us. It's that simple. We love to hear new ideas, and we actually love to hear your frustrations, too. We are fully aware that our continued success depends upon listening to you, our valued customers. And we think we have the best customers in the world, so we're anxious to listen.

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2026 Fantasy Football Survey Results

DataForce's annual off-season survey is finished! Here are the highlights and what we'll be adding this year as a result of the survey:

Actually, it looks like the "most-satisifed-already" poll ever. Very little is changing this year as a result of the poll.

New Changes From The Survey

Victory Points calculation: In a close one, the three-level victory point calculation edged the two-level one we've been running so far, and I honestly can't see any reason not to switch. I think this calculation does a better job of isolating the winning-est teams, and I think that's what steers people toward the victory point calculation.

So, beginning this year in Victory Point leagues: 2 points for a win, 2 points for scoring in the top third of the league, 1 point for scoring in the middle of the league each week.

Autorenew: It's gone. As we already knew and wrote about in this newsletter, the logic for required autorenews at year-end is completely revamped this year.

Instead, we've switched to a partial prepay if you trade away a future first-round pick (first or second in a keeper league).

Big-money leagues: The demand for $500 dynasty leagues was surprising! OK, we're listening. We put one up in the lobby already to kick it off. If a standard lineup isn't what you were dreaming of when you checked the box on the survey, please write and tell us what lineup you're hoping for!

Here's What Won't Be Changing

Several suggestions got shot down in the survey, and will not be implemented:

It looks like the sweet spot for the live draft timer had already been found. 75 seconds per pick.

We'll stick with two divisions in regular leagues. And we'll try to run more Victory Points leagues for those who don't like divisions.

Team Kickers is gaining momentum in the fantasy world, but I guess we're not there yet at DataForce.

No "top points" prize. Win your money in the playoffs.

The toilet bowl impact on potential points is here to stay, by a wide margin. If you miss the playoffs in a dynasty league, keep playing through the toilet bowl!

Do be aware that the potential points calculation for the toilet bowl changes a bit this year, though! Multiple people wrote to say it just isn't fair when position scarcity forces them to take a zero at a position, so what we are doing is a "halfway adjustment" for zero-positions in the toilet bowl. For example, missing a score at the QB position will net you 10 points at QB, not the 20-point "penalty" during the first fourteen weeks when scoring potential points is detrimental rather than helpful.

Tuesday's "helpful roster moves" vote surprised me! More comprehensive lineup changes were shot down, but with very little comments provided as to why. I can only guess that owners don't want DataForce messing with their lineups, but that leaves a lot of questionable players in the lineups--bench players that were moved into the lineup during the starter's bye week, and never got moved out.

We respect the vote, so we're not going all-in on this one, but are going to buck the trend just a little. The worst problems occur in the lead-up to the playoffs, when we receive a ton of "can't you force team X to set a better lineup?" emails. We've decided to adjust lineups only if a bench player is projected to receive 6 points or more than a lineup player.

The "Maybe This Year" Category

There was not strong interest in second-chance leagues (drafting after week 2 or 3) nor in the "almost bestball" variant described, but both did receive votes. We'll make no commitment, but will implement the variant if we find time this year, and will consider second-chance leagues this year, maybe with another feeler email as the season begins.

Other Notes From the Survey

I don't have space here to address every topic submitted by everyone, but when several people say the same thing, it's worth noting.

Several people asked about running waivers a bit earlier. At least step it up to 9pm ET. We can't make a change like this without a vote, but I'd be curious what the rest of you think.

We got the usual "can we increase roster sizes" and "can we decrease roster sizes" comments. I believe we've found the sweet spot on the number of bench spots, so that's unlikely to ever change.

The toilet bowl impact on potential points got the usual number of both positive and negative comments. Wow, this is a controversial topic! But the vote clearly leans the way it is, so this isn't likely to change anytime soon.

Two people wrote to say "for guillotine leagues, why don't you start chopping heads in week 1, or at least earlier?" Really?? ok, that caught me by surprise. Who wants to play fewer games in the season rather than more? Who wants to pay for a season's fun and then get eliminated after week one? Write and tell us what you think!

I'm guessing the point of the comments was to allow bigger leagues, like 16-team leagues. But I don't think we'll be going that route.

Last year, it was suggested that we should consider a change to the keeper league rules, where you can drop extra players (keep fewer than five players) in exchange for more early picks. It would be more in line with how keeper leagues operate on other fantasy sites, where you slot your selected keepers into your early-round draft picks. We totally forgot to include this topic on this year's poll (please forgive us!) but your input on the topic would be appreciated!

Thanks to everyone who participated and for all the kind words in your comments. I can tell it's going to be another fun year in 2026!