2026 CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Mock Drafts Game Play and Terms of Use Effective Date: April 28, 2026
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Game Play Mock Drafts Joining a Mock Draft
When Mock Drafts are available, navigate to https://mockdraft-1.football.cbssports.com/mockdraft/standard and click the "Join Now" button next to the corresponding draft you would like to enter in the Mock Draft Lobby. You must be logged in and registered in order to participate in a Mock Draft. If you are not a registered CBSSports.com user, you will be led to the registration page. Each Mock Draft will be available every half hour. A Mock Draft will begin at the time listed in the "Available Draft" section of the Mock Draft home page. If a Mock Draft is not full by the time listed in the League Details area, the remaining empty spots will be drafted by a CBSSports.com Draft Robot according to our experts' projections.
Types of Mock Drafts
You can select to join any of these available draft types:
10-team league, Standard positions (QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, K, DST, 5 Bench)
10-team league, Flex positions (QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, Flex, TE, K, DST, 5 Bench)
12-team league, Standard positions (QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, K, DST, 5 Bench)
12-team league, Flex positions (QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, Flex, TE, K, DST, 5 Bench)
14-team league, Standard positions (QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, K, DST, 5 Bench)
14-team league, Flex positions (QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, Flex, TE, K, DST, 5 Bench)
Selecting a Draft Position
On the Mock Draft Details page, you will have the opportunity to select your position within the draft. For instance, if you'd like to see what it would be like to draft from the 6th position, you can select "Join at this Position" on position #6. If a draft position is not available, it will say "Position Taken" and will not let you join at that specific position. Once you have joined a draft, a draft countdown clock will appear in the navigation bar in both the "Draft Lobby" and the "View Details" pages of your Mock Draft. The countdown clock will display the time left until your draft begins and the number of users that have joined. Once the draft is full, the clock will turn into a link to enter the Draft Room.
Standard Mock Draft Instructions
During the Mock Draft, each team will have 60 seconds to select an NFL player. The order of the draft will be determined by which draft position each participant in the draft selected when joining the Mock Draft. Standard drafts will go through a "snake" order, meaning that the team with the last pick in the current round will have the first pick in the next round. The draft will continue for 14 rounds.
In the draft room, you will be able to place NFL players into a Draft Queue, The Draft Queue is simply a list in order of priority of players you are interested in picking with your next draft pick. When it is your turn to pick, you will have 60 seconds to draft a player. If the 60 seconds pass and you have not manually selected a player, the player ranked highest in your Draft Queue will be automatically drafted and your team will be placed on Autopilot. If the Draft Queue is empty, a pick will then be made from the Rank List. The Rank List will be provided by CBS Interactive, Inc. ("CBSI") (as defined below). You will not have the ability to make changes to the Rank List.
Once the draft has been completed, you will receive an email showing all the team rosters from your Mock Draft. You can also view all draft results by clicking on the "Results" link in the "Mock Draft" navigation bar from either of the Draft Lobbies.
Salary Cap Mock Draft Instructions
Each team will begin the draft with a salary of $100. During the Mock Draft, each team will have 20 seconds to select an NFL player to be nominated for signing. The order of the draft will be determined by which draft position each participant in the draft selected when joining the Mock Draft. Salary Cap drafts will go through a continuous order. The current team that is on the clock to nominate a player will be seen to the far left of the Nomination Order area of the draft room. The nominated player will be available for signing for 15 seconds, at which time the player will go to the team with the highest offer. The draft will continue with this salary cap format for 24 rounds.
**Important: The draft will continue in this order for 9 rounds and all teams MUST fill their active rosters first. You will not be allowed to nominate or bid on a player when there are no more spots on your active roster for the position he plays. After 9 rounds, the draft will go through a "snake" order for the remaining 5 rounds to fill the reserve rosters. There will be no bidding for reserve players. The player who joined the draft in the #1 position will begin this portion of the draft and teams will follow in typical "snake" order like a Standard Draft until 14 rounds have been completed.
In the draft room, you will be able to place NFL players into a Draft Queue. The Draft Queue is simply a list in order of priority of players you are interested in nominating for signing. When it is your turn to pick, you will have 30 seconds to nominate a player. If the 30 seconds pass and you have not manually selected a player, the player ranked highest in your Draft Queue will be automatically nominated for signing and your team will be placed on Autopilot. If the Draft Queue is empty, a pick will then be made from the Rank List. The Rank List will be provided by CBSI. You will not have the ability to make changes to the Rank List.
Once the draft has been completed, you will receive an email showing all the team rosters from your Mock Draft. You can also view all draft results by clicking on the "Results" link in the "Mock Draft" navigation bar from either of the Draft Lobbies.