Follow American football at work
Sport Spreadsheet follows live American football — the NFL and NCAA — as scores, drives and box-score lines inside a spreadsheet that reads as work. The data updates in real time; a boss key hides it in one keystroke.
American football is built around the weekend, but the workday keeps getting in the way: Thursday Night Football, the Saturday college slate that runs from noon to midnight, and — for fans outside North America — Sunday games that land in the middle of your Monday. Here's how to follow all of it from your desk without a bright broadcast giving you away.
Why American football is hard to follow at work
The NFL has spread itself across the week — Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights, plus international games in London and Munich that kick off in the US morning — while college football turns Saturday into an all-day marathon. Wherever you are, some game you care about is on during working hours, and a live football broadcast is the most conspicuous thing you can leave open on an office screen. A column of scores is not.
American Football we cover
| Competition | Region | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| NFL | USA | Live |
| NCAA Football | USA | Live |
What you can follow
Live scores across the NFL and college football, refreshing on their own; the current down, distance and drive; a live box score; and the division and conference standings with the playoff picture. It reads as rows of metrics, not a video feed.
Guides by competition
The numbers, explained
Questions
- Can I follow the NFL at work?
- Yes — live NFL (and college football) scores, down-and-distance, the box score and the standings, each as a sheet tab that reads as an ordinary data dashboard.
- Does it show college football too?
- Yes — the NCAA slate is covered alongside the NFL, so the whole of Saturday and Sunday sits in the grid, live.
Open the spreadsheet
Today's american football fixtures and the live table are one quiet tab away. Free, instant, no account.