How do I use Force Wins → Pending?
This week's unplayed games, one card each, with a button for either team. Press one and that team gets the win — inside Madden itself, and on the league's record. The full story of the tool is in Force Wins; this article is about the Pending list.
Where to find it
On the website: press Gameday in the sidebar, then open the Force Wins tab. It opens on Pending.
On your phone: More → Gameday, then pick Force Wins from the Choose a section dropdown. Pending and History sit at the top of the section.
What this tab is for
Clearing the games that are holding your week up. The label above the list tells you which week and season you are looking at. Each card shows both teams with their crests, a box for a reason, and a button per team reading Force and the team's short name.
The reason is optional. It is worth typing anyway — it is the only explanation that survives into History, and "no reason provided" three weeks later helps nobody.
What is in the list, and what is not
The list is narrower than people expect, and every one of these is deliberate:
- This week only. Not last week, not next week. The bot works out the current week from your league's data.
- Unplayed games only. As soon as EA reports a result the game drops off.
- Regular season and playoffs only. Preseason games are never offered.
- Games you have not already decided. A forced game leaves the list at once.
So an empty list is usually good news, not a fault. It says No Unplayed Games — every game this week has an answer.
What happens when you press it
Madden is told first. The result is forced inside your franchise — the same force win a commissioner can set in the game — and only then is the decision written to the league's record. The card disappears and a line appears on the History tab.
If Madden cannot take the decision, nothing is recorded — a notice at the top of the page tells you why, and the card stays put so you can try again.
Nothing is posted in Discord — see Force Wins for why that is deliberate.
There is no confirmation step and no undo. Read the team name on the button before you press it.
Common problems
- A game I know was not played is missing. Check the week. If EA has it as played — even at 0-0 — it will not be offered here.
- "No Unplayed Games" but my league has not finished the week. Nobody has exported from the Madden Companion App recently, so the bot still thinks you are somewhere else in the season. Export, then reload.
- The crest or the team name is wrong. Relocated and renamed teams follow what EA sends. If it is stale, it is your last export that is stale.
- I pressed the wrong button. No undo. The game is gone from this tab and recorded in History — sort it out with the two owners directly.
- It says Madden has no unplayed game for that matchup. Madden's own list of this week's games does not match what the bot last read. Export from the Madden Companion App, then try again.
- It says Madden could not be reached. EA was not answering just then. Nothing was recorded — try again shortly.
- The tab says deciding games is part of Elite. It is — force wins need an Elite plan.