College Football · Weekly Recap

Week 0

Micah Ford led the drafted pool with 28.5. 3 ranked players scored nothing.

23 ranked players · top-250 ADP · 20260827, 20260828, 20260829, 20260830

23 ranked players were in action. They scored 232 points between them, an average of 10.1 each.

3 of them scored nothing. That number is in here on purpose: a player whose team played and who never reached a box score is a zero, and the zeros are what a recap usually hides.

The week's best

Micah Ford carried 25 times for 99 and 3 scores — 28.5 points. Behind him, Beau Pribula threw 9 of 11 for 155 and 2 scores, and added 110 on the ground (25.2), and Jayden Maiava threw 25 of 29 for 286 and 2 scores, and added -9 on the ground with 1 more (24.5).

PlayerPosTeamADPPoints
Micah FordRBStanford16528.5
Beau PribulaQBVirginia14525.2
Jayden MaiavaQBUSC5724.5
Trent MosleyWRUSC18621.3
Ashton DanielsQBFlorida State12720.1
Jeremy PayneRBTCU7219.4
Ousmane KromahRBFlorida State12818.7
King MillerRBUSC14512.3
Ed SmallWRTCU23211.0
Jordan ShippWRNorth Carolina1259.6

Best once you account for who they played

Raw points reward whoever drew the weakest opponent. This is points above what a player at that position averages against a defence of that strength, which is a different list and usually a more useful one.

PlayerOpponentTheir ratingPointsAbove expected
Trent MosleySan José State-8.421.3+15.9
Brodie Malone-BradfordFlorida State+6.218.6+13.7
TK KingFlorida State+6.217.3+12.4
Jerry McClureUSC+14.415.8+11.2
Nick DevereauxSacramento State-10.416.3+10.8
Tama UiliataStanford-8.216.2+10.8
Atticus JosephHawai'i-9.913.2+7.7
Onterrio Smith Jr.Eastern Michigan-14.713.1+7.5

Best against what he cost

Points per unit of draft cost. A player taken at 200 scoring 20 is a different event from a player taken at 5 scoring 20, and this is the column that says so.

PlayerPosADPPointsOpponent
Micah FordRB16528.5Hawai'i
Trent MosleyWR18621.3San José State
Beau PribulaQB14525.2NC State
Ed SmallWR23211.0North Carolina
Ashton DanielsQB12720.1New Mexico State
Ousmane KromahRB12818.7New Mexico State
King MillerRB14512.3San José State
Micahi DanzyWR2387.2New Mexico State
Jeremy PayneRB7219.4North Carolina
Jayden MaiavaQB5724.5San José State

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PlayerPosADPPoints
Jordan DwyerWR620.0
Waymond JordanRB754.8
Tanook HinesWR800.0
Jaden CraigQB1542.8
Terrell AndersonWR1610.0
Mark BowmanTE1773.0
Demon JuneRB2362.5
Benjamin HallRB2382.3
Peyton LewisRB2401.0

One quiet week is one quiet week. None of these are conclusions, and anyone telling you otherwise four days into a season is guessing louder than you are.

Next up

Opponent strength is our power rating, where zero is an average FBS team. The line is the market's, captured before kickoff.

PlayerNext opponentTheir ratingLine
Micah FordMiami+17.3+24.5
Beau PribulaNorfolk State-32.9-44.5
Jayden MaiavaFresno State-2.2-21.5
Trent MosleyFresno State-2.2-21.5
Ashton DanielsFlorida Atlantic-12.8-25.5
Jeremy PayneGrambling-29.9-43.5
Ed SmallGrambling-29.9-43.5
Jordan ShippEast Tennessee State-18.2-34.5
Micahi DanzySMU+12.3+3.0

The perfect lineup

Season-long best ball: QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, flex and superflex. The best any drafter could have done with this pool was 151.6, with a QB in the superflex.

SlotPlayerTeamADPPoints
QBBeau PribulaVirginia14525.2
RBMicah FordStanford16528.5
RBJeremy PayneTCU7219.4
WRTrent MosleyUSC18621.3
WREd SmallTCU23211.0
TEMark BowmanUSC1773.0
FLEXOusmane KromahFlorida State12818.7
SUPERFLEXJayden MaiavaUSC5724.5

Built purely on ADP instead, taking the highest-drafted player available at every slot, the same lineup scored 106.6. That is a gap of +45.0 points. Nobody ever hits the perfect lineup, but the distance between those two numbers is what a roster is playing for.

Worth noting who made it from late: Micah Ford (ADP 165), Trent Mosley (ADP 186), Ed Small (ADP 232), Mark Bowman (ADP 177). A perfect lineup full of players nobody wanted is a board problem, not a luck story.

Points are half-PPR, computed from ESPN box scores. A ranked player whose team played and who never reached a box score is counted as a zero rather than dropped, which is the number most recaps leave out. Opponent ratings are ours; lines are the market's, captured before kickoff.

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