Graded · 2 contests · 33,332 entries

CFB Week 6 FanDuel ownership: 14-game slate

What the field actually played on the CFB Week 6 FanDuel 14-game slate, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 10, 2026 · Updated October 10, 2026 · After The Timeout

14 games · classic

The slate at a glance

Sport
CFB
Week
Week 6
Site
FanDuel
Format
Classic
Games
14
Teams
28 teams
First lock
Sat Oct 10, 12:00 PM ET
Player pool
254 players
Projections
Rebuilt after lock

Top 12 by real ownership

The chalk: who the field played most

Field ownership is the share of lineups that used each player, from 2 large-field tournament contests, 33,332 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Rebuilt after lock. This slate locked before our archive started saving projections, so these numbers were rebuilt afterwards from the saved salary file. They were not captured before lock, so treat the grade as a weaker test than a pre-lock one.

Ours vs the field, 2 large-field tournament contests, 33,332 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Caleb HawkinsOKSTRB11.9%42.8%+30.9
Jamal RobertsMIZZRB11.4%32.3%+21.0
Jeremiah SmithOSUWR37.6%28.9%−8.6
Junior SherrillVANWR7.1%22.6%+15.6
Jelani ThurmanUNCWR2.7%18.3%+15.6
Conner WeigmanHOUQB9.6%17.7%+8.2
Justin BowickOKSTWR8.5%16.7%+8.2
Jordan FaisonNDWR22.1%16.0%−6.1
Jadan BaughUFRB18.5%15.3%−3.3
Drew MestemakerOKSTQB9.2%15.0%+5.8
Julian SayinOSUQB19.1%14.8%−4.3
CJ CarrNDQB19.9%14.8%−5.1

10 players where we were furthest off

Our biggest misses

We publish these on purpose. The players the field played far more than we expected, and the ones it passed on.

The field played him more than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Caleb HawkinsOKSTRB11.9%42.8%+30.9
Jamal RobertsMIZZRB11.4%32.3%+21.0
Jelani ThurmanUNCWR2.7%18.3%+15.6
Junior SherrillVANWR7.1%22.6%+15.6
Jared CurtisVANQB1.1%13.7%+12.6
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Jeremiah SmithOSUWR37.6%28.9%−8.6
Aneyas WilliamsNDRB9.0%1.5%−7.5
Josh HooverINDQB9.2%2.5%−6.8
Jayden MaiavaUSCQB7.5%1.4%−6.2
Jordan FaisonNDWR22.1%16.0%−6.1

Large-field tournament contests · n = 257 players

How our projections held up

We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 257 players across 2 large-field tournament contests (33,332 entries). On average our number was 1.8 percentage points away from the field's. On the 20 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 9.2 points.

1.8 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (257 players)
0.72correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 257)
9.2 ptsaverage gap on the 20 players at 10%+
2large-field tournament contests, 33,332 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Large-field tournament233,3322571.80.72

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests. Cash games are not used to grade tournament ownership.

What these numbers mean

Average gap is how far our projected ownership sat from the real field, in percentage points, averaged over every player compared. If we had a player at 20% and the field played him at 26%, that player adds a 6-point gap.

Correlation measures whether we had the order right: who the field would play most and least. 1.00 would be a perfect match and 0 would be no relationship at all.

Players compared covers our whole player pool plus anyone the field used that we did not have in it.

The 3 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
$1.2K Sat CFB Redshirt (150 Entries Max)large-field tournament28,571$0.05150
$80K Sat CFB Wishbone ($20K to 1st)large-field tournament4,761$20-
$2.5K Sat CFB Big $2 Double Up (Top 625 Win)cash1,436$2-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 254 players, our point projections missed by 4.6 fantasy points on average (4.7 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.63 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Patrick OvermyerHOU9.836.4+26.6
Jonaz WaltonND9.133.9+24.8
Nick MarshIND12.433.7+21.3
Jamal RobertsMIZZ18.436.5+18.1
Keyone JenkinsUCF6.824.9+18.1
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
QB285.1−0.4
RB764.9−1.1
WR1504.3+0.3

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