Results in · 1 contest · 2,874 entries
CFB Week 8 FanDuel ownership: Thursday slate
What the field actually played on the CFB Week 8 FanDuel Thursday slate, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.
3 games · classic
The slate at a glance
- Sport
- CFB
- Week
- Week 8
- Site
- FanDuel
- Format
- Classic
- Games
- 3
- Teams
- APST, ECU, JMU, KENN, LIB, MEM
- First lock
- Thu Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET
- Player pool
- 50 players
- Projections
- Captured Thu Oct 22, 6:37 PM ET, before 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 1 large-field tournament contest, 2,874 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus StokesMEM | QB | 45.9% | 67.5% | +21.6 |
| Jaylin CarterMEM | RB | 24.1% | 65.6% | +41.5 |
| Makai JacksonLIB | WR | 83.1% | 55.6% | −27.5 |
| George PettawayJMU | RB | 58.7% | 51.7% | −7.0 |
| TJ Engleman Jr.ECU | RB | 27.6% | 48.2% | +20.6 |
| Sam Pickett IIIAPST | WR | 9.8% | 41.1% | +31.3 |
| Rickie CollinsKENN | QB | 49.4% | 33.3% | −16.1 |
| Kam DavisLIB | RB | 34.4% | 32.9% | −1.5 |
| Dylan GaryKENN | WR | 20.5% | 30.1% | +9.6 |
| Boogie Woods IIIKENN | RB | 10.6% | 23.0% | +12.4 |
| Hunter TiptonMEM | WR | 8.9% | 21.7% | +12.8 |
| Deshawn PurdieLIB | QB | 33.3% | 21.1% | −12.2 |
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.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylin CarterMEM | RB | 24.1% | 65.6% | +41.5 |
| Sam Pickett IIIAPST | WR | 9.8% | 41.1% | +31.3 |
| Marcus StokesMEM | QB | 45.9% | 67.5% | +21.6 |
| TJ Engleman Jr.ECU | RB | 27.6% | 48.2% | +20.6 |
| Nate BranchAPST | WR | 0.7% | 15.3% | +14.7 |
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaquari LewisAPST | RB | 41.1% | 12.1% | −29.0 |
| Makai JacksonLIB | WR | 83.1% | 55.6% | −27.5 |
| Ray Ray Joseph Jr.ECU | WR | 33.9% | 14.3% | −19.6 |
| Rickie CollinsKENN | QB | 49.4% | 33.3% | −16.1 |
| Corey ScottJMU | WR | 32.3% | 18.7% | −13.6 |
1 contest · not enough to grade
Why there is no grade
We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests behind it. This slate has results from one large-field tournament contest (2,874 entries), so the tables above show that contest, and we do not put a grade on it.
The 2 contests behind these numbers
| Contest | Entries | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| $600 Thu CFB Spring Game (Only $0.25 to Enter) | 2,874 | $0.25 |
| $8K Thu CFB Wishbone ($2K to 1st) | 1,058 | $9 |
How our fantasy point projections held up
Across 50 players, our point projections missed by 6.3 fantasy points on average (6.4 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.33 against what they actually scored.
| Player | Ours | Actual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landon SidesECU | 2.0 | 22.5 | +20.5 |
| Rickie CollinsKENN | 24.4 | 5.4 | −19.0 |
| Jaylon ColemanLIB | 5.1 | 22.6 | +17.5 |
| Marcus StokesMEM | 24.0 | 39.9 | +15.9 |
| Jemyri DavisMEM | 9.2 | 24.6 | +15.4 |
| Pos | Players | Avg miss | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 7 | 9.9 | −4.8 |
| RB | 15 | 5.8 | −1.5 |
| WR | 28 | 5.7 | −0.3 |
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