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CFB Week 8 FanDuel ownership: Friday slate
What the field actually played on the CFB Week 8 FanDuel Friday 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
- AF, ARMY, NCST, STAN, TULS, WYO
- First lock
- Fri Oct 23, 8:30 PM ET
- Player pool
- 44 players
- Projections
- Captured Thu Oct 22, 10:07 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 small-field or limited-entry tournament contest, 718 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oran Singleton Jr.TULS | WR | 100.0% | 67.5% | −32.5 |
| Cale HellumsARMY | QB | 100.0% | 59.9% | −40.1 |
| Keenan JacksonNCST | WR | 30.9% | 56.6% | +25.7 |
| Evan MeddersAF | QB | 19.4% | 49.9% | +30.5 |
| Micah FordSTAN | RB | 10.5% | 49.7% | +39.2 |
| Damari AlstonTULS | RB | 16.0% | 49.6% | +33.6 |
| CJ BaileyNCST | QB | 13.3% | 48.9% | +35.6 |
| Davion GauseNCST | RB | 20.4% | 47.5% | +27.1 |
| Preston DouglasNCST | WR | 17.9% | 42.4% | +24.5 |
| Nico BrownSTAN | WR | 3.5% | 30.1% | +26.6 |
| Caden HighSTAN | WR | 6.7% | 22.1% | +15.4 |
| Baylor HayesTULS | QB | 16.6% | 21.4% | +4.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah FordSTAN | RB | 10.5% | 49.7% | +39.2 |
| CJ BaileyNCST | QB | 13.3% | 48.9% | +35.6 |
| Damari AlstonTULS | RB | 16.0% | 49.6% | +33.6 |
| Evan MeddersAF | QB | 19.4% | 49.9% | +30.5 |
| Davion GauseNCST | RB | 20.4% | 47.5% | +27.1 |
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javon RossTULS | WR | 66.8% | 17.4% | −49.4 |
| Cale HellumsARMY | QB | 100.0% | 59.9% | −40.1 |
| Owen AllenAF | RB | 47.8% | 12.3% | −35.5 |
| Oran Singleton Jr.TULS | WR | 100.0% | 67.5% | −32.5 |
| Samari HowardARMY | RB | 36.9% | 9.8% | −27.1 |
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 small-field or limited-entry tournament contest (718 entries), so the tables above show that contest, and we do not put a grade on it.
The 1 contest behind these numbers
| Contest | Entries | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| $150 Fri CFB Spring Game (Only $0.25 to Enter) | 718 | $0.25 |
How our fantasy point projections held up
Across 44 players, our point projections missed by 5.5 fantasy points on average (5.6 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.65 against what they actually scored.
| Player | Ours | Actual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis WarrenSTAN | 8.6 | 28.7 | +20.1 |
| Caden HighSTAN | 5.5 | 20.8 | +15.3 |
| Micah FordSTAN | 7.2 | 22.3 | +15.1 |
| Nico BrownSTAN | 4.3 | 18.3 | +14.0 |
| Oran Singleton Jr.TULS | 19.6 | 8.6 | −11.0 |
| Pos | Players | Avg miss | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 9 | 7.0 | +2.4 |
| RB | 17 | 4.9 | −0.5 |
| WR | 18 | 5.4 | +0.8 |
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