Graded · 2 contests · 9,830 entries
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.
5 games · classic
The slate at a glance
- Sport
- CFB
- Week
- Week 8
- Site
- FanDuel
- Format
- Classic
- Games
- 5
- Teams
- AF, ARMY, CONN, DUKE, MASS, NCST, STAN, TULS, UVA, WYO
- First lock
- Fri Oct 23, 7:00 PM ET
- Player pool
- 78 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 2 large-field tournament contests, 9,830 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate SheppardDUKE | RB | 55.3% | 55.1% | −0.1 |
| Micah FordSTAN | RB | 40.1% | 44.0% | +3.9 |
| Cale HellumsARMY | QB | 54.3% | 43.7% | −10.6 |
| Preston DouglasNCST | WR | 10.7% | 41.8% | +31.1 |
| Kalieb OsborneCONN | QB | 13.9% | 39.3% | +25.5 |
| Oran Singleton Jr.TULS | WR | 78.0% | 38.6% | −39.4 |
| Evan MeddersAF | QB | 12.3% | 34.3% | +22.0 |
| Nico BrownSTAN | WR | 2.5% | 32.5% | +29.9 |
| CJ BaileyNCST | QB | 20.3% | 29.6% | +9.3 |
| Keenan JacksonNCST | WR | 28.9% | 29.3% | +0.4 |
| Davion GauseNCST | RB | 2.0% | 26.4% | +24.3 |
| Jekail MiddlebrookUVA | RB | 3.5% | 22.2% | +18.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston DouglasNCST | WR | 10.7% | 41.8% | +31.1 |
| Nico BrownSTAN | WR | 2.5% | 32.5% | +29.9 |
| Kalieb OsborneCONN | QB | 13.9% | 39.3% | +25.5 |
| Davion GauseNCST | RB | 2.0% | 26.4% | +24.3 |
| Evan MeddersAF | QB | 12.3% | 34.3% | +22.0 |
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oran Singleton Jr.TULS | WR | 78.0% | 38.6% | −39.4 |
| Beau PribulaUVA | QB | 31.5% | 6.0% | −25.5 |
| Javon RossTULS | WR | 33.0% | 12.4% | −20.6 |
| Trey CornistCONN | RB | 21.0% | 1.1% | −19.8 |
| Cyncir BowersCONN | RB | 39.2% | 19.6% | −19.6 |
Large-field tournament contests · n = 91 players
How our projections held up
We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 91 players across 2 large-field tournament contests (9,830 entries). On average our number was 6.0 percentage points away from the field's. On the 19 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 15.1 points. Across the board the field owned these players 0.1 points less than we projected, on average.
The grade by contest type
| Contest type | Contests | Players | Avg gap | Corr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-field tournament | 2 | 91 | 6.0 | 0.70 |
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 2 contests behind these numbers
| Contest | Entries | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| $1.5K Fri CFB Spring Game (Only $0.25 to Enter) | 7,185 | $0.25 |
| $20K Fri CFB Wishbone ($5K to 1st) | 2,645 | $9 |
How our fantasy point projections held up
Across 78 players, our point projections missed by 5.3 fantasy points on average (5.5 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.65 against what they actually scored.
| Player | Ours | Actual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis WarrenSTAN | 8.0 | 28.7 | +20.7 |
| Caden HighSTAN | 3.7 | 20.8 | +17.1 |
| Trey CornistCONN | 16.6 | 1.9 | −14.7 |
| Nico BrownSTAN | 4.9 | 18.3 | +13.4 |
| Shamar PorterCONN | 3.3 | 16.5 | +13.2 |
| Pos | Players | Avg miss | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 13 | 7.4 | −0.0 |
| RB | 26 | 5.3 | −2.1 |
| WR | 39 | 4.6 | −0.2 |
Before the next lock
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