College Football Championship Week begins on Friday with the Conference USA and Pac-12 Championship games and Fantasy Alarm has you covered! This Playbook will cover the 2 game DraftKings and FanDuel slates that start at 7:00pm. If you have any questions on specific players or lineup builds do not hesitate to hit me up on Twitter- @YFCSportsPete or on our Daily Alarm Discord server. 

THE SLATE (Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook)

7p- Western Kentucky (-3.0) @ UTSA 72.5 O/U

8p- Oregon @ Utah (-2.5) 57.5 O/U

TEAM IMPLIED TOTALS

Western Kentucky- 37.75

UTSA- 34.75

Utah- 30.00

Oregon- 27.50

 

TOP QUARTERBACKS

Bailey Zappe (Western Kentucky) Opp @UTSA ($9.0K DK/$11.5K FD)

Zapp is the highest priced and highest projected player on both sites. He is a lock and a must play in cash lineups. Threw for 4,968 yards and 52 touchdowns for a team that averaged a conference best 43.3 points per game- second best in country only behind Ohio State. 

Frank Harris (UTSA) Opp WKU ($6.4K DK/10.0K FD)

Just as much of a lock than Zappe. Harris had a solid season finishing with a 66.3% completion rate while throwing for 2,688 yards and 23 touchdowns through the air- six which came in a 52-46 UTSA win over Zappe and WKU in early October.

Other Quarterbacks to consider:

Anthony Brown (ORE) $7.2K DK/$9.2K FD

Cameron Rising (UTAH) $6.7K DK/$8.8K FD

 

RUNNING BACKS

Sincere McCormick (UTSA) Opp WKU ($6.2K DK/$9.5K FD)

Second straight 100-yard season for McCormick- a bonafide stud. USTA will be looking to keep Zappe and that prolific offense off the field and control the clock with the run game led by McCormick who had 120 rushing yards (19.2 DKFP) in the first meeting earlier this season. $6.2K is just way too cheap on DraftKings so lock McCormick in your cash lineups.

Tavion Thomas (Utah) Opp @ORE ($7.7K DK/9.8K FD)

The decision on Thomas or Travis Dye of Oregon as your RB2 may be the difference of cashing or not cashing on this two-game slate. I lean Thomas who put up 27.4 DKFP on Oregon just two weeks ago with three touchdowns. He is going to get major work and has only been below the 100-yard mark once since week 8 plus has 14 touchdowns over the last five games.

Noah Wittington (Western Kentucky) Opp @UTSA ($3.5K DK/$6.1K FD)

Yes, we know that WKU does not run the ball much but Whittington is the RB1 and is sitting at a near minimum price of $3.5K on DraftKings. He is coming off a 14 touch 69-yard day against Marshall and is leading the teams backs in snaps and carries over the last few weeks. GPP only but may be a popular dart tonight.

Other Running Backs to Consider:

Travis Dye (ORE) $7.0K DK/9.0K FD

Byron Cardwell (ORE) $3.8K DK/5.2K FD

TJ Pledger (UTAH) $5.4K DK/5.7K FD

 

WIDE RECEIVERS

Jerreth Stearns (Western Kentucky) Opp @UTSA ($7.3K DK/10.2K FD)

Stearns leads the nation in receptions with 127 on 156 targets. He has accumulated 1,539 yards with 12 touchdowns and is considered the WR1 in this prolific WKU offense. With double digit receptions in seven of the 12 games that he’s played and a 16 catch, 195 yard performance (plus two touchdowns) in the first UTSA game Stearns has the highest ceiling on the slate.

Mitchell Tinsley (Western Kentucky) Opp @UTSA ($6.0K/8.2K FD)

At only $6.0K on DraftKings Tinsley is a lock tonight. He’s been targeted by Zappe 10 or more times in each of the last three games with four touchdowns and also has six touchdowns in the last eight games. The WR2 scored a touchdown and went over 100 yards receiving in the first UTSA matchup so expect that and possibly even more tonight. 

De’Corian Clark (UTSA) Opp WKU ($4.2K DK/7.0K FD)

Clark is part of a three-headed UTSA receiving core along with Zakhari Franklin and Joshua Cephus. The three account for almost 70% of the targets and all are in play against a WKU pass defense that is allowing 261 yards per game in the air. If having to choose, Clark is the cheapest of the three and has the most favorable matchup. He also had a huge game in the first matchup between these two teams scoring three touchdowns on seven receptions and 160 yards. 

Other Wide Receivers to Consider:

Zakhari Franklin (UTSA) $5.2K/8.5K FD

Daewood Davis (WKU) $4.4K DK/6.8K FD

Joshua Cephus (UTSA) $4.8K DK/7.6K FD

Kris Hutson (ORE) $4.3K DK/5.7K FD

 

DRAFTKINGS/FANDUEL CORE

Bailey Zappe (Western Kentucky)

Sincere McCormick (UTSA)

Mitchell Tinsley (Western Kentucky)