CFB Main Slate Breakdown for Week Five

Welcome back to another exciting season of CFB! After a solid week four slate, we are back with another action packed Saturday.

The purpose of this article is to break down the college football main slates, both on the DFS and betting sites. The article includes my favorite plays at every position as well as honorable mentions. You can also find my favorite bets under my Dragos Best Bets section.

The QBs:

Kurtis Rourke (IU):

Rourke has been quietly having a good season. He is averaging over 250 yards and two touchdown passes per game. Over the past three weeks, he has completed 80% (56/70) of his passes and has yet to throw an interception. On Saturday he is getting a good matchup against Maryland. The Terrapins are allowing the second most yards (247) and yards per completion (13.17) on the slate. They rank 103rd overall in CFB which is in the bottom 23% of CFB. If Rourke can continue to be accurate then he should be in line for a big game against Maryland. Elijah Sarratt is his favorite wide receiver so he tops my list of players to pair with him, but Cross and Price are two value receivers who are available if salary is needed.

Who to pair him with: Elijah Sarratt. Omar Cooper Jr. Miles Cross. Myles Price.

Alan Bowman (OKST):

Bowman is once again in a great spot on Saturday. Bowman has struggled with accuracy over the past three weeks completing only 58% of his throws and throwing four interceptions. But he has still been able to produce to help Oklahoma State as he has 928 yards and eight touchdown passes in that same span. Besides UT Martin, his opponents on Saturday Kansas State has not been able to contain QBs this season. Two of the three FBS QBs that they have played have thrown for over 250 yards and have thrown for two touchdowns. Bowman has too much firepower around him to not be able to pick apart the KSU pass defense. 

Who to pair him with: Brennan Presley. De’Zhaun Stribling. Rashod Owens.

Honorable Mentions: Jaxson Dart. Shedeur Sanders. Texas Starting QB. KJ Jefferson. Avery Johnson. Miller Moss. Riley Leonard. Tyler Shough. Jalon Daniels. Taylor Green. Dylan Riola.

Value QBs: Sawyer Robertson. 

The RBs:

Jayden Blue (UT):

After missing the game against UTSA, Blue came out with something to prove as he ran for 124 and three touchdowns. With the uncertainty of who will be the starting QB for Texas on Saturday, I expect Blue to once again be a vocal point of the offense. Mississippi State is not great at stopping the run this year. They rank in the bottom 10 in rush defense and are allowing almost five yards per carry. On DK he is a great pivot off of the big three running backs who are all over 1K higher in price.

DJ Giddens (KSU):

Speaking of the big three running backs on DK, one of them is Giddens who is one of the best running backs in CFB. The KSU/OKST game has the third-highest total on the slate. I wrote up Bowman above for QBs because that’s how Oklahoma State should score and now Giddens should be how KSU scores on Saturday. The OKST rush defense has been bad this year allowing just over 180 yards on the ground per game. I expect KSU to relieve the pressure on their QB to compete with Bowman by leaning on the superstar running back.

Honorable Mentions: Ollie Gordon. RJ Harvey. Kalel Mullings. Woody Marks. Henry Parrish Jr. Ja’Quinden Jackson. Devin Neal.

Value RBs (5K and under): Currently none. Will post any value RBs on Discord if I find any I like.

The WRs:

Drago’s Best Bets:

• BYU ML (+130) vs Baylor
• Oklahoma State vs Kansas State Over 57.5 (-110)
• USC -15 (-108) vs Wisconsin
• Arkansas ML (+180) vs Texas A&M
• Oklahoma ML (-102) vs Auburn

Make sure to start your Saturday off with Dave and Joel as they breakdown the slate live on the Win Daily Youtube page.

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