CFB Main Slate Breakdown for Week Nine

Welcome back to another exciting season of CFB! After a solid week eight 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:

• My favorite QB for the slate is Riley Leonard from Notre Dame. He has been successful this season in both the passing and rushing game, and now he takes on a Navy side that is struggling to stop the run. You can run him naked, or even pair him with a running back if you don’t want to use a ND wide receiver
• Retzlaff, Howard, and Hoover are all in a similar boat for me. They are priced in that middle 8K too high 7K range. On paper Hoover has the easiest of the three matchups so if you are choosing between the three he would be my pick but the savings you get from Retzlaff and Howard makes them very tempting.
• I am fading Milroe only because I haven’t liked how Alabama has looked the last few weeks. He is still in play if you like him but I would rather focus on the next three highest priced QBs. All three are in top-13 passing offenses and have 15+ passing touchdowns. Morris and Gabriel are my favorite of the three as they should be in closer matchups that in theory should have them throwing all 60 minutes.
• Altmyer is going up against Gabriel and the Ducks and they are underdogs so Altmyer should have plenty of opportunities to throw. Meanwhile McCoy feels underpriced as he is taking a Cal passing defense who is the fifth worst on the slate. Both pair well with one of the higher priced QBs if you need the value.

The RBs:

• Like I mentioned above in the QB section, I like ND’s run game against Navy and because of that Love is my favorite running back on the slate. My main lineup currently has a Leonard/Love Notre Dame stack.
• If ND wasn’t on this slate, then one of Hughes and Martin would have been my favorite running back on the slate. Both backs are in great spots this week, with Hughes being in the better matchup. Hughes takes on North Texas who are giving up just under 4.5 rushing yards per carry. I think Tulane will use a lot of Hughes to try and control the game and keep Morris off the field.
• Harvey and Brooks are the two highest priced backs on DK and it’s hard to fade either as both have been great in their CFB careers. While Harvey is currently 5th in rushing yards this season, I think I would take the savings and use Brooks ahead of Harvey.
• I included both Indiana backs because they should both get carries against Washington. They should have similar box scores this week so it is hard to pick between the two.

The WRs:

• Pair your QB with at least one pass catcher, unless you are using Leonard than you are fine.
• There is a lot of value WRs this week, so you can target higher priced guys to even the price out.

Drago’s Best Bets: (2-2-1 Last Week +.43U) (12-7-1 Last 4 Weeks +5.32U)

• Indiana -5.5 (-110) vs Washington
• Alabama vs Missouri Over 51 (-110)
• BYU ML (+110) vs UCF
• Memphis -17.5 (-108) vs Charlotte
• Texas -18 (-110) vs Vanderbilt

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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