CFB DFS Top Plays: Week 6 (Saturday Night)

Understanding optimal lineups for cash games is extremely important, even if you only play tournaments. Players in our cash pool are the ones we believe are the most underpriced, have the best floor/ceiling combo, and typically feature a relatively tight range of outcomes. These are the best plays on the board when considering price, context, and positional scarcity. These are usually pretty good options for GPPs as well.

The optimal GPP lineup will typically mix some of these cash-type plays with higher-variance options, often in correlated lineups. In cash games (where roughly 50% of the field gets paid out), we don’t worry about ownership, game stacks, or correlation. In large-field tournaments, we should be much more mindful of ownership. These are our Top Plays considering the following factors: mean projection, matchup, upside, and value. Ownership is NOT considered here. Generally speaking, these players are what we consider to be “head-to-head and 50/50 considerations.”

They are listed in price descending order (NOT ranked by “best play”). At the bottom, you’ll find suggested rankings by site once salary is accounted for.

QUARTERBACK

Beau Pribula (UVA – DK $7,400) – This click is a little scary, as UVA was horrible in its last outing against FSU. However, Pribula got a vote of confidence from his coach, still sports a 12:1 TD-to-INT ratio this year, and offers dual-threat ability. It’s a very weak QB slate on the late slate with no other QB projecting for more than 23 DraftKings points, and Pribula is affordably priced at just $7,400 in a plus matchup. Syracuse started the year okay on defense, but that was against New Hampshire and a horrible Cal offense. They’ve started to show some cracks recently with 245 rushing yards allowed to Pittsburgh and then 318 passing yards and 181 rushing yards allowed to UCONN last week.