Week 1
College Fantasy Start/Sit — Week 1
Every call below comes from our Week 1 projections: projected points, matchup grade, opponent rank and FCS blowout flags. Starts are the highest-projected names on the board; sits are the ones walking into the worst matchups. Week 7 is the active week; this page is the archived Week 1 board.
Week 1 watchlist
Week 1 projections have not been released publicly yet. These are the top-ranked players on the 2026 board with the strongest near-term projections — the names that anchor a Week 1 lineup before matchup grades land.
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | Proj |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byrum Brown | QB | Auburn | 39.9 |
| 15 | Diego Pavia | QB | Vanderbilt | 30.6 |
| 16 | Brad Jackson | QB | Texas State | 30.6 |
| 11 | Kewan Lacy | RB | Ole Miss | 28.3 |
| 2 | Ryan Coleman-Williams | WR | Alabama | 28.2 |
| 3 | L.J. Phillips Jr. | RB | Iowa | 27.2 |
| 5 | Hollywood Smothers | RB | Texas | 26.0 |
| 9 | Jeremiyah Love | RB | Notre Dame | 25.4 |
| 24 | Cole Payton | QB | North Dakota State | 25.2 |
| 18 | Wyatt Young | WR | Oklahoma State | 25.1 |
| 10 | Danny Scudero | WR | Colorado | 24.9 |
| 8 | Cam Cook | RB | West Virginia | 24.6 |
| 4 | Caleb Hawkins | RB | Oklahoma State | 23.8 |
| 23 | Malachi Toney | WR | Miami | 23.8 |
| 6 | Winston Watkins | WR | LSU | 23.7 |
| 12 | Makai Lemon | WR | USC | 22.7 |
| 7 | Skyler Bell | WR | UConn | 22.5 |
| 19 | Chris Henry Jr. | WR | Ohio State | 22.5 |
| 20 | Quintrevion Wisner | RB | Florida State | 22.3 |
| 13 | Emmett Johnson | RB | Nebraska | 21.9 |
| 14 | Evan Stewart | WR | Oregon | 21.9 |
| 17 | Easton Messer | WR | Florida Atlantic | 19.2 |
| 21 | Jeremiah Smith | WR | Ohio State | 19.2 |
| 25 | Jared Richardson | WR | Duke | 18.8 |
| 22 | Trent Mosley | WR | USC | 18.3 |
Week 1 starts
| Player | Pos | Team | Opp | Proj | Grade | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 projections publish once the data refresh runs. | ||||||
Week 1 sits
| Player | Pos | Team | Opp | Proj | Grade | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No avoid-list candidates for Week 1 yet. | ||||||
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**College Fantasy Start/Sit — Week 1** Projections, floor/ceiling ranges and matchup grades from the CFF Central board. Full week 1 board: https://cffcentral.com/start-sit/week-1?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=start-sit-week-1 **Starts** | Player | Pos | Team | Opp | Proj | Why | |---|---|---|---|---|---| **Sits** | Player | Pos | Team | Opp | Proj | Why | |---|---|---|---|---|---| Who else are you starting this week? Happy to run any name against the board.
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