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College Football DFS Picks: DraftKings Main Slate | September 26, 2026

DraftKings college football DFS picks for the September 26, 2026 Main Slate.

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PAST SLATE Sep 26, 2026
DraftKings · DFS Main · 12:00 PM EDT
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The September 26 DraftKings college football main slate contains 12 games beginning at noon ET. Exact salaries below come from the supplied DraftKings slate file.

CTS Slate Board

Top QB: Julian Sayin $9,200
QB value: Gio Lopez $6,800
Top RB: Jadan Baugh $9,100
RB value: Duke Watson $5,700
Top WR: Jeremiah Smith $8,900
WR value: Gavin Freeman $5,500
Favorite stack: Texas-Tennessee
GPP stack: Wake Forest-Louisville

Quarterbacks

Julian Sayin $9,200: premium Ohio State ceiling and a natural Jeremiah Smith stack.

Arch Manning $8,700: passing plus rushing paths in a game Tennessee can keep competitive.

Trinidad Chambliss $7,700: 28.8 DK points per game in the supplied file with dual-threat upside.

Gio Lopez $6,800: our favorite value QB, carrying a 30.5 DK-point average in the file.

Running Backs

Jadan Baugh $9,100: 34.8 DK points per game and our top raw RB.

Wayne Knight $8,400: 31.9 DK points per game as a premium pivot.

Wayshawn Parker $7,200: strong middle tier at 23.4 DK points per game.

Duke Watson $5,700: favorite RB value with a 19.4 average.

Aiden Flora $5,600: another value route with a 21.0 average.

Wide Receivers

Jeremiah Smith $8,900: raw-ceiling WR and Sayin’s premium pairing.

Collin Dixon $7,000: 36.6 DK points per game and an aggressive Ohio State bring-back.

Chris Durr Jr. $7,100: 26.9-point average without Smith’s salary.

Carlos Hernandez $6,000: preferred Gio Lopez pairing at 22.7 DK points per game.

Gavin Freeman $5,500: favorite WR value with a 23.8-point average.

Stacks

Texas-Tennessee: Manning + Cam Coleman $7,300 or Ryan Wingo $6,900, with Mike Matthews $6,800 or DeSean Bishop $7,900 coming back.

Ohio State-Illinois: Sayin + Smith, with Dixon as the aggressive bring-back.

Wake-Louisville: Lopez + Carlos Hernandez is our favorite cheaper stack.

Ole Miss-Florida: Chambliss + Deuce Alexander $7,600, with Vernell Brown III $6,500 or Baugh coming back.

CTS Core

Gio Lopez $6,800
Duke Watson $5,700
Jeremiah Smith $8,900
Carlos Hernandez $6,000
Gavin Freeman $5,500