College Football Week 9 Anytime Touchdown Picks: October 31, 2026 TD Parlay

Byrum Brown, Bear Bachmeier and Mark Fletcher Jr. lead our Saturday anytime-touchdown card. Jeremiah Smith is the high-ceiling receiver whose quarterback situation demands caution. Turbo Richard is the more speculative fifth option, with a genuine backfield split to account for.

We want players whose jobs include finishing drives, not just names attached to high-scoring teams. The distinction matters most with quarterbacks: an anytime-touchdown selection requires the quarterback to score himself. Throwing a touchdown pass does not count.

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Saturday anytime-touchdown picks

Player	Selection	Matchup	Kickoff ET	Our read
Byrum Brown	Anytime touchdown	Auburn at Ole Miss	12:45 p.m.	Preferred rushing-quarterback angle
Bear Bachmeier	Anytime touchdown	Arizona State at BYU	3:30 p.m.	Established rushing scorer with a changing backfield
Mark Fletcher Jr.	Anytime touchdown	Miami at North Carolina	7:30 p.m.	Short-yardage scoring role, not exclusive workload
Jeremiah Smith	Anytime touchdown	Ohio State at USC	7:30 p.m.	Elite scoring production, added quarterback risk
Turbo Richard	Anytime touchdown	Minnesota at Indiana	3:30 p.m.	Lower-conviction option in a shared backfield

Byrum Brown anytime touchdown

Brown has scored a rushing touchdown in five consecutive games. Auburn’s LSU recap identifies the latest as his sixth rushing score of the season. That is an established part of his role, not a bet that he suddenly becomes a runner near the goal line. Auburn’s Ole Miss preview · Auburn’s LSU recap

There is matchup support beyond the streak. Ole Miss has allowed 14 rushing touchdowns through seven games. That total includes all rushers, not specifically quarterbacks, but it gives us a better reason to consider Brown than simply expecting Auburn to trail and scramble. Ole Miss statistics

Brown can score in a competitive game or while Auburn is trying to catch up. We do not need an Auburn win for this selection to make sense.

What can go wrong: Auburn still has to reach a scoring opportunity. The Rebels have held opponents to touchdowns on only 14 of 28 red-zone trips, so the rushing-touchdown total does not mean every possession near the goal line becomes a score. A Brown touchdown pass would also leave this bet unpaid.

Bear Bachmeier anytime touchdown

Bachmeier enters the matchup with seven rushing touchdowns and 321 rushing yards. He does not need a huge rushing total if BYU asks him to finish a drive. Arizona State’s BYU preview

BYU’s backfield is also changing: LJ Martin remains out on Friday’s Big 12 availability report. That makes the distribution of scoring work worth watching. It does not mean every carry Martin would have received automatically belongs to Bachmeier. The quarterback already has a scoring role; the injury adds uncertainty around the other options rather than inventing a new role for him. Big 12 availability reporting

What can go wrong: Arizona State just held Kansas State to 84 rushing yards and produced 10 tackles for loss. A recent result is not a forecast, but it is a useful reminder that this defense can disrupt the ground game. BYU’s replacement backs can also finish the drives. As with Brown, passing touchdowns do not count toward Bachmeier’s anytime-touchdown selection.

Mark Fletcher Jr. anytime touchdown

Fletcher has seven rushing touchdowns on 81 carries in six games. His latest score came from two yards out against Pittsburgh, the kind of opportunity we want for an anytime-touchdown pick. ACC statistics · Miami’s Pittsburgh recap

The appeal is the established finishing role in Miami’s offense, not a claim that North Carolina is a soft run defense. The Tar Heels have allowed 3.9 yards per carry and touchdowns on 11 of 23 opponent red-zone trips. Fletcher may have to earn the score through a sustained drive rather than a free run through the middle. North Carolina statistics

What can go wrong: Javian Mallory has seven rushing touchdowns of his own. Fletcher does not own the backfield, and a Miami win can feature someone else doing the scoring. We prefer one Fletcher touchdown to demanding a particular rushing-yardage ceiling, but that is a choice of route, not a guarantee.

Jeremiah Smith anytime touchdown

Smith has turned 52 catches into 984 yards and 12 touchdowns through seven games. The scoring production is substantial enough to consider him without requiring a multi-touchdown outcome. Ohio State’s official season statistics

USC has allowed 8.1 yards per pass attempt and 12 passing touchdowns through eight games. That gives Smith a plausible receiving matchup, but Ohio State’s quarterback change keeps him out of our preferred three-leg parlay. USC statistics

What can go wrong: USC’s preview reports Julian Sayin out indefinitely, with Luke Fahey expected to start and Tavien St. Clair also taking first-team reps. A new quarterback does not automatically mean more targets or better scoring chances for the top receiver. Ohio State could lean on its backs, struggle to sustain drives or produce less accurate throws. Smith is a ceiling selection with a real new variable, not a safe anchor. USC’s game preview

Turbo Richard anytime touchdown

Use this selection only where the anytime-touchdown market is offered. A first-touchdown listing is a different bet and is not a substitute.

Richard has 711 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns through eight games. His 6.7 yards per carry gives him a path beyond a short goal-line finish. But Lee Beebe Jr. has 119 carries to Richard’s 106, with four rushing scores of his own. There is no basis for calling Richard an exclusive goal-line back. Indiana’s season statistics

Minnesota arrives after holding Iowa to 10 points. We are not assuming Indiana gets an easy offensive afternoon, even if the Hoosiers are expected to control the game. Minnesota’s game preview

What can go wrong: Beebe finishes the drive, Josh Hoover keeps it or Indiana scores through the air. Richard is the fifth option for a reason. A smaller set of preferred plays is better than pretending every name on the page carries equal conviction.

Independent three-leg touchdown parlay

• Wayne Knight anytime touchdown
• Jordan Faison anytime touchdown
• Deuce Alexander anytime touchdown

This is a separate three-game scoring build, not the five single picks combined. Knight supplies an established rushing scorer, while Faison and Alexander give us receiving roles with different matchup routes.

Wayne Knight vs. Nevada: UCLA’s lead scorer has 12 rushing touchdowns and 13 total touchdowns, with at least one rushing score in all seven games. The role is well established, but Jaivian Thomas and Anthony Woods also scored on the ground last week. Knight does not own every Bruins finish. UCLA’s official preview

Jordan Faison vs. Navy: Notre Dame’s leading receiver has 34 catches for 451 yards and four touchdowns. He gives this ticket a passing-game route rather than asking another back to beat Navy’s strong run defense. CJ Carr still has other receivers and rushing scorers available, and Faison can have a useful receiving day without reaching the end zone. Navy’s official matchup preview

Deuce Alexander vs. Auburn: Alexander has at least five catches in six of seven games and leads Ole Miss’s receivers with five touchdowns. That regular involvement gives him a scoring route without requiring one isolated deep ball. He is the less dependable finishing leg: catches do not guarantee a touchdown, and Chambliss or the backs can score instead. Ole Miss’s official preview

All three anytime-touchdown markets appeared on the DraftKings Network board in the Saturday-morning check. No combined sportsbook return is quoted here. All three must score; one missed finish loses the ticket.