Joe Arpasi
September 28, 2026
College Fantasy Football championships are won and lost on the waiver wire. Joe Arpasi has identified the players you need to target on this week’s waiver wire that will help give your fantasy team a champion’s edge.
Premium subscribers will have access to hand chosen waiver wire targets from Joe Arpasi’s top selections. The free preview below reviews players that are honorable mention waiver wire targets that did not make Joe’s top selections lists that are featured for premium subscribers.
I highly recommend reviewing the waiver wire targets I have listed below and compare them to the current players on your roster with my CFF Schedule Matcher tool. You can filter the tool down to just the schools you need to look at and see how these waiver wire targets mesh with the schedules of your current roster players.
CFF Schedule Matcher: Week 5
09/27/2026
Honorable Mentions
Quarterbacks
Camden Coleman (JMU) 3% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- After a slow start to the season Coleman has gone on to score 28.8 & 27.8 fantasy points in his last two games. Last week was a rare pass heavy game where he went 24/42 for 243 yards, 4 TD’s and 1 INT against Old Dominion. This week’s match-up against Marshall and next week against Georgia Southern are great ones to play him in.
JC French (Cin) 25% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Volume Workload Target
- Last week was the first time this season that French failed to score 20 fantasy points. The running backs stole the majority of scoring opportunities that day but I still like his outlook moving forward. Two of his next three games received an A fantasy match-up grade despite both games being on the road.
Aidan Chiles (NW) 22% Rostered
- Volume Workload Target
- Playoff Match-Up Target
- Its been two weeks in a row that Chiles has produced 30+ fantasy points, first against Colorado then last week against Indiana. While Chiles is receiving a good rushing workload, his yardage has been lacking. The good news is that he’s being used around the goal line and punching in TD’s. Once he gets past Penn State he has two great fantasy match-ups, and a playoffs schedule that should be good as well.
Running Backs
Lee Beebe (Ind) 16% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Volume Workload Target
- Playoff Match-Up Target
- Beebe will be one of the most sought after pick ups this week. I’ve dropped him down to the honorable mentino section because he may only have high fantasy value for a week or two. Starting RB Turbo Richard is dealing with a high ankle sprain, but is currently listed as questionable for this week. Indian can afford to leave him on the sidelines this week and let Beebe dominate as he did last week. Against Northwestern Beebe scored 27 fantasy points from 24 carries for 203 yards and 1 TD.
James Jones (NMS) 21% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- The last two week against Hawaii & New Mexico has seen Jones put up a combined 27 carries for 190 yards and 1 TD. Having a solid grip on the carry distribution, he enters this week to face a poor Western Kentucky defense. His week 7 match-up against Sam Houston should be good as well, as long as New Mexico State doesn’t fall too far behind.
Kam Davis (Lib) 20% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Playoff Match-Up Target
- If you remove the Ball State blowout from Davis’ season, he is leading the backfield with 14.6 carries/game. Last week against Coastal Carolina he rack up 18 carries for 166 yards on the ground, and 2 receptions for 7 yards and 1 TD in the air. His next two games are pretty good and his playoffs schedule is amazing.
Cole Tabb (Cin) 5% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Playoff Match-Up Target
- Tabb has scored 62.4 fantasy points over the last two weeks with a total of 6 TD’s. The reason he is at the bottom on my honorable mentions section is that he has done all that scoring on a total of 21 touches. That’s a TB every 3.5 touches with is not something that he can maintain long term. Since he is a hot hand he should be a good spot start option for this week, but I have a hard time putting long term fantasy value on him right now.
Wide Receivers
Makai Jackson (Lib) 5% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Playoff Match-Up Target
- Jackson has scored 14+ fantasy points and score a TD in every game this season. Liberty is not a strong passing team which is why Jackson’s workload is so small. That is the only reason he didn’t make my main primary WR targets. His next two games will be good opportunities for him to continue to roll and he has the best playoff match-ups of all the honorable mention WR’s.
Eli Wood (UtSt) 8% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Volume Workload Target
- I’m a bit torn on Wood. Over the entire season he is averaging 10 targets/game and he’s scored in three of his four games. He has yet to crack 100 yards receiving in a game and we only have one game where he faced a Group of 6 opponent. That was last week against Troy when he scored 19.1 fantasy points from 9 targets for 7 receptions, 96 yards and 1 TD. He should be called on again to produce over the next two weeks against Boise State and Washington State.
Reginald Vick (ColSt) 18% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- I’m still a fan riding the Vick train, but I have now dropped him into the honorable mentions section. The top things I’ve loved is his schedule match-ups and that he is the top targeted WR on this team. The fact he is struggling to score TD’s on a regular basis is the main reason for his slide. He’s still a great option to get you through into the playoffs.
JaVonnie Gibson (Cin) 29% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Despite only scoring 7.6 fantasy points last week, Gibson is another WR that I’ve continued to feature for weeks in my waiver wire reports. Two of his next three games are good fantasy match-ups on the road at Arizona & West Virginia. If you remove last week’s stinker game, he’s scored a TD in every other game this season.
Caden High (Stan) 3% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Volume Workload Target
- High has been gaining steam throughout the season. He started the year with back-to-back 12 fantasy point performances, then last week against Georgia Tech he put up 23.1 fantasy points from 6 targets for 4 receptions, 91 yards and 2 TD’s. He’s getting good workload volume and plays on a team that will constantly be playing from behind. His week 5 game at Wake Forest and Week 7 game against an FCS school are match-ups you can capitalize on.
Tight Ends
Eric Olsen (OreSt) 4% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Olsen is getting an above average sized workload in the pass happy Oregon State offense. He’s averaging 5 targets/game on the season and in 3 of his 4 games this season he has scored 7+ fantasy points. He’s only found the end zone once so you’ll be counting on games where he should see volume if you’re going to place him in your line up, and the next three weeks feature exactly that.
Cole Keller (JMU) 3% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Keller is a classic low volume-TD dependent fantasy TE. In game where he’s scored a TD he produced 17.5 & 9.6 fantasy points. When he doesn’t score he’s been held to 3.5 & 3.7 fantasy points. He’s an option for games where James Madison should put up points but against a competitive team. This week’s match-up with Marshsall should be that exact scenario but I don’t see much long term value in him.
Luke Dehnicke (NW) 20% Rostered
- Current Week Match-up Target
- Volume Workload Target
- Playoff Match-Up Target
- After averaging 3 targets for 2 receptions in his first two games, Dehnicke scored 17.5 fantasy points last week against Indiana. This was the first competitive game against a tougher opponent that Northwestern has had. This is the game situation that fits Dehnicke being a fantasy asset. While this week’s match-up grade against Penn State is poor, that is actually a good thing for him. He’s best used as a one week spot start then drop him for a better long term option.
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