{"id":5471,"date":"2026-07-09T14:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:07:02","slug":"yahoo-sports-launches-college-fantasy-football-leagues-featuring-power-four-players-and-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5471","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo Sports launches college fantasy football leagues featuring Power Four players and Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>How about Texas quarterback Arch Manning paired with Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith on the same college football roster. While at it, add Michigan tailback Jordan Marshall, too.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5469\">Duke Energy offers free money-saving home inspections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No transfer portal needed, either. Just some savvy drafting by a college fantasy football team owner.<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo Sports is expanding more into college fantasy football this season by launching leagues that feature players from Power Four conferences along with Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p>So fill that QB1 slot with Heisman Trophy favorites Manning or the Fighting Irish\u2019s CJ Carr. Grab Marshall or LJ Martin of BYU to round out the RB spots. Pick up Smith or Cam Coleman of Texas at receiver.<\/p>\n<p>These stars of the college game today could help you win a fantasy title later this fall. Down the road, maybe even help your NFL fantasy team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be an interesting opportunity to really develop fandom not just of the sport, but also the players and the schools,\u201d Ryan Spoon, president of Yahoo Media Group, said in an interview before Thursday\u2019s launch of the leagues. \u201cThe content \u2026 is now available to make a really robust, awesome experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been sites with college fantasy football leagues before. This takes it even more mainstream in this era of name, image and likeness. Yahoo is coming off a season in which it set all-time highs for most fantasy football users and teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s understandable to all fans,\u201d Spoon said, \u201cnot just the mega-college fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A lot like NFL fantasy football, only not quite<\/h3>\n<p>The college fantasy format is similar to the NFL version. It starts with the draft, of course, and then head-to-head matchups (scoring begins Sept. 3).<\/p>\n<p>The 18-player rosters feature the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 and ACC, along with Notre Dame. There\u2019s another wrinkle, too, with an \u201coffense\u201d position in play. Go ahead and draft, say, Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin along with the Ohio State \u201coffense.\u201d That means bonus points for team TDs, total yards, field goals and a win, along with deductions for losses.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a way to spice things up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve run millions of permutations,\u201d Spoon said of testing formats and game structure. \u201cThe variability is the awesome part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iowa State running back Aiden Flora knows whom he would pick in a college fantasy draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMight as well trust myself,\u201d Flora said at Big 12 media days. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s a thing that a lot younger people would love to do, even though I feel like a lot of them (would) just try to get the guys that they are cheering for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5467\">NC parents sentenced in 2023 murder of adopted 4-year-old son<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a way to keep up with players in this ever-changing college football landscape that includes the volatile transfer portal.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, the AP Big 12 offensive player of the year last season, rushed for 1,305 yards and 12 TDs. He figures to be a high selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to go out there,\u201d he said, \u201cand get as many yards as I can every time.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>A word of caution<\/h3>\n<p>One thing Brody Ruihley, a professor of sport leadership and management at Miami University (Ohio), cautioned was to keep in mind these are college students, first and foremost.<\/p>\n<p>This is just fun and games.<\/p>\n<p>NFL players have reported being contacted by fantasy football owners through social media in all sorts of ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to remember that the college athlete is accessible in class, on campus, at poorly secured practices\/games, and pretty much anywhere on a college campus. They are young adults still finding their way just like non-athlete college students,\u201d Ruihley wrote in an email. \u201cProtection is and should be a primary function for state agencies when collegiate fantasy sport or sports betting is in play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scrutiny has almost become part of the territory \u2014 no matter the level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf somebody drops the game-winning catch, you\u2019ve got to know they\u2019re going to hear about,\u201d Arizona State running back Kyson Brown explained. \u201cWe\u2019ve been kind of going through the same things those guys have been going through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gambling in college football made headlines over the saga of former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby. The Red Raiders had planned to let Sorsby play even after the Cincinnati transfer admitted he placed bets on Indiana games when he was a freshman with the Hoosiers. Sorsby ultimately abandoned a legal effort to regain his eligibility and is expected to enter next year\u2019s NFL draft.<\/p>\n<h3>This is gameplay<\/h3>\n<p>Spoon stressed this was gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a subset of users, which is much larger today than it was five years ago, that is choosing through other operators to also place wagers or predictions, whatever those might be. That\u2019s not us,\u201d Spoon said. \u201cEvery passing year college (football) becomes bigger and more interesting and fandom increases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Sports Writers Stephen Hawkins and Schuyler Dixon contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP college football: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-football<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5463\">Nearly 5,000 gallons of raw sewage overflows in east Raleigh near Neuse River<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How about Texas quarterback Arch Manning paired with Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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