Conference USA has become quite the hotbed for college fantasy prospects over the last two seasons. UCF’s Kevin Smith, Tulane’s Matt Forte and Tulsa’s Paul Smith were some of the top fantasy players last season and the conference has no shortage of options this season. Three of the top five fantasy quarterbacks reside in Conference USA – Rice’s Chase Clement, Houston’s Case Keenum and Tulsa’s David Johnson. Although UAB’s Joseph Webb, SMU’s Bo Levi Mitchell, Southern Mississippi’s Austin Davis and UTEP’s Trevor Vittatoe aren’t in the top five of current fantasy rankings, each is worth a start in 120 leagues.

Conference USA isn’t the only place boasting multiple fantasy options. The Big 12 is the best quarterback conference in college football and seven of the 12 starters rank inside our top 20 this week. Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell has an interesting road match-up against Kansas, but we think the senior is the best fantasy play among signal-callers this week. The Red Raiders have scored at least 35 points in every game this season and average nearly 46 points per game. Oklahoma State’s Zac Robinson is normally around the top 10, but has a tough match-up against Texas in Week 9. If you have options on your bench, consider them over Robinson.

Injury Report -

Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour was slated to start against Western Michigan, but did not play. We are ranking LeFevour at a cautious 16th this week, but check our injury reports for the latest on his status later this week.

Minnesota’s Adam Weber should be closer to 100 percent after undergoing knee surgery before facing Illinois.

Cincinnati’s Tony Pike is scheduled to return from a broken arm and will start Saturday’s game against Connecticut.

Connecticut's Zach Frazer is questionable to play against Cincinnati with a concussion.

Michigan State’s Brian Hoyer was injured against Ohio State, but will start against Michigan.

Michigan’s Steven Threet is battling an arm injury, but has been cleared to start against Michigan State.

Toledo’s Aaron Opelt (leg) is questionable to start against Central Michigan.

Indiana’s Kellen Lewis (ankle sprain) is questionable to play against Northwestern.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Graham Harrell	Texas Tech	at Kansas
2	Sam Bradford	Oklahoma	at Kansas State
3	David Johnson	Tulsa	UCF
4	Chase Clement	Rice	at Tulane
5	Chase Holbrook	NMSU	at Idaho
6	Max Hall	BYU	UNLV
7	Colt McCoy	Texas	Oklahoma State
8	Chase Daniel	Missouri	Colorado
9	Todd Reesing	Kansas	Texas Tech
10	Nate Davis	Ball State	Eastern Michigan
11	Colin Kaepernick	Nevada	at Hawaii
12	Mark Sanchez	USC	at Arizona
13	Juice Williams	Illinois	at Wisconsin
14	Adam Weber	Minnesota	at Purdue
15	Jimmy Clausen	Notre Dame	at Washington
16	Dan LeFevour	CMU	at Toledo
17	Joe Ganz	Nebraska	Baylor
18	Bo Levi Mitchell	SMU	at Navy
19	Matt Grothe	South Florida	at Louisville
20	Robert Griffin	Baylor	at Nebraska
21	Julian Edelman	Kent State	Miami, Ohio
22	Tim Tebow	Florida	Kentucky
23	Austin Davis	USM	at Memphis
24	C.J. Bacher	Northwestern	at Indiana
25	Josh Freeman	Kansas State	Oklahoma
26	Zac Robinson	Oklahoma State	at Texas
27	Levi Brown	Troy	at North Texas
28	Tony Pike	Cincinnati	at Connecticut
29	Kellen Moore	Boise State	at San Jose State
30	Jerrod Johnson	Texas A&M	at Iowa State
31	Pat White	West Virginia	Auburn
32	Daryll Clark	Penn State	at Ohio State
33	Tom Brandstater	Fresno State	at Utah State
34	Tyler Sheehan	BGSU	at Northern Illinois
35	Willie Tuitama	USC	USC
36	Kevin Moore	Tulane	Rice
37	Kinsmon Lancaster	UL Monroe	FAU
38	Austen Arnaud	Iowa State	Texas A&M
39	Josh Nesbitt	Georgia Tech	Virginia
40	Rusty Smith	FAU	at UL Monroe
41	Andy Dalton	TCU	Wyoming
42	Curtis Painter	Purdue	Minnesota
43	Jevan Snead	Ole Miss	at Arkansas
44	Terrelle Pryor	Ohio State	Penn State
45	Omar Clayton	UNLV	at BYU
46	Nathan Enderle	Idaho	NMSU
47	Matthew Stafford	Georgia	at LSU
48	Rudy Carpenter	Arizona State	Oregon
49	Ryan Lindley	SDSU	Colorado State
50	Tim Jefferson	Air Force	New Mexico
51	Aaron Opelt	Toledo	CMU
52	Kellen Lewis	Indiana	Northwestern
53	Chandler Harnish	NIU	Bowling Green
54	Jarod Bryant	Navy	SMU
55	Giovanni Vizza	North Texas	Troy
56	Christian Ponder	Florida State	Virginia Tech
57	Tyrod Taylor	Virginia Tech	at Florida State
58	Chris Turner	Maryland	NC State
59	Russell Wilson	NC State	at Maryland
60	Inoke Funaki	Hawaii	Nevada
61	Andy Schmitt	EMU	at Ball State
62	Clay Belton	Miami, Ohio	Kent State
63	Hunter Cantwell	Louisville	South Florida
64	Ross Jenkins	La. Tech	at Army
65	Kyle Reed	SJSU	Boise State
66	Billy Farris	Colorado State	at SDSU
67	Thaddeus Lewis	Duke	at Vandy
68	Mackenzi Adams	Vandy	Duke
69	Diondre Borel	Utah State	Fresno State
70	Jeremiah Masoli	Oregon	at Arizona State
71	Nate Longshore	California	UCLA
72	Chris Crane	Boston College	at North Carolina
73	Kevin Craft	UCLA	at California
74	Casey Dick	Arkansas	Ole Miss
75	John Parker Wilson	Alabama	at Tennessee
76	Cam Sexton	North Carolina	Boston College
77	Riley Skinner	Wake Forest	at Miami, Fla.
78	Kodi Burns	Auburn	at WVU
79	Cody Hawkins	Colorado	at Missouri
80	Mike Hartline	Kentucky	at Florida
81	Brian Hoyer	Michigan State	at Michigan
82	Mike Greco	UCF	at Tulsa
83	Zach Frazer	Connecticut	Cincinnati
84	Steven Threet	Michigan	Michigan State
85	Jarrett Lee	LSU	Georgia
86	Tyson Lee	Mississippi State	MTSU
87	Bill Stull	Pitt	Rutgers
88	Brett Toney	Memphis	USM
89	Chip Bowden	Army	Louisiana Tech
90	Jacory Harris	Miami, Fla.	Wake Forest
91	Robert Marve	Miami, Fla.	Wake Forest
92	Ronnie Fouch	Washington	Notre Dame
93	Nick Stephens	Tennessee	Alabama
94	Marc Verica	Virginia	at Georgia Tech
95	Mike Teel	Rutgers	at Pitt
96	Dustin Sherer	Wisconsin	Illinois
97	Joe Craddock	MTSU	at Mississippi State
98	Andrew Hatch	LSU	Georgia
99	Karsten Sween	Wyoming	at TCU
100	Brad Gruner	New Mexico	at Air Force

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