FCW's Week 1 Fantasy Outlook (11/1-11/5)

A new season begins.

Like most endeavors, the first couple weeks will be a “honeymoon period” where you get excited and put a lot of time and effort into your research to get the optimal lineup. It’s going to be in about weeks four through seven where you’ll either see or be part of a large participation dropoff in your league. Stay strong, and keep up with your Weekly FCW Outlooks and #FCWpodcast (returning soon!).

We enter the first week of the #FCW24 season with many duals scheduled and several teams opting for the Dual & Tournament weekend combo. The majority of teams are participating in one of either the Clarion Open, Princeton Open, or Southeast Open. Some other non-D1 tournaments will be sparsely attended by D1 teams (like the Menlo Open or Maryville Open), but remember, only points can be scored against D1 competition.

The first Weekly Outlook of the season is usually one of the more difficult to evaluate due to there usually being more questions than answers. Intrasquad scrimmages and wrestle-offs sometimes have outcomes “not by the book.”

Take for instance last year at the Ohio State wrestle-offs where Bryce Hepner beat assumed starter Carson Kharchla. Questions quickly swirled over: who would be the starter? Would they put off making the decision until after some tournaments? Did the result not matter?

In the end, Hepner used his available Redshirt and Kharchla continued as the starter. This season, we see some similar results around the sport, like Northern Illinois’ 125 Blake West losing in the scrimmage to teammate Nathaniel Genobana (either one is a good play this week, but who, will the starter be?).

We are too far out to gauge what teams are sending what wrestlers to what tournament and just slightly out of reach of the weekly team press release for the upcoming dual(s). Keep the notifications on and check back often to the article comments for updates to tournament entries and confirmed starters!

A reminder of some important rules:

• Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the “Floater” spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points.
• A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week. (refer to the SHP’s Week Preview)
• Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. 
• Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. 

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Wrestlers I Like This Week

Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score]*

*probable entrant to tournament
 

125:

Brandon Kaylor (ORST)- @ North Carolina, Vs Queens, Southeast Open  [+7]*

Nico Provo (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+5]*

Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- @ Campbell, Princeton Open  [+3]*

Dean Peterson (RUT)- @ Cal Poly, Vs Duke  [+10]

Jakob Camacho (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+9]

Blake West (NIU) or Nathaniel Henobana (NIU) - Vs Lindenwood  [+6]

Eric Barnett (WISC)- Vs Lindenwood  [+6]

Caleb Smith (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+4]

Braxton Brown (MARY)- @ American [+3]

133:

Jackson DiSario (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+3]*

Domenic Zaccone (CAMP)- Vs Army, Southeast Open [+3]*

Kai Orine (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+7]

Dylan Shawver (RUT)- @ Cal Poly, Vs Duke  [+7]

Brody Teske (IOWA)- @ California Baptist [+3]

141:

Jason Miranda (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+4]*

Shannon Hanna (CAMP)- Vs Army, Southeast Open [+3]

Mitch Moore (RUT)- @ Cal Poly, Vs Duke  [+9]

Lachlan McNeil (UNC)-  Vs Oregon State, Vs Queens  [+8]

Ryan Jack (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+8]

Brock Hardy (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+4]

Real Woods (IOWA)- @ California Baptist [+4]

149:

Chance Lamer (CP)- Vs Duke, Vs Rutgers, Menlo Open  [+7]*

Jaden Abas (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+5]*

Caleb Tyus (SIUE)- @ Illinois, Maryville Open [+3]

Jayden Scott (UNC)-  Vs Oregon State, Vs Queens  [+8]

Jackson Arrington (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+8]

Javion Jones (NIU) - Vs Lindenwood  [+5]

Ethen Miller (MARY)- @ American [+4]

Ridge Lovett (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+4]

Joseph Zargo (WISC)- Vs Lindenwood  [+4]

Victor Voinovich (IOWA)- @ California Baptist [+3]
 

157:

Daniel Cardenas (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+5]*

Ed Scott (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+9]

Jared Franek (IOWA)- @ California Baptist [+4]

Peyton Robb (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+4]

Luke Mechler (WISC)- Vs Lindenwood  [+4]

Michael North (MARY)- @ American [+3]
 

165:

Matthew Olguin (ORST)- @ North Carolina, Vs Queens, Southeast Open  [+7]*

Hunter Garvin (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+4]*

AJ Kovacs (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+8]

Dean Hamiti (WISC)- Vs Lindenwood  [+6]

Michael Caliendo (IOWA)- @ California Baptist  [+5]

David Carr (ISU)- @ Cleveland State  [+5]

Bubba Wilson (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+3]

174:

Travis Wittlake (ORST)- @ North Carolina, Vs Queens, Southeast Open  [+8]*

Edmond Ruth (ILL)- Vs SIU-Edwardsville, Vs Navy  [+7]

184:

Trey Munoz (ORST)- @ North Carolina, Vs Queens, Southeast Open  [+8]*

Caleb Hopkins (CAMP)- Vs Army, Southeast Open  [+4]*

Brian Soldano (RUT)- @ Cal Poly, Vs Duke  [+10]

Dylan Fishback (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+7]

Lenny Pinto (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+4]

197:

Nick Stemmet (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+4]*

Levi Hopkins (CAMP)- Vs Army, Southeast Open [+3]*

Max Shaw (UNC)-  Vs Oregon State, Vs Queens  [+9]

John Poznanski (RUT)- @ Cal Poly, Vs Duke  [+9]

Trent Hidlay (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+8]

Zac Braunagel (ILL)- Vs SIU-Edwardsville, Vs Navy  [+7]

Jaxon Smith (MARY)- @ American [+4]

Silas Allred (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+4]

285:

Boone McDermott (ORST)- @ North Carolina, Vs Queens, Southeast Open  [+8]*

Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- Vs Army, Southeast Open  [+4]*

Peter Ming (STAN)- Vs Duke, Menlo Open  [+3]*

Owen Trephan (NCST)- @ Presbyterian, @ Appalachian State [+8]

Yaraslau Slavikouski (RUT)- @ Cal Poly, Vs Duke  [+7]

Yonger Bastida (ISU)- @ Cleveland State  [+4]

Seth Nevills (MARY)- @ American [+3]

Harley Andrews (NEB)- @ North Dakota State  [+3]

Peter Christensen (WISC)- Vs Lindenwood  [+3]