While Clemson and Alabama appear to be locks for the postseason bracket, Ohio State's loss opens up the bottom two spots to a few different tiers of teams.

Washington is a good bet to win at least two of their next three games (42 percent chance), with 3-to-1 odds to win all three.

Thomas and the Saints will have to contend with a Vikings defense that has limited No. 1 receivers to an average of 53 yards per game.

Teams are averaging 113.4 points per game, the highest output since the early 1970s.

Pittsburgh is stuffing 25 percent of rushers in 2018, eighth-most in the NFL.

Giants' offensive line is allowing an adjusted sack rate of over eight percent, the eighth-worst in the NFL.

The Lakers rank near the bottom of the league in three-point percentage after three games and spreading out around the arc will not work for this team. Couple that with a fast pace and James's age and there are real concerns to address in L.A.

Since 1969, only 12 teams have recorded baseball’s best record and gone on to win a championship that same year. Just seven of those 12 won 108 or more games during the regular season. The Red Sox are two wins away from joining that elite company.

A.J. Green and Tyler Boyd (Cincinnati Bengals) plus Odell Beckham Jr. (New York Giants) are among the top fantasy receivers off next week.

The Seahawks are barely over .500, but they measure up in a critical statistic that has helped narrow the field of likely Super Bowl teams.

Six teams are on a bye this week, giving stars like Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Luck, Zach Ertz and A.J. Green the week off. Here are three players that could have big games in their stead.

According to Football Outsiders, Atlanta has the second-worst defense this season after adjusting its performance for strength of schedule.

Against No. 1 receiver types like Mike Evans, the Panthers rank fourth-best per Football Outsiders' Defense-adjusted Value Over Average.

This year’s Classic, a 1¼-mile race for 3-year-olds and up, will be held at Churchill Downs and features several strong entrants.

The dismissal of coach Hue Jackson seems to have given Duke Johnson Jr. new life with the Browns.

The Saints' defense has some work to do — it is allowing 2.5 points per drive, fourth-most in the NFL — but New Orleans compensates for that by scoring 3.3 points per drive on offense, second-most after the Kansas City Chiefs.

The key could be Dedric Lawson, a 6-foot-9 forward who sat out last season after transferring from Memphis and is the best transfer Coach Bill Self has landed in his time in Lawrence.

It's a bad week to own a Washington skill position player, but a great time to get Tevin Coleman and other into your lineup.

Kansas City's opponent, Arizona, is scoring slightly more than a point per possession, making it the NFL's second-worst offense.

Lamar Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner and first round pick in the 2018 NFL draft, produced 117 rushing yards against the Bengals. Fantasy owners should take notice.

Butler hasn't had much practice time with the 76ers, but he's already acclimating to their preferred way of playing and closing out wins.

The Colts' QB is playing at an MVP level, completing 83 of 112 attempts (74 percent) for 977 yards, 13 touchdowns and one interception during the Colts' four-game winning streak.

Last Sunday, Jameis Winston started the game on the Buccaneers' bench. Here's why he needs to be in your lineup this week.

Washington will be without their starting right guard, right tackle, left guard, left tackle, center and starting quarterback on Sunday, making the Dallas defense a very solid pickup.

The Chargers are scoring 2.4 points per drive, the sixth-most this season, and are only forced to go three-and-out once out of every four drives.

Since 2002, the year the league expanded to 32 teams, favorites playing on Thanksgiving are 28-12 against the spread.

The running back situation in Philadelphia is gaining clarity, and the starter is available in more than a third of fantasy leagues.

Since 2002, the first year the league expanded to 32 teams, the Chargers have made the playoffs six times, just one of which saw them advance further than the divisional round. That could change this season.

Harper has had one spectacular season — earning him a unanimous MVP award in 2015 — surrounded by some very good but not great years. Machado, on the other hand, projects more favorably and doesn't carry a significant liability.

Baltimore has a good chance at nine wins with 10 and possibly 11 wins within reach.

If you were relying on Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette to help you this week you’re going to need a back up plan.

Even with the Dolphins, Broncos, Bengals and Titans within striking distance, if you are hoping for a dramatic playoff push in the AFC to end the season, bad news: there won’t be any.

This week’s opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, gives Aaron Rodgers and the Packers a great chance to break their losing skid.

Last year, defense was the calling card of the Jazz. That's not the case this season.

The Ravens' Ty Montgomery figures to take on a larger share of the workload in Baltimore over the remainder of the season.

Monday night's game figures to have a big impact on the NFC playoff race.

If the Great Eight tops the 50-goal mark in 2018-19 he becomes only the fourth player in NHL history to have at least two such campaigns after the age of 30. While Gretzky's goal scoring started to slow in his 30s, Ovechkin is still going strong.

Meanwhile there's not much value left in division title futures, with the Los Angeles Rams (-15000), New Orleans Saints (-3300) and New England Patriots (-5000) are all huge favorites to win their respective divisions.

There are a number of players with favorable matchups this week, but none as palatable as Cowboys WR Amari Cooper.

Cousins's next opponent, the Seattle Seahawks, has been kind to fantasy quarterbacks of late, surrendering at least 21 fantasy points in each of the last four contests.

Thursday night matchups are historically difficult on road teams like Jacksonville. Since 2016, the road team is 17-33 in these games, and that includes a 3-12 record in 2018.

From 2003 to 2017, underdogs getting seven points or more at home were 94-72-1 overall against the spread and that includes a 43-26-1 ATS record in December and January.

The two teams in control of the NFC's wild-card slots battle head-to-head, while the rest of the NFL playoff picture got much clearer despite four of the AFC’s top teams losing.

Baines, a six-time all-star, led the league in a batting category just once over a 22-year career. If that' the new bar for the Hall, it's time to talk about Freddy Garcia and Placido Polanco, too. (Note: It should never be time to talk about Freddy Garcia and Placido Polanco.)

The Patriots are coming off a devastating 34-33 loss to the Miami Dolphins yet were lucky to maintain their playoff position as the No. 2 seed in the AFC

It's never easy benching star players who are in less-than-ideal situations but it is often the right thing to do.

Atlanta is on a five-game losing streak but their offense is scoring 2.3 points per drive in 2018, the fifth-highest rate in the NFL. That should be more than enough against Arizona's awful offense.

The 49ers are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 divisional games.

Sleep easy knowing that no matter what next week’s injury report reveals, you will have the players you need to secure a year’s worth of bragging rights.