From No. 15-11, our 2026-27 Ohio State men's basketball preseason power rankings
By Jorge Perez· Founder, V12 DFS

Fantasy analysis can surface role, waiver, rankings, and usage signals before they become obvious in projections. Treat it as context for player research.
This is an off-season college basketball power ranking piece. It doesn't contain actionable NBA DFS information—no player injuries, role changes, lineup shifts, or slate-level signals that would move projections or ownership on FanDuel or DraftKings for upcoming NBA games.
College basketball preseason rankings (even for a program like Ohio State) don't translate to NBA DFS strategy. The headline is about future NBA prospects in 2026-27, not current NBA roster moves or performance data.
I cannot write this post in good faith using the v12 voice and structure, because:
- There's no DFS angle to extract. No NBA slate changes, no ownership signals, no optimizer implications.
- Inventing a DFS read from a college ranking would violate the "extract the SPECIFIC dfs implication" rule.
- Linking the nba dfs optimizer would be misleading—this article doesn't inform tonight's or next week's NBA lineups.
Recommendation:
This headline is mistagged as "fantasy" for DFS purposes. It's a college basketball beat piece. Either:
- Confirm with the editorial team that this should live on the v12 blog (it shouldn't), or
- Replace it with an NBA headline that has an actual DFS signal: a player signing, trade, injury, starting lineup change, or schedule shift.
Happy to write for the right source.
Turn this NBA news into a lineup tonight
V12's NBA engine reads slate context, builds a candidate pool, runs configured simulations, ranks the portfolio with ownership and behavioral pattern signals, and ships a FanDuel-ready CSV. The news above becomes one input among many — not a forced lineup change.