Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Miami (OH) walks into Buffalo unbeaten, ranked No. 23, and carrying the kind of season every opponent wants to scar. Buffalo gets the rare home date where the building feels like a referendum on its MAC hopes. The line says Miami should control this, but the total says both teams can score in waves. That […]
February 3, 2026
Tennessee walks into February ranked and hunting leverage in the SEC race, because every home night now carries seeding weight. Ole Miss arrives needing a response, not a moral victory, after the league has started to squeeze. Thompson-Boling is the kind of room that turns a three-minute wobble into a ten-point gap. This matchup also […]
February 3, 2026
Portland State sits on top of the Big Sky, and Monday nights at The Ship have felt like business trips for visitors. The Vikings are 14–6 overall and 8–1 in league play, and this is a hold-serve spot. Idaho State walks in at 10–12, 3–6 in conference, and chasing footing after a rough stretch. The […]
February 2, 2026
Monday night in Chapel Hill has that ACC gravity that makes every possession feel like résumé work. North Carolina is 17–4 overall and 5–3 in league play, unbeaten at home, and still chasing clean separation in the standings. Syracuse is 13–9 and 4–5, living in the middle tier where one road result can change the […]
February 2, 2026
The Big West race is tight enough that nights like this carry real weight. UC Santa Barbara is 13–7 overall and 6–3 in league play, sitting in the top-half pack. UC San Diego is 15–6 and 5–4, trying to steady itself after a 61–59 loss to UC Irvine. Hawaii and UC Irvine have lived near […]
January 29, 2026
The Big West doesn’t give soft landings, and this one sits right on the fault line. UC Davis comes in 12–8 overall and 5–4 in league, hunting traction. CSUN is 11–10 and 4–5, staring at the kind of home game that keeps a season upright. Sports Reference has UC Davis fourth in the Big West […]
January 29, 2026
Portland is loud right now, and the standings make it louder. Portland State is 13–5 overall and 7–0 in Big Sky play, sitting alone at the top. Montana walks in with real urgency, because it’s 6–2 in league and needs a road punch to stay in the title chase. This is also a legit home-floor […]
January 29, 2026
Montana State walks into Sacramento sitting 13–8 and 7–1 in Big Sky play, with a real chance to keep pressure on the league’s top rung. Sacramento State is 6–13 and 2–5, but this is exactly the kind of spot where their season has had teeth, because the home/road split is night and day. Montana State […]
January 29, 2026
Hilton is a trapdoor arena when Iowa State is ranked and rolling, because the crowd treats every empty trip like a personal insult. Colorado arrives wobbling, five straight losses after a clean 2–0 Big 12 start, and the standings don’t forgive slides. Iowa State is 18–2 with a two-game surge, and it’s protecting an 11–0 […]
January 29, 2026
San Diego State walks into this one sitting atop the Mountain West at 8–1, protecting a 9–1 home record, and treating every night like seeding work. Colorado State is 12–8 and 3–6 in league, hunting traction and trying to steal a real road result before February hardens. The building should feel like a favorite’s runway, […]
January 28, 2026
Logan’s a hard place to look comfortable, and Utah State treats the Spectrum like a pressure cooker. The Aggies are 16–3 in the teeth of the Mountain West, and they’re still hunting the cleanest lane to the top tier. Wyoming is 12–8 and sitting at 3–6 in league play, so every road swing is either […]
January 28, 2026