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Availability Desk

The Week 1 personnel board is not one-size-fits-all.

Player availability notes distinguish confirmed absences, uncertain roles and available players.

Tracked Cases5
Quarterback uncertainty1
Watch Only1
Already in MPR1

Notre Dame: quarterback uncertainty

8 players OUT; K. Viliamu-Asa questionable; Ashton Craig starting at C. The game stays on a player availability factors because the availability picture is material enough that a clean edge should not be promoted before the game-value adjustment is reviewed.

Hawaii: watch only

Questionable for Sept. 5. The unresolved receiving situation stays a game-level watch rather than a permanent MPR change.

New Mexico: already absorbed

Out for season. That information has already been converted into the current strength baseline, so the Week 1 projection does not add a second penalty.

SMU: blocker cleared

Back in fold after finger injury; expected available. The availability blocker is removed, allowing the existing projection to stand without an injury modifier.