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College Fantasy Football Rankings: Top-300 players for 2026 drafts

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9 July 2026 at 17:00

Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith is the top-ranked player in our fantasy football draft rankings. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) — Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith is the top-ranked player in Yahoo's college fantasy football draft rankings. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Welcome to Yahoo College Fantasy Football! With these top-300 rankings, I'm focusing on a 1QB scoring system, since that is the default setting on Yahoo. The 68-team presents a far more extensive player pool to choose from than in NFL fantasy. So even if each manager in a 12-team league rosters three quarterbacks (Yahoo default is 18 roster spots), that still leaves 32 other streamable options rotating through the wire to plug into the lineup when injuries or byes crop up. It's also important to note with just 12 quarterbacks starting on a weekly basis, you only get one shot at producing a big score out of your starting signal-caller. While it might be worth it to reach for an elite quarterback like Arch Manning or Trinidad Chambliss in your draft, there will be plenty of suitable options down the board to sift through while stockpiling running backs and wideouts.

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The Hero RB ethos is alive and well in Power Four CFF leagues, and should comprise most of the Round 1 and 2 selections until the well starts to dry up in Round 4, at which point the wide receivers and top-3 elite tight ends will become the priority. Be mindful of shared backfields in powerful offenses like Oregon, Indiana and Texas. It's not a bad idea to corner both potential starting options, before jettisoning whichever RB takes the backseat when bye weeks hit. The same can be said for wide receivers, where there is significant variance between the preseason rankings and final scoring leaders. You should focus on acquiring either a true target-hog WR1 in a decent passing offense, or a top-3 WR on the depth chart in a pass-heavy, air raid-style offense that produces massive numbers through the air and is capable of supporting two starting-caliber wideouts. Many times, the preseason WR2 or 3 in those dynamic passing offenses become the primary option, and can be acquired at a fraction of the draft capital.

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You will also want to be mindful of the scoring system for Yahoo's "Team Offense" position, as it rewards efficient offenses that maximize scoring opportunities and plays smart, mistake free football. Turnovers and losses are weighed heavily and will drastically affect how your Team Offense position performs through the season. Indiana, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Texas Tech will be priorities because of their loaded rosters and relatively easy schedules.

With that, here are my top-300 rankings for 1QB leagues, broken up into 50-player segments. Good luck drafting!

Players Rankings

Top 1-50 college fantasy football players

Rank	Player	Position	Team
1	Jeremiah Smith	WR	Ohio State
2	Malachi Toney	WR	Miami
3	Kewan Lacy	RB	Ole Miss
4	Caleb Hawkins	RB	Oklahoma State
5	LJ Martin	RB	BYU
6	Jadan Baugh	RB	Florida
7	Isaac Brown	RB	Louisville
8	Nate Sheppard	RB	Duke
9	Darius Taylor	RB	Minnesota
10	DeSean Bishop	RB	Tennessee
11	Cameron Cook	RB	West Virginia
12	Antwan Raymond	RB	Rutgers
13	Jordan Marshall	RB	Michigan
14	Bo Jackson	RB	Ohio State
15	Justice Haynes	RB	Georgia Tech
16	Nick Marsh	WR	Indiana
17	Ahmad Hardy	RB	Missouri
18	Ja'Kyrian Turner	RB	Pittsburgh
19	Aneyas Williams	RB	Notre Dame
20	Cam Coleman	WR	Texas
21	Amare Thomas	WR	Houston
22	Mark Fletcher	RB	Miami
23	Adam Mohammed	RB	California
24	Wayshawn Parker	RB	Utah
25	Kendrick Raphael	RB	SMU
26	Makhi Hughes	RB	Houston
27	Joe Jackson	RB	Kansas State
28	Arch Manning	QB	Texas
29	Isaiah Sategna	WR	Oklahoma
30	KJ Duff	WR	Rutgers
31	Jordan Dwyer	WR	TCU
32	Waymond Jordan	RB	USC
33	Cameron Dickey	RB	Texas Tech
34	Dierre Hill	RB	Oregon
35	Jordon Davison	RB	Oregon
36	Kamari Moulton	RB	Iowa
37	Wyatt Young	WR	Oklahoma State
38	Charlie Becker	WR	Indiana
39	Jeremy Payne	RB	TCU
40	Trey'Dez Green	TE	LSU
41	Ryan Coleman-Williams	WR	Alabama
42	Duce Robinson	WR	Florida State
43	Tanook Hines	WR	USC
44	Dakorien Moore	WR	Oregon
45	Bryant Wesco	WR	Clemson
46	Jamari Johnson	TE	Oregon
47	Terrance Carter	TE	Texas Tech
48	Fluff Bothwell	RB	Mississippi State
49	Cooper Barkate	WR	Miami
50	Mario Craver	WR	Texas A&M

Top 51-100 college fantasy football players

51	Trinidad Chambliss	QB	Ole Miss
52	Duke Scott	RB	NC State
53	DeJuan Williams	RB	Maryland
54	Nate Frazier	RB	Georgia
55	Tre Richardson	WR	Louisville
56	Jamal Roberts	RB	Missouri
57	Anthony Evans	WR	Mississippi State
58	DJ Vonnahme	TE	Iowa
59	Andrew Marsh	WR	Michigan
60	Raleek Brown	RB	Texas
61	Devon Dampier	QB	Utah
62	Braylon Staley	WR	Tennessee
63	Marcellous Hawkins	RB	Virginia Tech
64	Omarion Miller	WR	Arizona State
65	Danny Scudero	WR	Colorado
66	Daylan Smothers	RB	Texas
67	Evan Dickens	RB	Boston College
68	Lotzeir Brooks	WR	Alabama
69	Drew Mestemaker	QB	Oklahoma State
70	Turbo Richard	RB	Indiana
71	Dezmen Roebuck	WR	Washington
72	Rueben Owens	RB	Texas A&M
73	Chase Hendricks	WR	California
74	Griffin Wilde	WR	Northwestern
75	Peyton Lewis	RB	Virginia
76	Ryan Wingo	WR	Texas
77	Nyck Harbor	WR	South Carolina
78	Ca'Lil Valentine	RB	Illinois
79	Gideon Davidson	RB	Clemson
80	Kyson Brown	RB	Arizona State
81	Jordan Shipp	WR	North Carolina
82	Hilton Alexander	WR	Ole Miss
83	TJ Moore	WR	Clemson
84	Kaelan Chudzinski	TE	Boston College
85	Carson Hansen	RB	Penn State
86	Evan Stewart	WR	Oregon
87	Dylan Edwards	RB	Kansas
88	Reed Harris	WR	Arizona State
89	Wayne Knight	RB	UCLA
90	Ian Strong	WR	California
91	Sedrick Alexander	RB	Vanderbilt
92	Braden Pegan	WR	Utah
93	Jordan Faison	WR	Notre Dame
94	Yamir Knight	WR	SMU
95	Dylan Wade	TE	UCF
96	Demon June	RB	North Carolina
97	Dallas Wilson	WR	Florida
98	King Miller	RB	USC
99	Indiana	Team Offense	Indiana
100	Carlos Hernandez	WR	Wake Forest

Top 101-150 college fantasy football players

101	Mike Matthews	WR	Tennessee
102	Keyjuan Brown	RB	Louisville
103	Notre Dame	Team Offense	Notre Dame
104	Christopher Barnes	WR	Oklahoma State
105	Sam Leavitt	QB	LSU
106	Jayce Brown	WR	LSU
107	Savion Hiter	RB	Michigan
108	Conner Weigman	QB	Houston
109	Khobie Martin	RB	Indiana
110	Kedrick Reescano	RB	Arizona
111	Demond Williams	QB	Washington
112	Ohio State	Team Offense	Ohio State
113	Tre Spivey	WR	Arizona
114	Patrick Overmyer	TE	Houston
115	Kamario Taylor	QB	Mississippi State
116	Ty Clark	RB	Wake Forest
117	Justin Bowick	WR	Oklahoma State
118	Brian Rowe	WR	UCLA
119	Micahi Danzy	WR	Florida State
120	Duke Watson	RB	UCF
121	Dante Moore	QB	Oregon
122	Benjamin Brahmer	TE	Penn State
123	Cam Edwards	RB	Michigan State
124	John Mateer	QB	Oklahoma
125	Oregon — 197.60	Team Offense	Oregon
126	Dorian Fleming	TE	Maryland
127	Jayden Maiava	QB	USC
128	Harlem Berry	RB	LSU
129	Devin McCuin	WR	Ohio State
130	Josh Hoover	QB	Indiana
131	Luke Reynolds	TE	Virginia Tech
132	Winston Watkins	WR	LSU
133	Ousmane Kromah	RB	Florida State
134	Trell Harris	WR	Oklahoma
135	Darian Mensah	QB	Miami
136	Junior Sherrill	WR	Vanderbilt
137	Emmett Mosley	WR	Texas
138	Kevin Jennings	QB	SMU
139	Keelon Russell	QB	Alabama
140	Byrum Brown	QB	Auburn
141	Micah Ford	RB	Stanford
142	Cayden Lee	WR	Missouri
143	Marcel Reed	QB	Texas A&M
144	Willie Rodriguez	TE	Kentucky
145	Jackson Harris	WR	LSU
146	Kenny Johnson	WR	Texas Tech
147	Randy Pittman	TE	SMU
148	Avery Johnson	QB	Kansas State
149	Dawson Pendergrass	RB	Baylor
150	Keshaun Singleton	WR	Auburn

Top 151-200 college fantasy football players

151	Cedric Baxter	RB	Kentucky
152	Chris Henry	WR	Ohio State
153	Ezavier Crowell	RB	Alabama
154	Eric Singleton	WR	Florida
155	Tre Wisner	RB	Florida State
156	Jeremiah Cobb	RB	Auburn
157	Gunner Stockton	QB	Georgia
158	Johntay Cook	WR	Ole Miss
159	Joseph Williams	WR	Colorado
160	LaNorris Sellers	QB	South Carolina
161	JKoby Williams	RB	Texas Tech
162	Decker DeGraaf	TE	Washington
163	Jeremiah McClellan	WR	Oregon
164	QueSean Brown	WR	Virginia Tech
165	Jamal Rule	RB	Nebraska
166	Ole Miss	Team Offense	Ole Miss
167	Marquis Johnson	WR	Mississippi State
168	CJ Carr	QB	Notre Dame
169	Isaiah Horton	WR	Texas A&M
170	Ohifame Ijeboi	RB	Purdue
171	Jared Richardson	WR	Duke
172	Cole Weaver	WR	Syracuse
173	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	QB	California
174	Georgia	Team Offense	Georgia
175	Jeremiah Hasley	TE	Duke
176	Coy Eakin	WR	Texas Tech
177	Matthew Fuller	RB	South Carolina
178	Donovan Olugbode	WR	Missouri
179	Mason Heintschel	QB	Pittsburgh
180	L.J. Phillips	RB	Iowa
181	Gi'Bran Payne	RB	Cincinnati
182	Hunter Andrews	TE	Utah
183	Abu Sama	RB	Wisconsin
184	Brandon Inniss	WR	Ohio State
185	Umari Hatcher	WR	Syracuse
186	Jojo Phillips	WR	BYU
187	Nolan James	RB	Notre Dame
188	Yannick Smith	WR	SMU
189	Ethan Davis	TE	Tennessee
190	Miami	Team Offense	Miami
191	Sutton Smith	RB	Arkansas
192	Lee Beebe	RB	Indiana
193	Ahmad Miller	RB	Syracuse
194	Rashid Williams	WR	Washington
195	Kyler Kasper	WR	BYU
196	Jaron Tibbs	WR	Kansas State
197	Julian Sayin	QB	Ohio State
198	Garrett Oakley	TE	Kansas State
199	Daniel Hill	RB	Alabama
200	Tory Blaylock	RB	Oklahoma

Top 201-250 college fantasy football players

201	Nik McMillan	WR	Kansas
202	KJ Edwards	RB	Texas A&M
203	Micah Hudson	WR	Texas Tech
204	Mason Mini	TE	California
205	Bear Bachmeier	QB	BYU
206	Collin Dixon	WR	Illinois
207	Eugene Wilson	WR	LSU
208	Jekail Middlebrook	RB	Virginia
209	Dilin Jones	RB	LSU
210	Treyshun Hurry	WR	Louisville
211	Braylen Russell	RB	Arkansas
212	Jalen Hale	WR	SMU
213	Aiden Flora	RB	Iowa State
214	Elija Lofton	TE	Miami
215	USC	Team Offense	USC
216	Nico Iamaleava	QB	UCLA
217	James Peoples	RB	Penn State
218	Louis Brown	WR	Baylor
219	Malik Knight	WR	Pittsburgh
220	Chauncey Bowens	RB	Georgia
221	Bryce Underwood	QB	Michigan
222	Utah	Team Offense	Utah
223	Ed Small	WR	TCU
224	Alonza Barnett	QB	UCF
225	Victor Snow	WR	NC State
226	Malcolm Simmons	WR	Texas Tech
227	Mekhi Nelson	RB	Nebraska
228	Taveion Swint	RB	UCF
229	Trent Walker	WR	Houston
230	Mark Bowman	TE	USC
231	Texas Tech	Team Offense	Texas Tech
232	Jamar Searcy	RB	Wake Forest
233	Vernell Brown	WR	Florida
234	Javon Tracy	WR	Minnesota
235	Hudson Clement	WR	Illinois
236	Caden Knighten	RB	Baylor
237	Cedrick Bailey	QB	NC State
238	Texas	Team Offense	Texas
239	Lawson Luckie	TE	Georgia
240	Chris Johnson	RB	Clemson
241	Jalen Cooper	WR	SMU
242	Chris Durr	WR	Maryland
243	Christian Clark	RB	South Carolina
244	Cataurus Hicks	WR	Pittsburgh
245	JJ Buchanan	WR	Michigan
246	Quinten Joyner	RB	Texas Tech
247	Caden Durham	RB	LSU
248	Jacquon Gibson	WR	Virginia
249	Brett Norfleet	TE	Missouri
250	Will Hammond	QB	Texas Tech

Top 251-300 college fantasy football players

251	Jordan Washington	RB	Washington
252	Nyziah Hunter	WR	Nebraska
253	Quincy Porter	WR	Notre Dame
254	Ashton Bethel-Roman	WR	Texas A&M
255	Malik Washington	QB	Maryland
256	Texas A&M	Team Offense	Texas A&M
257	Brody Foley	TE	Louisville
258	Anthony Colandrea	QB	Nebraska
259	Girard Pringle	RB	Miami
260	Zion Ragins	WR	Mississippi State
261	Raiden Vines-Bright	WR	Arizona State
262	Elijah Davis	RB	Virginia Tech
263	Michael Hawkins	QB	West Virginia
264	DJ Lagway	QB	Baylor
265	Jayden Limar	RB	Washington
266	Lawayne McCoy	WR	Louisville
267	Zylan Perry	RB	Cincinnati
268	Tyler Morris	WR	Indiana
269	Reed Swanson	WR	Boston College
270	Yasin Willis	RB	Kansas
271	Jaden Craig	QB	TCU
272	Steve Angeli	QB	Syracuse
273	Joshisa Trader	WR	NC State
274	Rocky Beers	TE	Oklahoma
275	Alabama	Team Offense	Alabama
276	Noah Fifita	QB	Arizona
277	Rodney Fields	RB	Kansas State
278	Jeremiah Koger	WR	Auburn
279	Michael Masunas	TE	Texas
280	Tennessee	Team Offense	Tennessee
281	Kenny Minchey	QB	Kentucky
282	Quaid Carr	RB	Washington
283	Walker Lyons	TE	BYU
284	Christian Bentancur	TE	Clemson
285	BYU	Team Offense	BYU
286	JaVonnie Gibson	WR	Cincinnati
287	Malachi Hosley	RB	Georgia Tech
288	Cutter Boley	QB	Arizona State
289	Lincoln Kienholz	QB	Louisville
290	Darrell Gill	WR	Ole Miss
291	Aidan Laughery	RB	Illinois
292	SMU	Team Offense	SMU
293	Giovanni Lopez	QB	Wake Forest
294	Trent Mosley	WR	USC
295	Kaleb Webb	WR	Maryland
296	Salahadin Allah	RB	Iowa State
297	Michael Turner	RB	Baylor
298	Houston	Team Offense	Houston
299	Faizon Brandon	QB	Tennessee
300	Katin Houser	QB	Illinois

Players Rankings

Yahoo College Fantasy Football: How the Team Offense position will work and strategy tips

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By:Eric Froton

9 July 2026 at 17:00

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JANUARY 19: Elijah Sarratt #13, Tyrique Tucker #95, Pat Coogan #78, Fernando Mendoza #15, Mikail Kamara #6, D'Angelo Ponds #5, Riley Nowakowski #37, Aiden Fisher #4, and Charlie Becker #80 of the Indiana Hoosiers lift the trophy after the College Football Playoff National Championship between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Indiana Hoosiers defeated the Miami Hurricanes 27-21. (Photo by CFP/Getty Images) — Indiana's Fernando Mendoza led offense would have been a fantasy juggernaut last season. (Photo by CFP/Getty Images)

The new Yahoo College Fantasy Football game offers a "Team Offense" position that adds another layer of strategy to your weekly lineup decisions, which includes 10 total starting positions. With Indiana and Notre Dame ending the regular season as the two highest scoring teams in 2025, the system is designed to emphasize overall offensive dominance, with mistake-prone teams suffering the consequences of their poor execution.

Here is how the position will work and some strategies to consider when choosing your Team Offense this draft season.

How the Team Offense will work

Team Offense Scoring Categories	Point Value
TD scored (any type)	+3
First 300 yards of offense	+1.5
Every 50 yards additional	+.25
Turnover	-2
Field goal made	+1
Team wins game	+1
Team loses game	-1

The Team Offense position is designed to reward efficient, high-scoring units that minimize mistakes while continuing to play at a high level for 60 minutes each week, including second-stringers and freshmen who are salting games away in the fourth quarter. Every touchdown, field goal and victory earns fantasy points, while turnovers are extremely costly in comparison.

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With the Team Offense position never taking a play off or getting substituted out of a game, the truly dominant teams within their conferences stand out when it comes to evaluating the position.

What would have been the impact last season?

Six teams would have eclipsed the 200-point mark in the 2025 regular season (12 games):

Indiana: 239.7
Texas Tech: 211.08
Notre Dame: 210.59
Utah: 206.44
Vanderbilt: 205.82
Ohio State: 200.17

National champion Indiana was the clear positional leader, while Texas Tech ran roughshod over the Big 12 to finish in second place. For perspective, 16 Power Four running backs eclipsed the 200-point mark last year. Indiana would have averaged 20 fantasy points per game under Yahoo's scoring system last year, which was 5.42 PPG higher than the 12th-ranked school, Miami (174.6 PPG), and 7.58 PPG more than the 24th-place team, Texas (148.74 PPG).

Five other teams that just missed the 200-point mark in the 2025 regular season:

Oregon: 197.60
Ole Miss: 196.96
Tennessee: 193.11
Texas A&M: 181.32
USC: 177.30

Keep the schedule in mind

Consistency is key, as many Power Four programs feast on lower-caliber non-conference opponents early in the season, but fade when they enter the teeth of conference play against equal or superior talent. For perspective, 53 Power Four teams recorded one of their two highest Team Offense position weekly point totals within their first three games last season, which is when power conference teams invite lower-tiered FBS and FCS programs to take a "Paycheck Game" and get unceremoniously crushed by their Power Four host.

With points being pretty easy to find early in the season, you can realistically stream a Team Offense from the waiver wire for the first four weeks or so. However, once conference play hits and the sugar high wears off, streaming from the wire becomes more difficult on a week-to-week basis. With the Team Offense position's performance against conference opponents likely to decide playoff races, in-conference performance is what separates the elite options from the merely good ones. So if you already have a dominant offense like Ohio State, Indiana, Notre Dame or Texas Tech heading into conference play, then hold onto them at all costs, as you'll have a notable advantage over whoever your opponent starts against you.

Over the last eight games of the 2025 season, Utah was the highest scoring offense at 18.5 fantasy PPG, while Notre Dame (17.5 PPG), Indiana (17.3 PPG) and Ohio State (17.2 PPG) were all a full two points higher than the fifth place offense, Texas Tech, at 15.2 PPG. In fact, just nine teams averaged 14+ PPG over that eight-game span, with Arizona at 14.0 PPG being the most surprising name on the list.

Perhaps the most revelatory aspect of how fantasy offenses performed over the final eight games is the vast difference between the elite attacks versus the average. The 30th-ranked fantasy offense, Iowa State, averaged just 9.6 PPG over that span, which is almost half of what No. 1 Utah scored. The difference between Alabama's 20th-ranked offense and Utah's was also a pretty sizable 6.75 PPG.

Use a valuable draft pick or stream?

Yahoo's Team Offense position rewards elite, mistake-free play and punishes mediocrity. Draft strategy-wise, it makes sense to reach and secure a top-flight, intra-conference juggernaut that plays a relatively easy schedule and has a clear path to 10 wins while averaging 35+ points per game in the process. However, if you're a risk taker and plan to stream during the early season until a sleeper team like Vanderbilt (205.8 fantasy points last season) emerges, then best address other positions early and wait until the later rounds to select your Team Offense.