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College Fantasy RB Rankings — 2026

Running back value in college fantasy hinges on committee share. Backs with goal-line work and receiving snaps clear replacement level by the widest margin. Every number below comes from the same projections database that powers our full board: positional rank, tier, season points and the next-week projection.

RB#	Player	Pos	Team	Conf	Tier	Season pts	Next week
1	L.J. Phillips Jr.	RB	Iowa	Big Ten	—	349.6	32.2
2	Caleb Hawkins	RB	Oklahoma State	Big 12	—	342.1	25.5
3	Hollywood Smothers	RB	Texas	SEC	—	318.7	24.9
4	Cam Cook	RB	West Virginia	Big 12	—	321.2	29.6
5	Jeremiyah Love	RB	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	—	318.2	27.2
6	Emmett Johnson	RB	Nebraska	Big Ten	—	318.1	31.2
7	Kewan Lacy	RB	Ole Miss	SEC	—	288.3	26.3
8	Quintrevion Wisner	RB	Florida State	ACC	—	272.7	26.7
9	J'mari Taylor	RB	Virginia	ACC	—	268.5	18.7
10	Barika Kpeenu	RB	North Dakota State	Mountain West	—	266.6	20.3
11	Wayne Knight	RB	UCLA	Big Ten	—	261.2	23.6
12	LJ Martin	RB	BYU	Big 12	—	264.0	18.2
13	Ahmad Hardy	RB	Missouri	SEC	—	260.2	22.5
14	Antwan Raymond	RB	Rutgers	Big Ten	—	254.6	22.2
15	Evan Dickens	RB	Boston College	ACC	—	248.3	17.7
16	Kaytron Allen	RB	Penn State	Big Ten	—	245.1	23.8
17	Rodney Hammond Jr.	RB	Sacramento State	Mid-American	—	234.0	23.5
18	Cameron Dickey	RB	Texas Tech	Big 12	—	250.8	18.9
19	Dawson Pendergrass	RB	Baylor	Big 12	—	244.0	21.6
20	Lincoln Pare	RB	Texas State	Pac-12	—	246.8	22.5
21	Jonah Coleman	RB	Washington	Big Ten	—	227.7	22.9
22	Camryn Edwards	RB	UConn	FBS Independents	—	240.8	24.3
23	Jadan Baugh	RB	Florida	SEC	—	231.0	16.8
24	Sieh Bangura	RB	Ohio	Mid-American	—	229.0	21.9
25	Nate Sheppard	RB	Duke	ACC	—	223.8	19.7
26	Dontae McMillan	RB	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	—	213.9	21.2
27	Michael Washington	RB	Arkansas	SEC	—	211.4	18.2
28	Jai'Den Thomas	RB	UNLV	Mountain West	—	233.0	20.1
29	Kentrel Bullock	RB	South Alabama	Sun Belt	—	217.8	21.7
30	Kendrick Raphael	RB	SMU	ACC	—	218.3	18.5
31	Kejon Owens	RB	Florida International	Conference USA	—	219.0	20.2
32	Adam Randall	RB	Clemson	ACC	—	205.5	19.3
33	Dylan Riley	RB	Boise State	Pac-12	—	211.0	17.3
34	Raleek Brown	RB	Texas	SEC	—	208.0	14.7
35	DeaMonte Trayanum	RB	Toledo	Mid-American	—	212.7	20.9
36	Jekail Middlebrook	RB	Virginia	ACC	—	198.4	16.7
37	Anthony Hankerson	RB	Oregon State	Pac-12	—	197.1	17.2
38	J'Koby Williams	RB	Texas Tech	Big 12	—	193.6	16.2
39	Robert Henry	RB	UTSA	American Athletic	—	199.9	15.4
40	Daylan Smothers	RB	NC State	ACC	—	191.6	17.5
41	DeSean Bishop	RB	Tennessee	SEC	—	207.0	19.3
42	Lucky Sutton	RB	San Diego State	Pac-12	—	186.7	17.7
43	Miles Davis	RB	Utah State	Pac-12	—	180.1	12.9
44	Nicholas Singleton	RB	Penn State	Big Ten	—	184.8	18.0
45	Demond Claiborne	RB	Wake Forest	ACC	—	192.5	17.5
46	Rayshon Luke	RB	Fresno State	Pac-12	—	175.3	12.6
47	Dean Connors	RB	Houston	Big 12	—	188.3	17.4
48	Alex Tecza	RB	Navy	American Athletic	—	166.5	12.9
49	Turbo Richard	RB	Indiana	Big Ten	—	192.2	14.6
50	Coleman Bennett	RB	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	—	170.9	15.3

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