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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	Caleb Hawkins	RB	Oklahoma State	Big 12	—	342.1	34.0
2	Makhi Hughes	RB	Houston	Big 12	—	11.4	1.0
3	Hollywood Smothers	RB	Texas	SEC	—	318.7	31.0
4	Kewan Lacy	RB	Ole Miss	SEC	—	288.3	27.1
5	Cam Cook	RB	West Virginia	Big 12	—	321.2	26.6
6	Jeremiyah Love	RB	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	—	318.2	26.4
7	Emmett Johnson	RB	Nebraska	Big Ten	—	318.1	25.1
8	L.J. Phillips Jr.	RB	Iowa	Big Ten	—	349.6	28.3
9	Rueben Owens II	RB	Texas A&M	SEC	—	116.1	11.2
10	Cam Edwards	RB	Michigan State	Big Ten	—	8.5	0.6
11	Wayne Knight	RB	UCLA	Big Ten	—	261.2	26.5
12	Quintrevion Wisner	RB	Florida State	ACC	—	272.7	18.7
13	Camryn Edwards	RB	UConn	FBS Independents	—	240.8	24.2
14	Cameron Dickey	RB	Texas Tech	Big 12	—	250.8	19.9
15	Lincoln Pare	RB	Texas State	Pac-12	—	246.8	22.9
16	Ahmad Hardy	RB	Missouri	SEC	—	260.2	26.1
17	Barika Kpeenu	RB	North Dakota State	Mountain West	—	266.6	18.4
18	Dawson Pendergrass	RB	Baylor	Big 12	—	244.0	22.7
19	Antwan Raymond	RB	Rutgers	Big Ten	—	254.6	24.0
20	LJ Martin	RB	BYU	Big 12	—	264.0	20.4
21	Sieh Bangura	RB	Ohio	Mid-American	—	229.0	19.2
22	Evan Dickens	RB	Boston College	ACC	—	248.3	20.3
23	J'mari Taylor	RB	Virginia	ACC	—	268.5	24.1
24	Kaytron Allen	RB	Penn State	Big Ten	—	245.1	19.2
25	Rodney Hammond Jr.	RB	Sacramento State	Mid-American	—	234.0	20.6
26	Jonah Coleman	RB	Washington	Big Ten	—	227.7	16.6
27	Mark Fletcher Jr.	RB	Miami	ACC	—	159.2	13.8
28	DeSean Bishop	RB	Tennessee	SEC	—	207.0	15.9
29	Nate Sheppard	RB	Duke	ACC	—	223.8	21.6
30	Kendrick Raphael	RB	SMU	ACC	—	218.3	20.4
31	Kejon Owens	RB	Florida International	Conference USA	—	219.0	16.9
32	Dontae McMillan	RB	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	—	213.9	15.5
33	Jai'Den Thomas	RB	UNLV	Mountain West	—	233.0	21.1
34	Dylan Riley	RB	Boise State	Pac-12	—	211.0	18.7
35	Kentrel Bullock	RB	South Alabama	Sun Belt	—	217.8	21.9
36	Jadan Baugh	RB	Florida	SEC	—	231.0	17.8
37	Michael Washington	RB	Arkansas	SEC	—	211.4	15.8
38	DeaMonte Trayanum	RB	Toledo	Mid-American	—	212.7	19.6
39	Adam Randall	RB	Clemson	ACC	—	205.5	19.2
40	Dean Connors	RB	Houston	Big 12	—	188.3	14.3
41	Anthony Hankerson	RB	Oregon State	Pac-12	—	197.1	16.0
42	Alex Tecza	RB	Navy	American Athletic	—	166.5	13.8
43	J'Koby Williams	RB	Texas Tech	Big 12	—	193.6	17.6
44	Robert Henry	RB	UTSA	American Athletic	—	199.9	18.2
45	Roman Hemby	RB	Indiana	Big Ten	—	157.8	14.5
46	Lucky Sutton	RB	San Diego State	Pac-12	—	186.7	14.7
47	Raleek Brown	RB	Texas	SEC	—	208.0	16.4
48	Sedrick Alexander	RB	Vanderbilt	SEC	—	180.4	14.5
49	Caleb Komolafe	RB	Northwestern	Big Ten	—	168.7	16.0
50	Turbo Richard	RB	Indiana	Big Ten	—	192.2	15.6

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