2026 · Week 1 · Updated September 3, 2026

College Fantasy Football Week 1 Projections and Rankings

Week 1 projections for 2,205 players on 64 teams playing from September 3–7. Rankings are built directly from each projected Yahoo-scoring stat line.

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QB rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Points	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Rush Yds	Rush TD
1	Devon Dampier	Utah	vs Idaho	30.6	198	2.5	86	0.8
2	Byrum Brown	Auburn	vs Baylor	29.1	256	2.2	66	0.7
3	Will Hammond	Texas Tech	vs Abilene Christian	28.7	267	3.0	30	0.7
4	Arch Manning	Texas	vs Texas State	26.8	248	2.9	30	0.5
5	Gunner Stockton	Georgia	vs Tennessee State	26.2	227	2.5	36	0.7
6	Demond Williams Jr.	Washington	vs Washington State	26.1	223	2.4	36	0.8
7	Noah Fifita	Arizona	vs Northern Arizona	25.8	241	2.7	28	0.6
8	Marcel Reed	Texas A&M	vs Missouri State	25.6	227	2.5	33	0.7
9	Avery Johnson	Kansas State	vs Nicholls	25.5	200	2.3	42	0.8
10	LaNorris Sellers	South Carolina	vs Kent State	25.1	211	1.9	42	0.9
11	John Mateer	Oklahoma	vs UTEP	25.1	204	2.0	42	0.9
12	Scotty Fox Jr.	West Virginia	vs Coastal Carolina	25.0	195	1.8	47	1.0
13	Bear Bachmeier	BYU	vs Utah Tech	24.4	212	1.9	39	0.8
14	Trinidad Chambliss	Ole Miss	vs Louisville	24.3	291	1.9	26	0.5
15	Cutter Boley	Arizona State	vs Morgan State	24.2	218	2.4	30	0.6
16	Mason Heintschel	Pitt	vs Miami (OH)	24.1	242	2.4	25	0.5
17	Julian Sayin	Ohio State	vs Ball State	24.1	272	2.5	15	0.4
18	Josh Hoover	Indiana	vs North Texas	24.0	234	2.5	23	0.5
19	Conner Weigman	Houston	vs Oregon State	23.5	226	1.5	42	0.9
20	Malik Washington	Maryland	vs Hampton	23.4	253	2.5	18	0.4
21	Rocco Becht	Penn State	vs Marshall	22.2	202	2.1	27	0.6
22	Katin Houser	Illinois	vs UAB	21.9	213	2.2	22	0.5
23	Keelon Russell	Alabama	vs East Carolina	21.8	240	2.5	11	0.3
24	Darian Mensah	Miami	@ Stanford	21.8	228	2.5	14	0.3
25	Drew Mestemaker	Oklahoma State	@ Tulsa	21.7	260	2.4	11	0.2
26	DJ Lagway	Baylor	@ Auburn	21.6	300	2.0	12	0.2
27	Ryan Browne	Purdue	vs Indiana State	21.5	201	2.0	30	0.6
28	JC French IV	Cincinnati	vs Boston College	21.5	214	1.9	29	0.5
29	Gio Lopez	Wake Forest	vs Akron	21.3	230	1.5	29	0.7
30	Dylan Lonergan	Rutgers	vs Massachusetts	21.2	216	2.2	18	0.4

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RB rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Points	Carries	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD
1	LJ Martin	BYU	vs Utah Tech	28.2	19	118	1.2	2.9	39	0.3
2	Joe Jackson	Kansas State	vs Nicholls	27.2	20	134	1.2	2.1	27	0.3
3	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	vs Furman	26.7	21	126	1.5	1.7	22	0.2
4	Jadan Baugh	Florida	vs Florida Atlantic	25.0	22	117	1.1	2.3	28	0.3
5	Nate Sheppard	Duke	vs Tulane	23.8	19	86	1.0	3.3	40	0.3
6	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	vs Massachusetts	23.3	22	104	1.3	1.7	21	0.2
7	Kewan Lacy	Ole Miss	vs Louisville	23.2	20	106	1.2	2.4	18	0.2
8	Darius Taylor	Minnesota	vs Eastern Illinois	23.1	19	84	1.0	2.9	33	0.4
9	Bo Jackson	Ohio State	vs Ball State	22.9	19	106	1.1	2.0	22	0.2
10	DeJuan Williams	Maryland	vs Hampton	22.8	14	68	0.7	4.2	49	0.5
11	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	vs UL Monroe	22.0	22	102	1.2	1.4	19	0.2
12	Ahmad Hardy	Missouri	vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	21.7	20	126	1.2	0.6	5	0.1
13	Marcellous Hawkins	Virginia Tech	vs VMI	21.6	19	115	1.0	1.5	18	0.2
14	Ty Clark III	Wake Forest	vs Akron	20.9	17	88	0.9	2.4	33	0.2
15	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	vs Northern Illinois	20.4	17	100	1.1	1.3	15	0.2
16	Rueben Owens II	Texas A&M	vs Missouri State	20.2	17	100	1.0	1.2	17	0.2
17	Cameron Dickey	Texas Tech	vs Abilene Christian	19.9	15	91	1.0	1.4	18	0.2
18	Jordan Marshall	Michigan	vs Western Michigan	19.4	16	102	1.1	1.1	10	0.1
19	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	19.3	19	112	0.6	1.6	16	0.2
20	Jordon Davison	Oregon	vs Boise State	19.2	14	82	1.0	1.6	20	0.2
21	Braylen Russell	Arkansas	vs North Alabama	18.3	15	98	1.0	0.8	11	0.1
22	Sedrick Alexander	Vanderbilt	vs Austin Peay	17.9	13	79	0.9	1.5	20	0.2
23	Antonio Harris	Purdue	vs Indiana State	17.9	14	76	0.7	2.2	26	0.3
24	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	vs Abilene Christian	17.2	11	68	0.7	2.1	27	0.3
25	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	vs Idaho	17.2	11	74	0.9	1.5	11	0.2
26	Jason Patterson	Kentucky	vs Youngstown State	17.1	14	70	0.7	2.1	26	0.2
27	Mark Fletcher Jr.	Miami	@ Stanford	17.0	15	82	0.9	1.1	15	0.1
28	Jeremiah Cobb	Auburn	vs Baylor	16.9	12	72	0.8	1.6	18	0.2
29	King Miller	USC	vs Fresno State	16.9	12	74	0.9	1.9	9	0.1
30	Turbo Richard	Indiana	vs North Texas	16.5	14	78	1.1	0.8	5	0.1

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WR rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Points	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Rush Yds
1	KJ Duff	Rutgers	vs Massachusetts	22.1	7.2	92	0.9	0
2	Malachi Toney	Miami	@ Stanford	20.7	6.5	74	0.9	9
3	Jeremiah Smith	Ohio State	vs Ball State	19.7	5.5	86	0.9	2
4	Anthony Evans III	Mississippi State	vs UL Monroe	19.5	6.0	79	0.8	4
5	Amare Thomas	Houston	vs Oregon State	18.5	7.5	70	0.6	2
6	Mario Craver	Texas A&M	vs Missouri State	17.4	4.7	66	0.7	12
7	Duane Thomas Jr.	UCF	vs Bethune-Cookman	17.4	4.9	65	0.6	13
8	Isaiah Sategna III	Oklahoma	vs UTEP	17.0	5.6	67	0.7	4
9	Deuce Alexander	Ole Miss	vs Louisville	16.9	5.0	74	0.5	12
10	Cam Pickett	Kansas	vs Long Island University	16.6	5.4	64	0.7	3
11	Junior Sherrill	Vanderbilt	vs Austin Peay	16.5	4.9	65	0.7	6
12	Carlos Hernandez	Wake Forest	vs Akron	16.3	6.4	64	0.5	2
13	Duce Robinson	Florida State	vs SMU	15.7	5.9	68	0.5	0
14	Jordan Faison	Notre Dame	vs Wisconsin	15.5	5.2	60	0.7	1
15	Ryan Wingo	Texas	vs Texas State	15.4	5.2	48	0.8	4
16	Coy Eakin	Texas Tech	vs Abilene Christian	15.3	4.9	63	0.7	0
17	Braylon Staley	Tennessee	vs Furman	15.2	5.0	65	0.6	0
18	Jaron Tibbs	Kansas State	vs Nicholls	15.1	4.8	61	0.7	0
19	Vernell Brown III	Florida	vs Florida Atlantic	14.9	4.9	62	0.6	0
20	Ryan Coleman-Williams	Alabama	vs East Carolina	14.2	3.9	62	0.5	6
21	Griffin Wilde	Northwestern	vs South Dakota State	13.8	4.9	56	0.5	0
22	Dezmen Roebuck	Washington	vs Washington State	13.7	4.3	56	0.6	1
23	Andrew Marsh	Michigan	vs Western Michigan	13.5	5.1	54	0.4	2
24	Charlie Becker	Indiana	vs North Texas	13.2	3.5	58	0.6	0
25	Nick Marsh	Indiana	vs North Texas	13.1	4.5	64	0.3	2
26	Yamir Knight	SMU	@ Florida State	13.0	5.6	50	0.4	0
27	CJ Brown	Arkansas	vs North Alabama	12.7	4.1	56	0.5	0
28	Dakorien Moore	Oregon	vs Boise State	12.4	4.1	51	0.5	2
29	Mike Matthews	Tennessee	vs Furman	12.4	4.0	52	0.5	1
30	Donovan Olugbode	Missouri	vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	12.3	4.3	42	0.6	0

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TE rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Points	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Rush Yds
1	Kaden Feagin	Illinois	vs UAB	13.3	1.8	23	0.2	46
2	Terrance Carter Jr.	Texas Tech	vs Abilene Christian	11.3	3.6	46	0.5	1
3	Trey'Dez Green	LSU	vs Clemson	10.8	4.5	46	0.3	0
4	Dylan Wade	UCF	vs Bethune-Cookman	10.6	3.4	45	0.5	0
5	Dorian Fleming	Maryland	vs Hampton	10.3	3.6	42	0.4	0
6	Jeremiah Hasley	Duke	vs Tulane	10.2	3.6	44	0.4	0
7	Mason Mini	California	vs UCLA	9.7	3.7	42	0.3	0
8	Decker DeGraaf	Washington	vs Washington State	9.5	3.1	39	0.4	0
9	Kaelan Chudzinski	Boston College	@ Cincinnati	9.4	3.7	42	0.2	0
10	Garrett Oakley	Kansas State	vs Nicholls	9.1	2.9	37	0.4	0
11	Andrew Rappleyea	Penn State	vs Marshall	8.7	2.8	36	0.4	0
12	Jaden Platt	Arkansas	vs North Alabama	8.6	2.8	38	0.3	0
13	Jamari Johnson	Oregon	vs Boise State	8.4	2.8	36	0.3	0
14	Brett Norfleet	Missouri	vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	7.6	2.7	26	0.4	0
15	Brady Hunt	South Carolina	vs Kent State	7.6	2.2	31	0.3	3
16	Willie Rodriguez	Kentucky	vs Youngstown State	7.3	2.4	31	0.3	0
17	Ethan Davis	Tennessee	vs Furman	7.2	2.3	30	0.3	0
18	Jaleel Skinner	Louisville	@ Ole Miss	7.1	2.7	31	0.2	0
19	Luke Lindenmeyer	Nebraska	vs Ohio	6.9	2.3	28	0.3	0
20	Hunter Andrews	Utah	vs Idaho	6.8	1.3	28	0.2	9
21	DJ Vonnahme	Iowa	vs Northern Illinois	6.8	2.3	27	0.3	0
22	Caleb Odom	Ole Miss	vs Louisville	6.7	2.2	33	0.2	0
23	Lawson Luckie	Georgia	vs Tennessee State	6.2	1.7	32	0.2	0
24	Zack Marshall	Michigan	vs Western Michigan	5.9	2.4	23	0.2	0
25	Cole Spence	Vanderbilt	vs Austin Peay	5.1	1.6	21	0.2	0
26	George Burhenn	Purdue	vs Indiana State	5.0	1.7	20	0.2	0
27	Elija Lofton	Miami	@ Stanford	4.9	1.5	16	0.3	1
28	Mark Bowman	USC	vs Fresno State	4.8	1.1	32	0.1	0
29	Benji Blackburn	Stanford	vs Miami	4.6	1.2	32	0.0	0
30	Kamrean Johnson	Wake Forest	vs Akron	4.6	1.6	22	0.1	0

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