Our Week 1 College Fantasy Football Rankings will surely put you in the best position to start the season off on the right note.
By Mario Puig
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| Top 40 Quarterbacks | |||||
| RK | Player | Team | RK | Player | Team |
| 1 | Case Keenum | HOU | 21 | Darron Thomas | OR |
| 2 | G.J. Kinne | TLS | 22 | Russell Wilson | NCST |
| 3 | Zach Collaros | CIN | 23 | Robert Griffin | BAY |
| 4 | Brandon Weeden | OKST | 24 | Kellen Moore | BST |
| 5 | Colin Kaepernick | NV | 25 | Kirk Cousins | MIST |
| 6 | Kyle Padron | SMU | 26 | Austen Arnaud | IAST |
| 7 | Taylor Potts | TXTECH | 27 | Jeff Van Camp | FAU |
| 8 | Jake Locker | WAS | 28 | Terrelle Pryor | OHST |
| 9 | Blaine Gabbert | MO | 29 | Ryan Colburn | FRE |
| 10 | Dayne Crist | ND | 30 | Nathan Scheelhasse | IL |
| 11 | John Brantley | FL | 31 | Austyn Carta-Samuels | WY |
| 12 | Landry Jones | OK | 32 | Ryan Lindley | SDGST |
| 13 | Cameron Newton | AUB | 33 | Sean Renfree | DUKE |
| 14 | Dominique Davis | ECU | 34 | Ben Chappell | IN |
| 15 | Ricky Dobbs | NAVY | 35 | Tyrod Taylor | VATECH |
| 16 | Garrett Gilbert | TX | 36 | Andy Dalton | TCU |
| 17 | Jerrod Johnson | TXAM | 37 | Steven Threet | AZST |
| 18 | Ryan Mallett | AR | 38 | Matt Simms | TN |
| 19 | Robert Marve | PUR | 39 | Nathan Stanley | MS |
| 20 | Steven Ensminger | LATECH | 40 | Kale Pick | KS |
| Top 50 Running Backs | |||||
| RK | Player | Team | RK | Player | Team |
| 1 | Jordan Todman | CT | 26 | J.J. Di Luigi | BYU |
| 2 | Trent Richardson | AL | 27 | Ryan Williams | VATECH |
| 3 | John Clay | WI | 28 | Rodney Stewart | CO |
| 4 | DeMarco Murray | OK | 29 | Noel Devine | WV |
| 5 | Kendall Hunter | OKST | 30 | Doug Martin | BST |
| 6 | Dion Lewis | PITT | 31 | Anthony Allen | GATECH |
| 7 | Delone Carter | SYR | 32 | Lennon Creer | LATECH |
| 8 | Kenjon Barner | OR | 33 | Al-Terek McBurse | PUR |
| 9 | Alfred Morris | FAU | 34 | Jacquizz Rodgers | ORST |
| 10 | Alexander Robinson | IAST | 35 | Derrick Locke | KY |
| 11 | Baron Batch | TXTECH | 36 | Andre Ellington | CLEM |
| 12 | Caleb King | GA | 37 | Da'Rel Scott | MD |
| 13 | Mario Fannin | AUB | 38 | Adam Robinson | IA |
| 14 | Chris Polk | WA | 39 | Jay Finley | BAY |
| 15 | Isaiah Pead | CIN | 40 | Charles Clay | TLS |
| 16 | Nic Grigsby | AZ | 41 | Raymond Carter | COST |
| 17 | Chad Spann | NIL | 42 | Derek Lawson | ARST |
| 18 | Bernard Pierce | TEMP | 43 | Willie Geter | BG |
| 19 | Robbie Rouse | FRE | 44 | Darius Willis | IN |
| 20 | Vai Taua | NV | 45 | Joe Martinek | RUT |
| 21 | Bryce Beall | HOU | 46 | Princeton McCarty | ID |
| 22 | Jamie Harper | CLEM | 47 | Cody Johnson | TX |
| 23 | Victor Anderson | LOU | 48 | Brandon Bolden | MS |
| 24 | Roy Helu | NE | 49 | Shane Vereen | CA |
| 25 | Mikel LeShoure | IL | 50 | Allen Bradford | USC |
| Top 75 Wide Receivers | |||||
| RK | Player | Team | RK | Player | Team |
| 1 | Malcolm Floyd | ND | 39 | Darvin Adams | AUB |
| 2 | Ryan Broyles | OK | 40 | Jeff Fuller | TXAM |
| 3 | Randall Cobb | KY | 41 | Lester Jean | FAU |
| 4 | Armon Binns | CIN | 42 | Tracy Moore | OKST |
| 5 | Dwayne Harris | ECA | 43 | Devin Aguilar | WA |
| 6 | Damaris Johnson | TLS | 44 | LaVon Brazill | OH |
| 7 | Jermaine Kearse | WA | 45 | Greg Childs | AR |
| 8 | Aldrick Robinson | SMU | 46 | Austin Pettis | BST |
| 9 | Jonathan Baldwin | PITT | 47 | Justin Blackmon | OKST |
| 10 | Vincent Brown | SDGST | 48 | Joe Adams | AR |
| 11 | DeAndre Brown | SMISS | 49 | Owen Spencer | NCST |
| 12 | Alshon Jeffery | SC | 50 | Kendall Wright | BAY |
| 13 | T.J. Moe | MO | 51 | Greg Salas | HI |
| 14 | James Cleveland | HOU | 52 | Rodney Bradley | HI |
| 15 | Keith Smith | PUR | 53 | Jarvis Williams | NCST |
| 16 | Tyron Carrier | HOU | 54 | Eric Page | TOL |
| 17 | Detron Lewis | TXTECH | 55 | Nelson Rosaio | UCLA |
| 18 | Jerrel Jernigan | TROY | 56 | Darryl Freeney | ECA |
| 19 | Jereme Brooks | UT | 57 | Jameel Owens | TLS |
| 20 | Scotty McKnight | CO | 58 | Theo Riddick | ND |
| 21 | Alexander Torres | TXTECH | 59 | Josh Cooper | OKST |
| 22 | Deonte Thompson | FL | 60 | Daniel Hardy | ID |
| 23 | Damarlo Belcher | IN | 61 | B.J. Cunningham | MIST |
| 24 | Mohamed Sanu | RUT | 62 | Keshawn Martin | MIST |
| 25 | A.J. Green | GA | 63 | Maurice Shaw | ID |
| 26 | Chris Rainey | FL | 64 | Tramain Swindall | TXTECH |
| 27 | Vidal Hazelton | CIN | 65 | Jerrell Jackson | MO |
| 28 | Jamel Hamler | FRE | 66 | Adrian Hodges | BG |
| 29 | Torrey Smith | MD | 67 | Conner Vernon | DUKE |
| 30 | D.J. Woods | CIN | 68 | Malcolm Williams | TX |
| 31 | Ronald Johnson | USC | 69 | Ryan Whalen | STAN |
| 32 | Juron Criner | AZ | 70 | Markeith Summers | MS |
| 33 | Titus Young | BST | 71 | Uzoma Nwachukwu | TXAM |
| 34 | Jarrett Boykin | VATECH | 72 | Dontavia Bogan | SFL |
| 35 | A.J. Jenkins | IL | 73 | Marvin Jones | CA |
| 36 | Wes Kemp | MO | 74 | Denarius Moore | TN |
| 37 | Donovan Varner | DUKE | 75 | Nick Toon | WI |
| 38 | Phillip Livas | LATECH | |||
| Top 20 Tight Ends | |||||
| RK | Player | Team | RK | Player | Team |
| 1 | Lance Kendricks | WI | 11 | Marcus Green | MSST |
| 2 | Ladarius Green | LALAFAY | 12 | Dwayne Allen | CLEM |
| 3 | Darian Williams | FAU | 13 | George Bryan | NCST |
| 4 | Drake Dunsmore | NW | 14 | Brandon Barden | VANDY |
| 5 | Rob Housler | FAU | 15 | Luke Stocker | TN |
| 6 | Mike McNeill | NE | 16 | Zach Pianalto | NC |
| 7 | Orson Charles | GA | 17 | D.J. Williams | AR |
| 8 | Ryan Griffin | CT | 18 | Kyle Efaw | BST |
| 9 | Jeffery Anderson | UAB | 19 | Joe Halahuni | ORST |
| 10 | David Paulson | OR | 20 | Levine Toilolo | STAN |
| Top 20 Kickers | |||||
| RK | Player | Team | RK | Player | Team |
| 1 | Caleb Sturgis | FL | 11 | Matt Hogan | HOU |
| 2 | Cade Foster | AL | 12 | Brandon McManus | TEMP |
| 3 | Blair Walsh | GA | 13 | Wes Byrum | AUB |
| 4 | Ross Evans | TCU | 14 | Dan Hutchins | PITT |
| 5 | Grant Ressel | MO | 15 | Joe Phillips | UT |
| 6 | Justin Tucker | TX | 16 | Kyle Brotzman | BST |
| 7 | Kevin Fitzpatrick | TLS | 17 | Kevin Goessling | FRE |
| 8 | Alex Henery | NE | 18 | Joe Houston | USC |
| 9 | Erik Folk | WA | 19 | Jake Rogers | CIN |
| 10 | Philip Welch | WI | 20 | Matt Nelson | LATECH |
| Top 20 Defense/Special Teams | |||
| RK | Team | RK | Team |
| 1 | Alabama | 11 | Oregon |
| 2 | Florida | 12 | Temple |
| 3 | Ohio State | 13 | Mississippi |
| 4 | Texas | 14 | Miami (FL) |
| 5 | Nebraska | 15 | Boston College |
| 6 | Clemson | 16 | Arizona State |
| 7 | West Virginia | 17 | North Carolina |
| 8 | Iowa | 18 | Air Force |
| 9 | Rutgers | 19 | Tennessee |
| 10 | Penn State | 20 | Central Florida |
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