Helpful tip for drafting wide receivers for those new to college fantasy football - Look at the Group of 5 conferences first. The player that has led the nation in receiving each of the last three years has come from one of those conferences (American Athletic, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt), and if you notice on the list below, the top four are all from the Group of 5.
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Athlon Sports has teamed up with contributor and resident college fantasy football expert Mike Bainbridge to help you prepare for the upcoming college fantasy football draft season with our positional rankings. Below is the scoring system used to comprise these positional rankings.
Passing Yards, 25 Yards = 1 point
Passing TD = 4 points
Rushing Yards, 10 yards = 1 point
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Rushing TDs = 6 points
Receptions = 0.5 points per reception
Receiving Yards, 10 yards = 1 point
Receiving TDs = 6 points
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2017 College Fantasy Postional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DEF I K
College Fantasy Football WR Rankings for 2017
Rank | Player | Team | FPPG |
1 | Richie James | Middle Tennessee | 24.42 |
2 | Anthony Miller | Memphis | 21.58 |
3 | Cody Thompson | Toledo | 20.71 |
4 | Michael Gallup | Colorado State | 20.42 |
5 | Dante Pettis | Washington | 19.75 |
6 | Cedrick Wilson | Boise State | 19.13 |
7 | Courtland Sutton | SMU | 18.46 |
8 | James Washington | Oklahoma State | 18.25 |
9 | Linell Bonner | Houston | 18.17 |
10 | Christian Kirk | Texas A&M | 18.13 |
11 | Steve Ishmael | Syracuse | 18.08 |
12 | Demetris Robertson | California | 17.96 |
13 | Teddy Veal | Louisiana Tech | 17.54 |
14 | N'Keal Harry | Arizona State | 17.13 |
15 | Scott Miller | Bowling Green | 16.96 |
16 | Jon'Vea Johnson | Toledo | 16.88 |
17 | Deon Cain | Clemson | 16.53 |
18 | Jimmy Williams | East Carolina | 16.33 |
19 | Ty Lee | Middle Tennessee | 15.88 |
20 | Keenen Johnson | Tulsa | 15.88 |
21 | Ervin Phillips | Syracuse | 15.83 |
22 | Andy Isabella | UMass | 15.79 |
23 | Jeff Badet | Oklahoma | 15.75 |
24 | Deebo Samuel | South Carolina | 15.72 |
25 | J'Mon Moore | Missouri | 15.04 |
26 | Calvin Ridley | Alabama | 14.94 |
27 | Steven Sims | Kansas | 14.83 |
28 | Wyatt Demps | Nevada | 14.79 |
29 | Allenzae Staggers | Southern Miss | 14.58 |
30 | Penny Hart | Georgia State | 14.50 |
31 | Sergio Bailey | Eastern Michigan | 14.42 |
32 | Tavares Martin | Washington State | 14.29 |
33 | Justin Hobbs | Tulsa | 14.25 |
34 | Keke Coutee | Texas Tech | 14.21 |
35 | Emmanuel Thompson | Troy | 14.17 |
36 | Cam Phillips | Virginia Tech | 14.13 |
37 | C.J. Johnson | Wyoming | 14.08 |
38 | Chico McClatcher | Washington | 14.08 |
39 | James Gardner | Miami (Ohio) | 13.96 |
40 | Simmie Cobbs | Indiana | 13.96 |
41 | Lucky Jackson | Western Kentucky | 13.88 |
42 | Derrick Willies | Texas Tech | 13.84 |
43 | Jonathan Duhart | Old Dominion | 13.83 |
44 | Equanimeous St. Brown | Notre Dame | 13.83 |
45 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | 13.80 |
46 | Deontay Burnett | USC | 13.79 |
47 | Donald Gray | Mississippi State | 13.69 |
48 | Devonte Boyd | UNLV | 13.67 |
49 | Deondre Douglas | Troy | 13.50 |
50 | DaeSean Hamilton | Penn State | 13.38 |
51 | Melquise Stovall | California | 13.33 |
52 | Nyqwan Murray | Florida State | 13.14 |
53 | Shay Fields | Colorado | 13.13 |
54 | Ahmmon Richards | Miami | 13.13 |
55 | Jared Cornelius | Arkansas | 13.11 |
56 | Tre'Quan Smith | UCF | 13.08 |
57 | Collin Johnson | Texas | 13.08 |
58 | Corey Willis | Central Michigan | 13.07 |
59 | Nick Westbrook | Indiana | 13.04 |
60 | Isaiah Johnson-Mack | Washington State | 12.96 |
*FPPG = Fantasy Points Per Game (projected) for 2017
— Written by Mike Bainbridge, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Bainbridge is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. For additional College Fantasy Football insight, be sure to follow him on Twitter @MBainbridgeCFF.
(Richie James photo courtesy of goblueraiders.com)
