College Fantasy Football 2016 Defense and Kicker Rankings
When rounding out your college fantasy football lineup, don’t forget about defense and kicker. For defense, the usual suspects (Alabama, LSU, Michigan Florida State, etc.) should be obvious, but don’t forget about the Group of Five units like the Mountain West’s Boise State or San Diego State or even Appalachian State out of the Sun Belt.
And while kicker will always be the most despised position in fantasy football, consider that Greg Huegel of Clemson scored the same number of points as LSU running back Leonard Fournette last season (138 each). Kickers count in fantasy too.
To help those college fantasy diehards, Athlon Sports has positional rankings to assist in your preparations for the upcoming draft season. Below is the scoring system used to comprise these rankings.
Fumbles Recovered = 2 points
Interceptions = 2 points
Sacks = 1 point
Safeties = 3 points
Defensive Touchdowns = 6 points
Extra Point = 1 point
Field Goal = 3 points
2016 College Fantasy Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DEF I K
2016 College Fantasy Football Defense Rankings
Rank | Team | Bye Week |
1 | Michigan | 7 |
2 | LSU | 9 |
3 | Alabama | 9 |
4 | Missouri | 6 |
5 | Boston College | 7 |
6 | Wisconsin | 6 |
7 | Florida State | 8 |
8 | San Diego State | 4 |
9 | Appalachian State | 6 |
10 | Louisville | 6 |
11 | Tennessee | 8 |
12 | Georgia | 8 |
13 | Boise State | 3 |
14 | Florida | 8 |
15 | UCLA | 9 |
2016 College Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings
Rank | Player | Team | Bye Week |
1 | Greg Huegel | Clemson | 8 |
2 | Tyler Rausa | Boise State | 3 |
3 | Aider Schneider | Oregon | 7 |
4 | Zane Gonzalez | Arizona State | 10 |
5 | Nick Weiler | North Carolina | 9 |
6 | Gary Wunderlich | Mississippi | 6 |
7 | Austin Seibert | Oklahoma | 4 |
8 | Michael Badgley | Miami | 4 |
9 | Griffin Oakes | Indiana | 3 |
10 | Jake Elliott | Memphis | 2 |
11 | Aaron Medley | Tennessee | 8 |
12 | Andy Phillips | Utah | 10 |
13 | Adam Griffith | Alabama | 9 |
14 | Daniel Carlson | Auburn | 7 |
15 | Jameson Vest | Toledo | 4 |
— Written by Mike Bainbridge, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Bainbridge is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. Make sure to follow him on Twitter @MikeBainbridge2
