Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard is coming off of a 2,000-yard, 21-touchdown season
It should come as no surprise that Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard is the No. 1 college fantasy running back is entering 2020. The Cowboys star led the nation last season with 2,094 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns on a whopping 328 carries. There are truly only two choices at the top of any CFF draft this year — if Justin Fields goes first overall, Hubbard is the next man up, and vice versa.
Any college fantasy draft this season truly starts at pick No. 3, and if you decide running back is the direction to go, you have three options from which to choose from after Hubbard — Memphis' Kenneth Gainwell, Clemson's Travis Etienne, and Buffalo's Jaret Patterson. I've personally maintained throughout the offseason that you are splitting hairs between the trio in terms of a pecking order, and all three make for outstanding first-round selections.
Athlon Sports contributor and resident college fantasy football expert Mike Bainbridge (@MBainbridgeCFF) is here to help you prepare for the upcoming college fantasy football draft season with our positional rankings. Below is the scoring system used for these positional rankings.
25 passing yards = 1 point
Passing TD = 4 points
10 rushing yards = 1 point
Rushing TDs = 6 points
Receptions = 0.5 points per reception
10 receiving yards = 1 point
Receiving TDs = 6 points
If you enjoy these rankings or college fantasy football in general, be sure to subscribe to Mike's college fantasy site. There you will receive rankings for more than 950 players, along with projected depth charts, team-by-team previews, admission to the CFF All-Access Discord channel, and plenty more content year-round.
A more complete set of college fantasy football rankings can be found in Athlon's 2020 Fantasy Football magazine.
2020 College Fantasy Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DEF I K I Top 200
College Fantasy Football RB Rankings for 2020
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1 | Chuba Hubbard | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | Kenneth Gainwell | Memphis |
| 3 | Travis Etienne | Clemson |
| 4 | Jaret Patterson | Buffalo |
| 5 | Kobe Lewis | Central Michigan |
| 6 | Kylin Hill | Mississippi State |
| 7 | Trey Sermon | Ohio State |
| 8 | Najee Harris | Alabama |
| 9 | Breece Hall | Iowa State |
| 10 | Jermar Jefferson | Oregon State |
| 11 | Justin Henderson | Louisiana Tech |
| 12 | SaRodorick Thompson | Texas Tech |
| 13 | Max Borghi | Washington State |
| 14 | Brenden Knox | Marshall |
| 15 | George Holani | Boise State |
| 16 | Javian Hawkins | Louisville |
| 17 | Mohamed Ibrahim | Minnesota |
| 18 | Journey Brown | Penn State |
| 19 | Kennedy Brooks | Oklahoma |
| 20 | Isaiah Spiller | Texas A&M |
| 21 | Ronnie Rivers | Fresno State |
| 22 | Larry Rountree III | Missouri |
| 23 | Demetric Felton | UCLA |
| 24 | David Bailey | Boston College |
| 25 | CJ Verdell | Oregon |
| 26 | Xazavian Valladay | Wyoming |
| 27 | Re'Mahn Davis | Temple |
| 28 | Elijah Mitchell | Louisiana |
| 29 | Jerrion Ealy | Ole Miss |
| 30 | Pooka Williams Jr. | Kansas |
| 31 | CJ Marable | Coastal Carolina |
| 32 | Jashaun Corbin | Florida State |
| 33 | Gaej Walker | Western Kentucky |
| 34 | Josh Johnson | ULM |
| 35 | Rakeem Boyd | Arkansas |
| 36 | Bryant Koback | Toledo |
| 37 | Caleb Huntley | Ball State |
| 38 | Sincere McCormick | UTSA |
| 39 | Tyler Goodson | Iowa |
| 40 | Nakia Watson | Wisconsin |
— Rankings by Mike Bainbridge, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Bainbridge is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. Follow him on Twitter @MBainbridgeCFF.
