Week 8 Rankings: Running Back

Rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D | Flex

Note: The following list comprises the top 40 running back rankings for Week 8 of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert. The list is ordered by the overall top 40 composite ranking of the four Yahoo! experts, with the remaining running backs that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list. For comparison’s sake, the last column links to player pages that compare the rankings from over 60 top fantasy football analysts, compiled by our friends at FantasyPros.

Week 8 Running Back Rankings
	Brandon Funston	Andy Behrens	Brad Evans	Scott Pianowski	Composite Ranking	WHO TO START? Pick any 2 Players
Adrian Peterson	1	1	1	4	1
Arian Foster	3	2	2	2	2
Fred Jackson	2	5	4	1	3
Ray Rice	4	3	3	3	4
Ryan Mathews	5	6	5	7	5
LeSean McCoy	9	4	8	5	6
Frank Gore	7	7	9	6	7
Chris Johnson	10	11	6	8	8
Darren Sproles	8	9	7	12	9
Maurice Jones-Drew	6	8	15	10	10
DeMarco Murray	11	12	10	11	11
Ahmad Bradshaw	12	10	14	9	12
Pierre Thomas	15	14	11	13	13
Steven Jackson	13	13	12	16	14
Rashard Mendenhall	17	15	13	14	15
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	14	16	17	15	16
Ryan Torain	19	21	16	17	17
Knowshon Moreno	18	17	19	19	18
Jackie Battle	16	20	18	20	19
Jonathan Stewart	20	22	22	21	20
Daniel Thomas	25	18	21	23	21
Roy Helu	23	19	20	28	22
Montario Hardesty	21	24	24	22	23
Maurice Morris	30	23	27	18	24
Bernard Scott	26	25	25	25	25
Delone Carter	22	26	23	33	26
Marshawn Lynch	28	28	26	26	27
Brandon Jacobs	29	29	32	24	28
Ben Tate	31	27	28	29	29
DeAngelo Williams	27	31	29	31	30
Keiland Williams	24	–	35	27	31
Reggie Bush	34	33	30	34	32
Dexter McCluster	39	30	36	30	33
Lance Ball	35	34	38	35	34
Ricky Williams	36	–	37	32	35
Alfonso Smith	32	38	–	37	36
Phillip Tanner	–	35	34	–	37
Joseph Addai	–	–	31	–	38
Javon Ringer	–	32	–	–	39
Christopher Ivory	–	–	33	–	40
Donald Brown	33	–	–	–	41
C.J. Spiller	–	37	39	40	42
Danny Woodhead	38	–	–	38	43
Thomas Jones	–	–	–	36	44
Kendall Hunter	–	36	–	–	45
Leon Washington	37	–	–	–	46
LaRod Stephens-Howling	–	–	–	39	47
Mike Tolbert	–	39	–	–	48
Stevan Ridley	–	–	40	–	49
Chris "Beanie" Wells	40	–	–	–	50
Peyton Hillis	–	40	–	–	51

Scoring system: Pass TD = 4; 25 Pass Yards = 1; Rush/Receive TD = 6; 10 Rush/Receive Yards = 1

FantasyPros is the leading aggregator and analyzer of fantasy football rankings. They provide free consensus rankings, accuracy ratings, and innovative decision-making tools.

Updated Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011

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