Fantasy football rankings, 2017: Running backs for standard leagues, Week 8

Here are our fantasy football running back rankings for standard leagues entering Week 8. Rankings: QB | RBS | RBP | WRS | WRP | TE | DST

by David Fucillo

Oct 25, 2017, 12:59 PM UTC

NFL: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

The 2017 NFL season is approaching its halfway point, while fantasy football leagues are already entering the back half of the schedule. The next two weeks are big for most leagues. There are six teams on bye this week, and six more on bye next week, which means plenty of changes up and down your rosters.

This week, Arizona, Green Bay, Jacksonville, the Los Angeles Rams, the New York Giants, and Tennessee are all on bye. For the running back position, that means no Todd Gurley, Leonard Fournette, Adrian Peterson, Ty Montgomery, Orleans Darkwa, and Derrick Henry/DeMarco Murray. There have been some question marks in that group, but also some serious firepower.

The most notable other absence this week is Marshawn Lynch. He is sitting with a one-game suspension, and while he has not been overly effective this season, it does offer up some new options. DeAndre Washington and Jalen Richard will split touches for the Raiders against the Buffalo Bills. They each had nine carries last week, with Richard getting more looks in the passing game.

Running back (standard) rankings, Week 8

(SK: Scott Kaliska; JG: Jeff Goldberg; DG: Derek Gordon; KB: Kyle Bennett; JM: Jason Marcum)

RB standard rankings, Week 8

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp	SK	JG	DG	KB	JM
1	LeSean McCoy	BUF	vs. OAK	3	1	1	1	1
2	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@ DET	1	2	2	2	2
3	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	@ WAS	2	3	3	3	3
4	Devonta Freeman	ATL	@ NYJ	6	4	4	4	4
5	Kareem Hunt	KC	vs. DEN	4	6	5	6	5
6	Melvin Gordon	LAC	@ NE	5	5	6	5	6
7	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ BAL	9	7	7	7	7
8	Mark Ingram	NO	vs. CHI	7	8	8	8	8
9	Carlos Hyde	SF	@ PHI	10	10	9	10	9
10	Doug Martin	TB	vs. CAR	12	9	10	9	10
11	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. DAL	15	11	11	11	12
12	Joe Mixon	CIN	vs. IND	11	12	12	13	14
13	C.J. Anderson	DEN	@ KC	14	13	13	12	11
14	Lamar Miller	HOU	@ SEA	18	14	14	14	13
15	Jordan Howard	CHI	@ NO	8	16	18	15	16
16	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	vs. CLE	16	15	15	16	15
17	Tevin Coleman	ATL	@ NYJ	21	18	16	17	17
18	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	@ TB	19	17	17	18	19
19	Ameer Abdullah	DET	vs. PIT	22	19	19	19	18
20	Alvin Kamara	NO	vs. CHI	13	22	22	22	21
21	Latavius Murray	MIN	vs. CLE	27	20	20	20	20
22	James White	NE	vs. LAC	29	21	21	21	22
23	Jalen Richard	OAK	@ BUF	24	24	25	24	26
24	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	vs. SF	33	23	23	23	23
25	Matt Forte	NYJ	vs. ATL	28	25	26	25	25
26	Buck Allen	BAL	vs. MIA	23	27	27	26	28
27	Dion Lewis	NE	vs. LAC	20	29	33	27	30
28	Bilal Powell	NYJ	vs. ATL	25	26	34	32	24
29	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	@ TB	38	28	28	28	27
30	Duke Johnson Jr.	CLE	vs. MIN	26	33	31	30	33
31	Robert Kelley	WAS	vs. DAL	31	31	24	33	35
32	Alex Collins	BAL	vs. MIA	36	30	29	29	31
33	Frank Gore	IND	@ CIN	32	34	32	34	29
34	Tarik Cohen	CHI	@ NO	37	32	30	31	32
35	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	vs. SF	17	37	36	35	37
36	DeAndre Washington	OAK	@ BUF	30	35	35	36	34
37	Thomas Rawls	SEA	vs. HOU	39	38	37	37	36
38	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	vs. MIN	35	36	38	38	41
39	Jamaal Charles	DEN	@ KC	42	39	39	39	39
40	Marlon Mack	IND	@ CIN	34	42	42	42	38
41	Theo Riddick	DET	vs. PIT	40	40	40	40	40
42	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	@ SEA	45	41	41	41	42
43	Mike Gillislee	NE	vs. LAC	41	44	46	43	44
44	Eddie Lacy	SEA	vs. HOU	43	43	43	44	46
45	Giovani Bernard	CIN	vs. IND	44	45	44	45	45
46	Matt Breida	SF	@ PHI	47	46	48	47	47
47	Samaje Perine	WAS	vs. DAL	49	47	--	49	43
48	C.J. Prosise	SEA	vs. HOU	50	48	47	46	--
49	Rex Burkhead	NE	vs. LAC	46	49	50	48	--
50	Jeremy Hill	CIN	vs. IND	--	50	49	50	48
--	Devontae Booker	DEN	@ KC	--	--	45	--	--
--	Mike Tolbert	BUF	vs. OAK	48	--	--	--	--
--	Terrance West	BAL	vs. MIA	--	--	--	--	49
--	Charcandrick West	KC	vs. DEN	--	--	--	--	50