Adrian Peterson (28) leads our rankings this week after a vintage performance week 7 against Arizona. Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn-US PRESSWIRE
With typical front-runners Arian Foster and Ray Rice sidelined on their bye-weeks the top of our rankings have a new feel and flavor to them as ADP and “Beast mode” look to have good matchups and be in good form. Check out our top 35 running backs for week 8 below
As usual, I (ZT) was joined in the rankings by Steve Copps (SC) and Jeffrey Littrell (JL) who are contributors for FantasyCPR. We ranked our top 30 with NR (not ranked) counting for 35 for averaging purposes.
| ZT | SC | JL | |||||
| 1 | Adrian Peterson | Min | TB | 1.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Marshawn Lynch | Sea | at Det | 4.3 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Matt Forte | Chi | Car | 4.7 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | LeSean McCoy | Phi | Atl | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Darren McFadden | Oak | at KC | 5.3 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Ryan Mathews | SD | at Cle | 7.3 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | Willis McGahee | Den | NO | 7.7 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | Chris Johnson | Ten | Ind | 7.7 | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Frank Gore | SF | at Ari | 9.3 | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| 10 | Michael Turner | Atl | at Phi | 11.7 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Trent Richardson | Cle | SD | 12.3 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| 12 | Ahmad Bradshaw | NYG | at Dal | 12.3 | 13 | 17 | 7 |
| 13 | Reggie Bush | Mia | at NYJ | 12.7 | 14 | 10 | 14 |
| 14 | Alfred Morris | Was | at Pit | 13.3 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| 15 | Darren Sproles | NO | at Den | 15.0 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 16 | Jamaal Charles | KC | Oak | 16.3 | 3 | NR | 11 |
| 17 | Stevan Ridley | NE | at Stl | 16.3 | 17 | 13 | 19 |
| 18 | Doug Martin | TB | at Min | 18.7 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
| 19 | Shonn Greene | NYJ | Mia | 19.0 | 18 | 15 | 24 |
| 20 | Steven Jackson | STL | NE | 20.7 | 19 | 27 | 16 |
| 21 | Rashad Jennings | Jac | at GB | 21.0 | 24 | 16 | 23 |
| 22 | Mikel Leshoure | Det | Sea | 24.0 | 25 | 22 | 25 |
| 23 | Felix Jones | Dal | NYG | 25.7 | 22 | NR | 20 |
| 24 | Jonathan Dwyer | Pit | Was | 26.3 | 23 | 21 | NR |
| 25 | Vick Ballard | Ind | at Ten | 27.3 | 21 | NR | 26 |
| 26 | DeAngelo Williams | Car | at Chi | 28.0 | 28 | 26 | 30 |
| 27 | Alex Green | GB | Jac | 28.3 | NR | 29 | 21 |
| 28 | Michael Bush | Chi | Car | 29.3 | 30 | 23 | NR |
| 29 | Rashard Mendenhall | Pit | Was | 29.3 | NR | NR | 18 |
| 30 | Daryl Richardson | Stl | NE | 30.0 | 27 | NR | 28 |
Topics: Adrian Peterson, Fantasy Football, NFL Week 8, RB Rankings, Who To Start
I'm an avid Boston sports fan and fantasy sports enthusiast. When I'm not blogging, I serve as Audio and Video producer as well as High School History teacher at Harvest Ministries on the island of Guam. The 14-hour time difference can make things challenging, but I'll play any fantasy sports just about anytime I can.
Zach Thompson
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