Week 7 has plenty of strong fantasy options at the running back spot. Ball State’s MiQuale Lewis gets the nod as our top running back this week, but Louisiana-Lafayette’s Tyrell Fenroy is a close No. 2. Over the last three weeks, Lewis has become more of a goal-line threat for the Cardinals, scoring nine touchdowns in his last three games. Fenroy is coming off a monster 297-yard effort against Louisiana-Monroe and with North Texas on tap, look for Fenroy to rumble his way for another solid effort. Rounding out our top five for this week is Michigan State’s Javon Ringer, Oregon State’s Jacquizz Rodgers and Tulane’s Andre Anderson.

Boise State’s Ian Johnson has been a slight disappointment this season. After beginning the season as one of the top five fantasy running backs, Johnson has not notched a 100-yard effort this year and has only 266 yards through four games. The emergence of Jeremy Avery and D.J. Harper has impacted Johnson’s workload. Saturday’s game against Southern Mississippi is an intriguing running back battle between Johnson and Damion Fletcher.

Injury updates -

Kent State’s Eugene Jarvis is questionable to play with a high ankle sprain.

Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno (elbow) is expected to play against Tennessee.

Ohio State’s Chris Wells is still recovering from the toe injury he suffered in the season opener, but will be able to go against Purdue.

Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount has a hip injury, but is slated to play in Saturday’s match-up against UCLA.

New Mexico’s Rodney Ferguson is battling a bruised shoulder, but is expected to return for Saturday’s match-up against BYU.

Fresno State’s Ryan Mathews has a knee injury and is questionable to play against Idaho.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	MiQuale Lewis	Ball State	at WKU
2	Tyrell Fenroy	ULL	at UNT
3	Javon Ringer	Mich State	at N'Western
4	Jacquizz Rodgers	Oregon State	Wash State
5	Andre Anderson	Tulane	at UTEP
6	Chris Wells	Ohio State	Purdue
7	Knowshon Moreno	Georgia	Tennessee
8	Damion Fletcher	USM	Boise State
9	Shonn Greene	Iowa	at Indiana
10	D. Washington	Missouri	Oklahoma State
11	Kendall Hunter	Okla State	at Missouri
12	Jonathan Dwyer	Ga. Tech	Gardner-Webb
13	Nic Grigsby	Arizona	at Stanford
14	Brandon West	WMU	at Buffalo
15	Harvey Unga	BYU	New Mexico
16	Tyrell Sutton	N'Western	Michigan State
17	Vai Taua	Nevada	NMSU
18	James Starks	Buffalo	WMU
19	Noel Devine	WVU	Syracuse
20	Evan Royster	Penn State	at Wisconsin
21	Jeremiah Johnson	Oregon	UCLA
22	Charles Scott	LSU	at Florida
23	Ian Johnson	Boise State	at USM
24	Lonyae Miller	Fresno State	Idaho
25	DeMarco Murray	Oklahoma	Texas
26	Victor Anderson	Louisville	at Memphis
27	Reggie Arnold	Arkansas State	ULM
28	Graig Cooper	Miami-FL	UCF
29	Shannon Woods	Texas Tech	Nebraska
30	P.J. Hill	Wisconsin	Penn State
31	Sam McGuffie	Michigan	Toledo
32	Mike Goodson	Texas A&M	K-State
33	Ben Tate	Auburn	Arkansas
34	Toby Gerhart	Stanford	Arizona
35	Anthony Dixon	Miss State	Vandy
36	Frank Goodin	ULM	at Arkansas State
37	Daniel Dufrene	Illinois	Minnesota
38	Michael Smith	Arkansas	at Auburn
39	Rodney Ferguson	New Mexico	at BYU
40	Matt Asiata	Utah	at Wyoming
41	Tarrion Adams	Tulsa	at SMU
42	Ontario Sneed	CMU	Temple
43	LeGarrette Blount	Oregon	UCLA
44	Gartrell Johnson	Colorado State	TCU
45	Charles Clay	Tulsa	at SMU
46	Kory Sheets	Purdue	at Ohio State
47	Marlon Lucky	Nebraska	at Texas Tech
48	C.J. Spiller	Clemson	at Wake Forest
49	James Davis	Clemson	at Wake Forest
50	Alexander Robinson	Iowa State	at Baylor
51	Joseph Turner	TCU	at Colorado State
52	Chris Brown	Oklahoma	Texas
53	Rodney Stewart	Colorado	at Kansas
54	DeLeon Eskridge	Minnesota	at Illinois
55	Jourdan Brooks	Rutgers	at Cincinnati
56	Thomas Merriweather	Miami, Ohio	at NIU
57	Donte Harden	Ohio	at Kent State
58	Kahlil Bell	UCLA	at Oregon
59	Joe McKnight	USC	Arizona State
60	Collin Mooney	Army	EMU
61	Arian Foster	Tennessee	at Georgia
62	Yonus Davis	SJSU	Utah State
63	C.J. Gable	USC	Arizona State
64	Eugene Jarvis	Kent State	Ohio
65	Keith Toston	Oklahoma State	at Missouri
66	Mike Davis	South Carolina	at Kentucky
67	Cedric Peerman	Virginia	ECU
68	Marcus Thigpen	Indiana	Iowa
69	Lamark Brown	Kansas State	at Texas A&M
70	Stafon Johnson	USC	Arizona State
71	Jake Sharp	Kansas	Colorado
72	Jacob Ramsey	Cincy	Rutgers
73	Ryan Mathews	Fresno State	Idaho
74	Curtis Brinkley	Syracuse	at WVU
75	Darrell Mack	Utah	at Wyoming
76	John Clay	Wisconsin	Penn State
77	Terrell Jackson	UTEP	Tulane
78	Bryce Beall	Houston	UAB
79	Jared Hawkins	Vandy	at Miss State
80	Aaron Brown	TCU	at Colorado State
81	Montario Hardesty	Tennessee	at Georgia
82	Jay Finley	Baylor	Iowa State
83	Dennis Kennedy	Akron	BGSU
84	Jeremy Avery	Boise State	at USM
85	Quentin Castille	Nebraska	at Texas Tech
86	Baron Batch	Texas Tech	Nebraska
87	Devin Moore	Wyoming	Utah
88	Terrence Blevins	EMU	at Army
89	Derek Lawson	Ark State	ULM
90	Roddy Jones	Ga. Tech	Gardner-Webb
91	Willie Geter	BGSU	at Akron
92	Daniel Porter	La. Tech	at Hawaii
93	Brandon Simmons	ECU	at Virginia
94	Shaun Draughn	UNC	Notre Dame
95	R. Slaughter	UAB	at Houston
96	Me'Co Brown	NIU	Miami, Ohio
97	Anthony Harding	Fresno State	Idaho
98	Armando Allen	Notre Dame	at UNC
99	Josh Adams	Wake Forest	Clemson
100	Paul Baker	New Mexico	at BYU
101	Deonte Jackson	Idaho	at Fresno State
102	DaJuane Collins	Toledo	at Michigan
103	Kyle Lumpkin	Air Force	at SDSU
104	Savier Stephens	Air Force	at SDSU
105	Chris Ogbonnaya	Texas	Oklahoma
106	Cody Johnson	Texas	Oklahoma
107	Curtis Steele	Memphis	Louisville
108	Derrick Locke	Kentucky	So. Carolina
109	Vondrell McGee	Texas	Oklahoma
110	Greg Little	North Carolina	Notre Dame
111	Patrick Jackson	La. Tech	at Hawaii
112	Chris Rainey	Florida	LSU
113	Jeff Demps	Florida	LSU
114	Dwight Tardy	Wash State	at Oregon State
115	St. Green	Penn State	at Wisconsin
116	Keegan Herring	Arizona State	at USC
117	Dimitri Nance	Arizona State	at USC
118	Angus Quigley	Kansas	Colorado

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