CFB Fantasy: Week 8 K/DEF Ranks
Expect Texas to be one of the top team defense plays this Saturday.
By: Steven Lassan | 10/20/10, 5:59 AM EDT
Need some help setting your college fantasy lineup? Instead of wasting hours trying to decide which player to start, check out Athlon's weekly fantasy ranks, which will help get your team on the winning track.
Week 8 Defense Ranks
| Rank | Player | Team |
| 1 | Alabama | at Tennessee |
| 2 | Oregon | UCLA |
| 3 | Texas | Iowa State |
| 4 | Utah | Colorado State |
| 5 | Stanford | Washington State |
| 6 | Ohio State | Purdue |
| 7 | Mississippi State | UAB |
| 8 | TCU | Air Force |
| 9 | Connecticut | at Louisville |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | Duke |
| 11 | Virginia | Eastern Michigan |
| 12 | Iowa | Wisconsin |
| 13 | Idaho | New Mexico State |
| 14 | Miami, Fla. | North Carolina |
| 15 | South Carolina | at Vanderbilt |
| 16 | Penn State | at Minnesota |
| 17 | Toledo | Ball State |
| 18 | West Virginia | Syracuse |
| 19 | Boston College | Maryland |
| 20 | Texas A&M | at Kansas |
| 21 | San Diego State | at New Mexico |
| 22 | Temple | at Buffalo |
| 23 | LSU | at Auburn |
| 24 | Fresno State | at San Jose State |
| 25 | Nebraska | at Oklahoma State |
| 26 | Western Michigan | Akron |
| 27 | Maryland | at Boston College |
| 28 | Rutgers | at Pittsburgh |
| 29 | UCF | Rice |
| 30 | Ohio | at Miami, Ohio |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | Rutgers |
| 32 | Northern Illinois | Central Michigan |
| 33 | Missouri | Oklahoma |
| 34 | BYU | Wyoming |
| 35 | Oklahoma | at Missouri |
Scoring our weekly team defense rankings based upon -
Points Allowed -
0 = 15 fantasy points
1-6 = 12 points
7-10 = 10 points
11-13 = 7 points
14-21 = 4 points
22-28 = 2 points
29-34 = 0 points
35+ = -5 points
Sacks = 1 point
Interceptions = 3 points
Fumbles = 3 points
Safeties = 2 points
Defensive touchdowns = 6 points
Kick/Punt Return touchdown = 6 points
Week 8 Kicker Ranks
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent |
| 1 | Devin Barclay | Ohio State | Purdue |
| 2 | Blair Walsh | Georgia | at Kentucky |
| 3 | Nate Whitaker | Stanford | Washington State |
| 4 | Aaron Jones | Baylor | Kansas State |
| 5 | Dan Conroy | Michigan State | at Northwestern |
| 6 | Scott Enos | Hawaii | at Utah State |
| 7 | Chris Hazley | Virginia Tech | Duke |
| 8 | Joe Phillips | Utah | Colorado State |
| 9 | Justin Tucker | Texas | Iowa State |
| 10 | Trey Farquhar | Idaho | New Mexico State |
| 11 | Dan Bailey | Oklahoma State | Nebraska |
| 12 | Derek Dimke | Illinois | Indiana |
| 13 | Josh Jasper | LSU | at Auburn |
| 14 | Rob Beard | Oregon | UCLA |
| 15 | Dakota Warren | UTEP | Tulane |
| 16 | Alex Henery | Nebraska | at Oklahoma |
| 17 | Ross Evans | TCU | Air Force |
| 18 | David Ruffer | Notre Dame | Navy (New York) |
| 19 | Grant Ressel | Missouri | Oklahoma |
| 20 | Wes Byrum | Auburn | LSU |
| 21 | Kevin Goessling | Fresno State | at San Jose State |
| 22 | Collin Wagner | Penn State | at Minnesota |
| 23 | Philip Welch | Wisconsin | at Iowa |
| 24 | Kai Forbath | UCLA | at Oregon |
| 25 | Abel Perez | San Diego State | at New Mexico |
| 26 | Matt Weller | Ohio | at Miami, Ohio |
| 27 | John Potter | Western Michigan | at Akron |
| 28 | Scott Blair | Georgia Tech | at Clemson |
| 29 | Chris Boswell | Rice | at UCF |
| 30 | Thomas Weber | Arizona State | at California |
| 31 | Randy Bullock | Texas A&M | at Kansas State |
| 32 | Stefan Demos | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| 33 | Nate Freese | Boston College | Maryland |
| 34 | Dan Hutchins | Pittsburgh | Rutgers |
| 35 | Dave Teggart | Connecticut | at Louisville |
Scoring our weekly kicker rankings based upon -
Successful kicks -
0-29 yards = 3 points
30-39 yards = 3 points
40-49 yards = 4 points
50+ yards = 5 points
Extra points = 1 point
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