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Our updated Week 5 fantasy football running back rankings for 2020. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his RB ranks.
Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:
- Carlos Hyde is inactive for Week 5
- Broncos-Patriots Postponed Monday, Moved To Next Sunday
- Titans Close Facility Again After New Positive COVID-19 Test
- Cincinnati Expects Joe Mixon To Play Sunday
- Raheem Mostert On Track To Suit Up Sunday
- Phillip Lindsay Was On Track To Return After Three-Week Absence
- Jets Activate Le'Veon Bell From Injured Reserve
- Le'Veon Bell will be activated this week
- Cam Akers (ribs) is set to return in Week 5
- Cardinals-Jets On Track To Play Sunday
- Chargers Put Austin Ekeler On Injured Reserve
- Leonard Fournette is officially active for Week 5
- Titans-Bills game scheduled for Sunday is being moved to Tuesday at 6 pm
- Zack Moss Could Return In Week 5
These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 5.
And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!
Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:- 2025 fantasy football rankings
- Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings
- Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings
- Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings
- Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings
- FLEX fantasy football rankings
- Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
- Kicker (K) fantasy football rankings
- Dynasty fantasy football rankings
Week 5 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings
You can also see our full Week 5 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.
Last updated on Sunday 10/11 at 9:30 am ET after the Patriots-Broncos game was cancelled:
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