Ranking the Top 25 Players for 2026 Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football with Josh & Hayden

Underdog Fantasy

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.8 • 791 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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TOP 25 PLAYERS for 2026 Fantasy Football Hayden is joined by Davis Mattek (@davis_mattek) to break down their composite Top 25 player rankings for 2026 fantasy drafts. How high is Trey McBride? Who is Jeremiyah Love? And does Justin Jefferson even make the list? A forward-looking episode focused on dynasty, early best ball, and long-term fantasy strategy. Underdog Fantasy SIGN UP HERE: Play 5, get 75 → https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-underedog-football-show Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for select games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org. NY: Call 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369). Follow the Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/udfootballshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@underdogfootballshow Twitter/X: https://x.com/UDFootballShow Subscribe to the Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-underdog-football-show/id1558961587 Join the Discord for giveaways and promoshttps://discord.gg/underdog Hayden’s Playoff Odds & Predictionshttps://underdognetwork.com/football/analysis/2025-26-nfl-playoffs-predictions-and-super-bowl-odds 0:00 Top 25 Players for 2026 Fantasy Football0:36 Bijan Robinson1:37 Puka Nacua3:42 Jahmyr Gibbs5:45 Ja’Marr Chase7:06 Christian McCaffrey10:04 Jaxon Smith-Njigba12:18 Jonathan Taylor14:22 CeeDee Lamb16:40 Trey McBride20:03 Amon-Ra St. Brown22:40 James Cook25:21 De’Von Achane27:49 Rashee Rice31:01 Omarion Hampton34:05 Saquon Barkley35:42 Ashton Jeanty38:11 Chase Brown42:03 Drake London42:54 Malik Nabers45:01 Jeremiyah Love47:24 Brock Bowers50:25 Derrick Henry53:29 Nico Collins55:15 George Pickens57:41 Justin Jefferson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.5	We got a brand new tournament launching any minute now.
0:49.7	So that means we have to get to fantasy football rankings here.
0:52.9	Davis and I were combining for like a top 25.
0:56.4	So the first twoish rounds there, we have some differences across. You'll notice that.
1:02.1	And then eventually I'm going to have a top 250 over on Underdog Network.
1:06.8	But let's start this one off, Davis, with first overall.
1:09.8	You and I both agree with this one. Bejohn Robinson gets a new head coach, but let's start this one off, Davis, with first overall. You and I both agree with this one.
1:12.2	Bejohn Robinson gets a new head coach, but largely is nothing's really changed here.
1:17.3	How do you see Bejohn as the 101?
1:18.9	Tyler Eljir, because of how the running back free agent market works, is actually probably
1:23.5	going to get paid a decent amount of money.
1:25.4	There are multiple teams that could really use him. Now, Atlanta might value him and want to pay him. Maybe they offer him $7.5 million
1:32.4	per year. My guess is Tyler Eljir might get upwards of $9 million AAV contract offer. And the
1:40.0	Falcons have a tough quarterback situation because they are paying their backup quarterback,
2:01.5	lots of money. So kind of hard for them to make a bigger offer there. Yeah, I'm expecting Algier to walk. He's going to be somebody that I'm going to have a difficult time ranking right now. But I do think that he's going to get that Naji Harris plus zone where you're at least when he signs, but has a potential to be a starter. And then we'll see if the rookie class kind of comes in.
2:07.4	But I do think Algiers is good enough on tape and has a goal line role that will be felt when Bijan is like by himself over there.
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