Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 18, 2025(6)
- Kev Wheeler
- Jan 3
- 2 min read
If your championship game is this week you need to change the league rules or join a different league. Having your fantasy football championship depend on getting lucky in the chaos of Week 18 is the reason why most novices are correct in saying this is all luck. We weren’t even going to publish rankings this week, but as we are putting together DFS line-ups and drafting Battle Royal drafts on Underdog we realized that some rankings could be useful. Keep in mind the Week 18 Fantasy Football rankings are subject to change drastically after the Saturday games are completed.
Week 18 Schedule
Saturday, December 27th
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4:30pm ET
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers 8:00pm ET
Sunday, December 28th
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants 1:00pm ET
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons 1:00pm ET
Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00pm ET
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans 1:00pm ET
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00pm ET
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings 1:00pm ET
Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles 4:25pm ET
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos 4:25pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders 4:25pm ET
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots 4:25pm ET
Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams 4:25pm ET
New York Jets at Buffalo Bills 4:25pm ET
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears 4:25pm ET
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers 8:20pm ET
Fantasy Football Weekly Rankings
When examining these fantasy football weekly rankings, take into consideration that we are really only looking at positional ranks, not flex or overall rankings. When it comes to who you start in the flex a lot will depend on your specific league rules and roster construction. If players are ranked within 3 spots of each other the difference between them is negligible, they are expected to score the same amount of points, in those cases go with your gut, flip a coin, or join our Discord Channel.
Quarterback
Running Back
The Process
My usual process is to only take data from the previous six weeks, I truly believe anything older than that holds little relevance unless there is a player returning from injury or some reason to discount the newer information. In Week 2 we have very little information we can be confident in. The last six weeks of the previous season can give some indication, and the preseason could provide a glimpse of what’s to come or it could be a mirage.
Wide Receiver
Tight End
Kicker
Defense/Special Teams
News or Hype?
The best way to start our weekly approach is to look at implied team totals based on Vegas odds and adjust from there. We need to pay attention to DFS articles and individual player prop-bets (over/under) to get a good idea of how to project median outcomes. With six weeks of data we can begin to examine the individual matchups some players may have, but we can't overreact to that data. There are so many changes from week-to-week in the NFL the best we can do is project a range of outcomes. Picking the outliers is what wins championships.