College Fantasy Scoring Breakdown

August 8, 2008 by The Dude
Filed under: League Info

If you’re about to make the jump into College Fantasy Football, chances are playing fantasy football is nothing new to you. There are some minor things you should look at when setting up a new league for this. The following are some suggested tips and a scoring system to get you rolling.

Account for the higher amount of passing yardage and touchdowns accumulated in the College arena. Quarterbacks put up bigger numbers than quarterbacks in NFL leagues, and do it in a 12 game schedule.
Use team kickers. Sure it’s more interesting to keep track of all aspects of your team, but having everyone name a specific kicker will just cause headaches.
Have very specific rules surrounding team defense. There is usually debate on how defense should be counted. In theory, it should wind up with the same weight value as another player in the lineup. The method we’ve had the best luck with is to use a sliding scale to take points away from your team based on the number of points scored against the defense in your starting lineup.
Decide if you want to include special teams and defensive scoring. Will special teams scores count? Will fumbles returned as touchdowns count? There are a lot of scenarios surrounding this. We recommend counting defensive touchdowns, kickoff returns, and punt returns as rushing touchdowns. Fake field goals and other gadget plays should be credited to the individual players.
Clearly define the start and end of your weeks. With games sliding into Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday, make sure all involved know when the week begins and ends.

Based upon all of this, here is the scoring system we’ve adopted.

Offense - These values are for players across the board. Running backs can catch or throw touchdowns, etc..
Passing yards - .05 points per yard
Rushing yards - .10 points per yard
Receiving yards - .15 points per yard
Passing touchdowns - 3 points per passing touchdown
Rushing touchdowns - 5 points per rushing touchdown
Receiving touchdowns - 6 points per receiving touchdown
Special Teams touchdowns - 5 points per rushing touchdown
Field goals - 3 points, regardless of distance
Extra points - 1 point
Interceptions thrown - Minus 1 point per interception

Defense
0-1 points scored against - 8 points
2-6 points scored against - 4 points
7-10 points scored against - 0 points
11-13 points scored against - Minus 4 points from final score
14-21 points scored against - Minus 8 points from final score
22-28 points scored against - Minus 12 points from final score
29-34 points scored against - Minus 16 points from final score
Over 35 points scored against - Minus 20 points from final score
Defensive TD - 5 points per touchdown

Obviously this can be tweaked to fit your league’s needs, but this should provide a good start.

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