Fantasy football positional rankings: 2024 NFL Week 18 projections from proven model that outperformed experts

Week 18 of the NFL season can be difficult to navigate for anyone fighting for a championship. With teams like the 49ers having secured the No. 1 overall seed in their respective conferences and other teams already knowing their playoff fate, Fantasy owners will have to decipher which players will give them the best chance at lifting the trophy when setting their Fantasy football lineups. 

For instance, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey was a Fantasy football stalwart this season, but he'll sit out Sunday's contest against the Los Angeles Rams with San Francisco having clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will also rest. Who grabs the top spots in the Week 18 Fantasy football projections and which overlooked players should factor into your Week 18 Fantasy football strategy? 

Before setting your Week 18 Fantasy football lineups for the 2023 NFL season, you NEED to see what SportsLine's advanced computer model has to say. 

When it comes to ranking players, SportsLine's model beat human experts for the past several seasons, especially when there were big differences in ranking! That could literally be the difference between winning your league or going home empty-handed.

Now the model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, has revealed its latest Week 18 Fantasy football rankings.

For Week 18, we can tell you the model's top three quarterbacks are Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts and Dak Prescott. Allen has been lethal with his legs in recent weeks, racking up eight rushing touchdowns in his last five games. Hurts threw three touchdown passes in Philadelphia's surprising setback against the Cardinals and he's scored at least one rushing TD in six of his last eight games. Prescott has thrown two or more touchdown passes in nine of his last 10 games and he gets an advantageous matchup against the Washington Commanders on Sunday. 

The model has also revealed its full projections at every position and is also calling for a SHOCKING running back you aren't even thinking about to finish in the top 10 of its Fantasy football RB rankings, ahead of players like Bijan Robinson, Saquon Barkley and Tony Pollard! This pick could be the difference between winning BIG and going home with nothing. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in your lineups.

So who should you start and sit in Week 18, and which surprising running back could lead you to victory? ... Join SportsLine now to get Week 18 Fantasy football rankings for every single position, and see which shocking RB comes out of nowhere to crack the top 10, all from the model that has outperformed experts big-time!