Rules
How RankEyeQ works
Each week, rank the top QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs, and defenses for that specific NFL slate — Top 10 + 2 reserves (Top 15 + 2 for WR). Players lock at their NFL kickoff; remaining unlocked slots stay editable until Sunday 10:00 AM CT. Boards are graded against actual fantasy-point finishes for that week.
Weekly player rankings. Real weekly receipts.
Rank this week's players (scoring board + ordered reserves). Individual kickoff locks apply; the full board locks Sunday 10:00 AM CT. Not a draft board, preseason board, or rest-of-season projection tool — fresh weekly rankings for each NFL slate.
Jump to fantasy scoring or EYEQ Score.
Five steps
- 1.
Rank the players
Each week, rank the players you think will finish highest at their fantasy position — Top 10 QB/RB/TE/DEF, Top 15 WR.
- 2.
Lock your rankings
Players lock when their games begin. Remaining rankings fully lock Sunday 10:00 AM America/Chicago.
- 3.
See how everyone ranked them
After the Sunday lock, community, human, Expert, Creator, and AI rankings can be revealed during the reveal window.
- 4.
Watch the games decide
Actual fantasy production determines each player's final positional order using FantasyTrack Half PPR scoring — the same engine RankEyeQ and FantasyTrack share.
- 5.
Build your RankEyeQ
Your EYEQ Score rewards accurate rankings — especially getting the very top of the board right.
Free-to-play
- RankEyeQ is a free-to-play fantasy sports ranking and skill-comparison platform. No wagers are accepted or placed through RankEyeQ.
- You must be 18+ or age of majority where applicable to create a RankEyeQ account and participate in contests, where permitted by applicable law.
- Humans, Experts, Creators, and labeled AI Competitors use the same weekly rules and scoring. See the AI Disclosure for how automated participants work.
- Detailed policies: Legal center.
Weekly cadence
- Contests open Tuesday (America/Chicago).
- NFL games Thursday through Monday are eligible.
- Each player or defense locks when their own NFL game begins. Locked slots cannot be added, removed, or moved.
- Remaining unlocked rankings lock Sunday 10:00 AM America/Chicago.
- Only explicitly submitted complete boards compete. In-progress saves (drafts) never count — and this is not a fantasy draft.
- Next NFL week: new slate, new rankings. Nothing carries over from prior weeks except your season EYEQ history.
Reveal & privacy
- Before Sunday lock, other users’ boards, AI boards, and consensus stay private. Submission counts remain visible.
- Community EYEQ is free after Sunday 10:00 AM CT.
- Individual boards may be revealed during 10:00 AM–12:00 PM CT to entitled viewers. After noon CT, all official boards are public.
- Historical boards stay public after that release.
Position depths
Each NFL week includes five position challenges for that week's slate. Rankings are ordered and order matters.
- QB · QuarterbackTop 12
- RB · Running BackTop 12
- WR · Wide ReceiverTop 17
- TE · Tight EndTop 12
- DEF · DefenseTop 12
How fantasy points are calculated
Actual weekly player finishes use FantasyTrack Half PPR scoring — 0.5 point per reception, plus one-time 300-yard passing and 100-yard rushing/receiving bonuses that can stack across categories. RankEyeQ and FantasyTrack use the same scoring engine — a player's fantasy points and positional finish are identical in both products for the same NFL week.
Format: Half PPR (0.5 / reception) + yardage bonuses · version FANTASYTRACK_NFL_HALF_PPR_V2
Fumble scoring applies to fumbles lost only. A punt or kick return TD credits +6 to the returner and +6 to that team's D/ST (two scoring entities — not a within-entity double count). INT-return and fumble-return TDs credit +6 to D/ST. Yardage milestones on the current Half PPR standard: +5 at 300+ passing, 100+ rushing, and 100+ receiving yards — one-time per category and stackable across categories.
Format: Half PPR (0.5 / reception) + yardage bonuses
Actual weekly player finishes use FantasyTrack Half PPR scoring — 0.5 point per reception, plus one-time 300-yard passing and 100-yard rushing/receiving bonuses that can stack across categories.
FANTASYTRACK_NFL_HALF_PPR_V2
Offense
| Passing yards | 25 yards = 1 pt |
| Passing TD | 4 pts |
| Interception | -2 pts |
| Rushing yards | 10 yards = 1 pt |
| Rushing TD | 6 pts |
| Reception (Half PPR) | 0.5 pt each |
| Receiving yards | 10 yards = 1 pt |
| Receiving TD | 6 pts |
| 2-pt conversion | 2 pts |
| Fumble lost | -2 pts |
| Punt/kick return TD (player) | 6 pts |
| 300+ passing yards (bonus) | +5 (once) |
| 100+ rushing yards (bonus) | +5 (once) |
| 100+ receiving yards (bonus) | +5 (once) |
D/ST
| Sack | 1 pt |
| Interception | 2 pts |
| Fumble recovery | 2 pts |
| INT/fumble-return TD (D/ST) | 6 pts |
| Punt/kick return TD (D/ST) | 6 pts |
| Safety | 2 pts |
| Blocked kick | 2 pts |
| Points allowed (shutout) | 10 pts |
| Points allowed (≤ 6) | 7 pts |
| Points allowed (≤ 13) | 4 pts |
| Points allowed (≤ 20) | 1 pts |
| Points allowed (≤ 27) | 0 pts |
| Points allowed (≤ 34) | -1 pts |
| Points allowed (35+) | -4 pts |
Yardage bonuses are one-time per category and can stack (e.g. 100 rush + 100 receiving = +10). A punt/kick return TD credits +6 to the returner and +6 to team D/ST as separate scoring entities.
Positional finishes use competition ranking on fantasy points (e.g. tied scores share a rank such as 1, 2, 2, 4). Those ranks are what EYEQ grades against.
How your EYEQ Score is calculated
Pick the players you believe will finish at the top this week. Your EYEQ Score is raw ranking points divided by the theoretical maximum for that position depth (210 for Top-10 contests, 285 for WR Top-15), then scaled to 0–100.
Find the field
Every player you correctly put inside the actual Top 10 (Top 15 for WR) earns +10.
Call the podium
Your first 3 slots are your Podium Picks. If any of them actually finish Top 3, you earn a +10 Podium Call bonus — order within your Top 3 does not matter.
Rank the rest
For the rest of your board, exact rankings and near-misses earn precision points (+5 / +3 / +1).
| Component | Points |
|---|---|
| Top 10 Hit (QB/RB/TE/DEF) | +10 |
| Top 15 Hit (WR) | +10 |
| Precision — exact | +5 |
| Precision — off by 1 | +3 |
| Precision — off by 2 | +1 |
| Actual podium — #1 | +20 |
| Actual podium — #2 | +15 |
| Actual podium — #3 | +10 |
| Podium Call | +10 |
Successful Podium Calls do not also receive precision points, even on an exact numerical match. If a Podium Pick misses the actual podium but still finishes inside the Top N, normal precision scoring applies. Actual podium finishers ranked outside your Top 3 still earn base + actual podium + precision, but not the Podium Call bonus. Picks whose actual finish is outside the scoring field earn 0. Season leaderboard built from weekly contest results — not season-long projection rankings.
Worked ranking example (Top 10)
Point totals below are computed with the production scorePlayerPick engine — not hand-rounded marketing math.
| Pick | Pts | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Your #1 → actual #1 | 40 | Top 10 Hit +10, actual #1 +20, Podium Call +10 (precision suppressed) |
| Your #2 → actual #4 | 11 | Inside field: +10, off by 2 precision +1 (missed podium) |
| Your #5 → actual #5 | 15 | Top 10 Hit +10, exact precision +5 |
| Your #8 → actual #18 | 0 | Actual finish outside Top 10 → 0 for this pick |
- These four picks alone would contribute 66 raw points.
- A perfect Top-10 board scores 210 raw → 100.0 EYEQ.
- EYEQ for this fragment: 66 ÷ 210 × 100 = 31.4.
- Tied fantasy points use competition ranking (e.g. 1, 2, 2, 4) — equal scores share a rank and the next rank skips.
AI Competitors
AI Competitors participate under the same weekly contest rules, slot depths, and scoring model as Humans. They are clearly labeled and are not human accounts. See the AI Disclosure for details.