Fantasy Football Week 3 PPR Defense Rankings

Last updated: September 27, 2026

These fantasy football rankings are refreshed multiple times per day based on projections provided by RotoWire. Use the rankings and projections below to help figure out who to start/sit in your lineup this week.

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Bye	Proj. FP
1.	Carolina Defense	CAR	DEF	5	10.4
2.	Seattle Defense	SEA	DEF	11	10.1
3.	Detroit Defense	DET	DEF	6	9.9
4.	Minnesota Defense	MIN	DEF	6	9.8
5.	Houston Defense	HOU	DEF	8	9.7
6.	New Orleans Defense	NO	DEF	8	9.3
7.	Buffalo Defense	BUF	DEF	7	9.3
8.	Kansas City Defense	KC	DEF	5	9.0
9.	Pittsburgh Defense	PIT	DEF	9	8.9
10.	Cincinnati Defense	CIN	DEF	6	8.6
11.	NY Giants Defense	NYG	DEF	8	8.5
12.	Tampa Bay Defense	TB	DEF	10	8.4
13.	Green Bay Defense	GB	DEF	11	8.3
14.	Las Vegas Defense	LV	DEF	13	8.2
15.	Tennessee Defense	TEN	DEF	9	8.1
16.	Philadelphia Defense	PHI	DEF	10	8.0
17.	Atlanta Defense	ATL	DEF	11	7.8
18.	Jacksonville Defense	JAX	DEF	7	7.8
19.	San Francisco Defense	SF	DEF	8	7.7
20.	Cleveland Defense	CLE	DEF	11	7.7
21.	Chicago Defense	CHI	DEF	10	7.6
22.	Denver Defense	DEN	DEF	10	7.5
23.	New England Defense	NE	DEF	11	7.4
24.	LA Rams Defense	LAR	DEF	11	7.4
25.	Baltimore Defense	BAL	DEF	13	7.3
26.	Washington Defense	WAS	DEF	7	7.2
27.	Indianapolis Defense	IND	DEF	13	7.1
28.	Dallas Defense	DAL	DEF	14	6.8
29.	LA Chargers Defense	LAC	DEF	7	6.4
30.	Miami Defense	MIA	DEF	6	6.4
31.	NY Jets Defense	NYJ	DEF	13	5.8
32.	Arizona Defense	ARI	DEF	14	5.3