Week 5 Defense Rankings 2026 (Updated)

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Week 5 Defense Rankings are ready for you. If you're streaming defenses this week, or just need to make a tough starting DEF decision, check out the rankings.

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2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling Proj	3D Proj
1	NE 1	LVR	82.3%	11	8.0	5.2	8.0	8.0	8.0
2	MIN 2	@NO	47%	6	7.2	5.8	7.2	7.2	7.2
3	NYJ 3	CLE	90.1%	13	7.1	5.4	7.1	7.1	7.1
4	HOU 4	@TEN	37.7%	8	6.9	5.4	6.9	6.9	6.9
5	SEA 5	SF	-32.8%	11	6.8	4.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
6	NYG 6	@WAS	4.3%	8	6.7	4.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
7	LAC 7	DEN	-27.5%	7	6.4	5.1	6.4	6.4	6.4
8	DEN 8	@LAC	33.2%	10	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
9	PIT 9	IND	-37.7%	9	6.2	5.9	6.2	6.2	6.2
10	NO 10	MIN	75.3%	8	6.2	4.8	6.2	6.2	6.2
11	DET 11	@ARI	27.3%	6	6.2	5.1	6.2	6.2	6.2
12	WAS 12	NYG	15.7%	7	6.0	5.1	6.0	6.0	6.0
13	PHI 13	@JAC	-22.8%	10	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
14	CIN 14	@MIA	29.3%	6	6.0	5.6	6.0	6.0	6.0
15	BAL 15	@ATL	5.8%	13	6.0	4.3	6.0	6.0	6.0
16	MIA 17	CIN	42.8%	6	5.9	4.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
17	GB 18	CHI	-46.1%	11	5.9	5.4	5.9	5.9	5.9
18	TB 19	@DAL	-38.5%	10	5.6	4.8	5.6	5.6	5.6
19	LVR 20	@NE	-16%	13	5.6	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.6
20	BUF 21	@LAR	-56.2%	7	5.6	5.0	5.6	5.6	5.6
21	SF 22	@SEA	-21.6%	8	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.5
22	JAC 23	PHI	-21.7%	7	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.5
23	CLE 24	@NYJ	39%	11	5.5	4.7	5.5	5.5	5.5
24	DAL 25	TB	-14.4%	14	5.4	4.8	5.4	5.4	5.4
25	IND 26	@PIT	-17.5%	13	5.3	4.8	5.3	5.3	5.3