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Preview, 2027

(2027 has no coach rows yet; hires read from the 2026 carousel)

2027 preseason poll


1	Baylor	313-1QFLCC	5
2	Colorado	214-3NCLCC	4
3	Auburn	611-4SFL	1
4	Utah	1110-4FRLCC	11
5	Northwestern	113-3🏆NC	14
6	USC	1010-3FRL	2
7	Pittsburgh	9-4BW	10
8	Illinois	8-5BW	20
9	Oklahoma	711-3QFL	8
10	Texas Tech	1210-4FRL	13
11	Florida State	513-1QFLCC	3
12	Virginia	249-4BL	35
13	Texas	7-6BL	9
14	Boston College	1910-4CCBL	34
15	Arkansas	8-5BW	24
16	Houston	810-4FRLCC	21
17	Kansas State	1313-1CCBW	25
18	Rutgers	1710-3BL	40
19	California	9-4BW	16
20	Miami	189-4BW	6
21	Vanderbilt	8-6BL	62
22	Georgia	8-5BW	15
23	Wake Forest	8-6BL	51
24	Ole Miss	8-5BL	28
25	Maryland	8-5BL	31

FPI top 25 the voters left out Alabama 7 Ohio State 12 Oregon 17 Washington 18 Notre Dame 19 Michigan 22 BYU 23

No coach data: the staff factor is skipped.

New starting quarterbacks

Team	New QB1	Origin	2026 QB1
Boise State	Nico lamaleavaQB · SR (RS) · 90	transfer from UCLA	Maddux MadsenQB · 87 left early
Utah	LaNorris SellersQB · SR (RS) · 89	transfer from South Carolina	Devon DampierQB · 90 left early
Mississippi State	Brad JacksonQB · JR (RS) · 87	transfer from Texas State	Kamario TaylorQB · 84 transfer -> California
Ole Miss	Deuce KnightQB · SO · 87	—	Trinidad ChamblissQB · 93 left early
USC	Bryce UnderwoodQB · JR · 87	transfer from Michigan	Jayden MaiavaQB · 92 left early
Houston	Keisean HendersonQB · FR (RS) · 86	—	Conner WeigmanQB · 86 left early
Iowa State	Austin MackQB · SR (RS) · 86	transfer from Alabama	Jaylen RaynorQB · 80 graduated
Syracuse	CJ BaileyQB · SR · 86	transfer from NC State	Steve AngeliQB · 81 left early
Illinois	Tavien St. ClairQB · SO (RS) · 85	transfer from Ohio State	Katin HouserQB · 83 left early
Michigan	Colton JosephQB · SR (RS) · 85	transfer from Wisconsin	Bryce UnderwoodQB · 83 transfer -> USC
Northwestern	Dylan RaiolaQB · JR (RS) · 85	transfer from Oregon	Aidan ChilesQB · 81 graduated
Oklahoma	Bowe BentleyQB · FR (RS) · 84	—	John MateerQB · 90 left early
UTSA	Austin SimmonsQB · SR (RS) · 83	transfer from Missouri	Owen McCownQB · 83 left early
Arizona State	Jake FetteQB · FR (RS) · 82	—	Cutter BoleyQB · 79 transfer -> Bowling Green
LSU	D'Angelo LewisQB · JR (RS) · 82	—	Sam LeavittQB · 90 left early
Virginia	Luke KromenhoekQB · JR (RS) · 82	transfer from South Florida	Eli HolsteinQB · 80 transfer -> Texas Tech
Indiana	Ethan GrunkemeyerQB · JR (RS) · 81	transfer from Virginia Tech	Josh HooverQB · 88 left early
James Madison	Davi BelfortQB · SO (RS) · 81	—	Arrington MaidenQB · 77 transfer -> TCU
Ohio State	Chase Davis IIIQB · FR (RS) · 81	—	Julian SayinQB · 94 left early
TCU	Arrington MaidenQB · SO (RS) · 81	transfer from James Madison	Jaden CraigQB · 80 left early
Texas A&M	Helaman CasugaQB · FR (RS) · 81	—	Marcel ReedQB · 89 left early
Virginia Tech	Bryce BakerQB · SO (RS) · 81	—	Ethan GrunkemeyerQB · 78 transfer -> Indiana
Wyoming	Drake LindseyQB · JR (RS) · 81	transfer from Minnesota	Tyler HughesQB · 75 left early
Bowling Green	Cutter BoleyQB · JR (RS) · 80	transfer from Arizona State	Austin NovosadQB · 74 transfer -> Georgia Tech
Clemson	Chris DensonQB · SO (RS) · 80	—	Christopher VizzinaQB · 75 transfer -> Navy
UConn	Kalieb OsborneQB · SO (RS) · 80	—	Jake MerklingerQB · 74 transfer -> Virginia
Wisconsin	Carter SmithQB · SO (RS) · 80	—	Colton JosephQB · 84 transfer -> Michigan
App State	Will WilsonQB · JR · 79	transfer from NC State	Tommy UlatowskiQB · 71 left early
Auburn	Zach FriendQB · FR · 79	new	Byrum BrownQB · 89 left early
Nebraska	Ricky JohnsonQB · FR · 79	new	Anthony ColandreaQB · 87 graduated
San Diego State	Mike WernerQB · SO · 79	transfer from Iowa	Jayden DenegalQB · 75 graduated
UCLA	Ty DieffenbachQB · SR (RS) · 79	—	Nico lamaleavaQB · 87 transfer -> Boise State
Kansas State	Clint McClungQB · FR (RS) · 78	transfer from Arkansas	Avery JohnsonQB · 88 graduated
North Carolina	Tyler ChambersQB · SO (RS) · 78	—	Billy Edwards Jr.QB · 77 left early
Oklahoma State	TJ LateefQB · SO (RS) · 78	transfer from Nebraska	Drew MestemakerQB · 89 left early
Arizona	Oscar RiosQB · SO · 77	—	Noah FifitaQB · 90 left early
Arkansas	Rodney NakamuraQB · FR · 77	new	Kj JacksonQB · 75
Ball State	Tyler MizzellQB · SR (RS) · 77	—	Keldric LusterQB · 71 transfer -> Central Michigan
Charlotte	Chris Jimerson Jr.QB · SO · 77	transfer from North Texas	Conner HarrellQB · 72 left early
Georgia	Ryan PuglisiQB · JR (RS) · 77	—	Gunner StocktonQB · 89 graduated
Georgia Tech	Grady AdamsonQB · SO (RS) · 77	—	Alberto MendozaQB · 77 transfer -> Kansas State
Kentucky	Brennen WardQB · SO (RS) · 77	—	Kenny MincheyQB · 81 transfer -> Utah
Navy	James HartmanQB · JR (RS) · 77	—	Braxton WoodsonQB · 78 graduated
Rutgers	Sean AshenfelderQB · SO (RS) · 77	—	AJ SuraceQB · 77 left early
South Carolina	Drew OvertonQB · SO (RS) · 77	—	LaNorris SellersQB · 87 transfer -> Utah
Tulane	Kadin SemonzaQB · SR (RS) · 77	—	Zeon Chriss-GremillionQB · 77 left early
Tulsa	Austin CarlisleQB · SO · 77	transfer from UL Monroe	Baylor HayesQB · 74
Massachusetts	Ricky BurnsQB · JR (RS) · 77	transfer from Missouri	William Watson IIIQB · 73 left early
East Carolina	Emory WilliamsQB · SR (RS) · 76	—	Mitch GriffisQB · 76 left early
Iowa	Jeremy HecklinskiQB · JR (RS) · 76	—	Mike WernerQB · 72 transfer -> San Diego State
Jacksonville State	Matt VezzaQB · SR (RS) · 76	transfer from Ohio	Caden CreelQB · 79 transfer -> Tennessee
Kansas	Chase JenkinsQB · SR (RS) · 76	—	Isaiah MarshallQB · 77 transfer -> Pittsburgh
Liberty	Whitt NewbauerQB · JR (RS) · 76	transfer from Oklahoma	Jaylen HendersonQB · 76 left early
Marshall	Jackson BrousseauQB · SR (RS) · 76	transfer from California	Carlos Del Rio-WilsonQB · 80 left early
North Texas	Justin CrandallQB · SO (RS) · 76	transfer from Tennessee	Chris Jimerson Jr.QB · 72 transfer -> Charlotte
Stanford	Mike GrovesQB · FR (RS) · 76	—	Davis WarrenQB · 74 left early
Washington State	Owen EshelmanQB · SO (RS) · 76	—	Grayson PurdonQB · 78 left early
Akron	Semaj BealsQB · FR (RS) · 75	—	Reese PoffenbargerQB · 74 left early
Duke	Dan MahanQB · SO (RS) · 75	—	Walker EgetQB · 78 left early
Notre Dame	Noah GrubbsQB · FR (RS) · 75	—	CJ CarrQB · 92 left early
Old Dominion	Holden BrownQB · JR (RS) · 75	—	Jaxon PotterQB · 72 left early
Penn State	Nolan SladeQB · 75	new	Rocco BechtQB · 88 left early
Purdue	Evans ChubaQB · JR (RS) · 75	—	Ryan BrowneQB · 75 transfer -> Sacramento State
Sacramento State	Ryan BrowneQB · SR (RS) · 75	transfer from Purdue	Carson ConklinQB · 73
Boston College	Roderick Hunt-WilsonQB · SO (RS) · 74	—	Mason MckenzieQB · 74 transfer -> East Carolina
Central Michigan	Keldric LusterQB · SR (RS) · 74	transfer from Ball State	Angel FloresQB · 74 left early
Florida State	Hakeem OruwariyeQB · FR · 74	new	Kevin SperryQB · 74
Miami (OH)	David McCombQB · SO (RS) · 74	—	Thomas GotkowskiQB · 71
Nevada	Brandon VanceQB · SR (RS) · 74	—	AJ BiancoQB · 72 left early
Oregon	Kyle TorrenceQB · FR · 74	new	Dante MooreQB · 95 left early
UAB	Nate RogersQB · JR (RS) · 74	—	Ryder BurtonQB · 73 left early
UCF	Rocco MarriottQB · FR (RS) · 74	—	Alonza Barnett IIIQB · 86 left early
UL Monroe	Gunnar PruittQB · FR (RS) · 74	transfer from Florida	Aidan ArmentaQB · 73 transfer -> Coastal Carolina
South Florida	Calvin AdkissonQB · SO (RS) · 74	—	Michael Van Buren Jr.QB · 76 left early
Utah State	Dareon LoganQB · SO (RS) · 74	transfer from Memphis	McCae HillsteadQB · 74 left early
Western Michigan	Roman GaglianoQB · JR (RS) · 74	transfer from Middle Tennessee	Broc LowryQB · 80 left early
Army	Bryson LuterQB · JR · 73	—	Cale HellumsQB · 84 graduated
Coastal Carolina	Aidan ArmentaQB · JR (RS) · 73	transfer from UL Monroe	Roquan BarberQB · 73 left early
Georgia Southern	Weston BryanQB · SO (RS) · 73	—	Turner HeltonQB · 70 left early
Kennesaw State	Landon VarnesQB · JR · 73	—	Rickie CollinsQB · 75 left early
Louisiana	Cole DunnQB · SO (RS) · 73	transfer from Temple	Lunch WinfieldQB · 74 left early
Ohio	Tanner ApplewhiteQB · FR (RS) · 73	transfer from Florida State	Nick PoulosQB · 72 left early
Rice	Gael OchoaQB · JR (RS) · 73	—	Jacurri BrownQB · 75 left early
Southern Miss	Alex WinklerQB · JR (RS) · 73	—	Ethan HamptonQB · 73 left early
Texas Tech	Ramon BishopQB · FR · 73	new	Will HammondQB · 76
UTEP	Marcus StokesQB · SR (RS) · 73	transfer from Memphis	EJ ColsonQB · 74 left early
Delaware	David AfalavaQB · FR (RS) · 72	transfer from Oregon State	Nick MinicucciQB · 82 left early
Georgia State	Tj StanleyQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Ayden PereiraQB · 73 left early
Louisiana Tech	Mason WelchQB · SR (RS) · 72	—	Blake BakerQB · 75 transfer -> Tulsa
Middle Tennessee	Rocco WilliamsQB · SO · 72	—	Roman GaglianoQB · 74 transfer -> Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan	Cole WarnerQB · SO (RS) · 72	transfer from Boston College	Noah KimQB · 76 left early
NC State	Tad HudsonQB · JR (RS) · 72	—	CJ BaileyQB · 84 transfer -> Syracuse
Northern Illinois	Brady DavidsonQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Jalen MaconQB · 71 left early
Oregon State	Braden AtkinsonQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Maalik MurphyQB · 79 left early
Sam Houston	Chris BlairQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Landyn LockeQB · 70 left early
San José State	Tama AmisoneQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Robert McDanielQB · 70 transfer -> San Diego State
UNLV	Chase RoyerQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Jackson ArnoldQB · 79 graduated
Vanderbilt	Jack ElliottQB · SO (RS) · 72	—	Dillon CarterQB · 77 left early
Western Kentucky	Rob WebsterQB · JR (RS) · 72	transfer from New Mexico State	Rodney Tisdale Jr.QB · 74 left early
Florida Atlantic	Andrew AlfordQB · SO (RS) · 71	transfer from Tulsa	Caden VeltkampQB · 81 left early
Minnesota	Jerod BattsQB · FR (RS) · 71	—	Drake LindseyQB · 81 transfer -> Wyoming
New Mexico	Austin LincolnQB · SO (RS) · 71	—	Jack LayneQB · 77 left early
North Dakota State	Preston BrownQB · SO (RS) · 71	—	Nathan HayesQB · 75 left early
South Alabama	Jared HollinsQB · JR (RS) · 71	—	Bishop DavenportQB · 75 left early
Texas State	Shaker ReisigQB · SO (RS) · 70	—	Brad JacksonQB · 87 transfer -> Mississippi State
Missouri State	Cole FeuerbacherQB · JR (RS) · 69	—	Skyler LocklearQB · 74 left early
Cincinnati	Brooks GoodmanQB · FR (RS) · 68	—	JC French IVQB · 77 left early
Missouri	Jeremy NashQB · FR · 68	new	Austin SimmonsQB · 82 transfer -> UTSA
New Mexico State	Adam DamanteQB · SR (RS) · 68	—	Rob WebsterQB · 72 transfer -> Western Kentucky
SMU	Larry BaggsQB · FR · 68	new	Kevin JenningsQB · 89 left early
Troy	Rodge WaldropQB · JR (RS) · 68	—	Goose CrowderQB · 77 left early
Toledo	Jake DeHaanQB · SR (RS) · 65	—	John Alan RichterQB · 73 left early

Transfer portal 129 moves

Player	From	To	Starter
Vernell Brown IIIWR · JR · 93	Florida	Pittsburgh
Caleb HawkinsHB · JR · 92	Oklahoma State	Florida State
Dakorien MooreWR · JR · 92	Oregon	Colorado
Jackson HarrisWR · SR (RS) · 92	LSU	Texas Tech
Nate SheppardHB · JR · 92	Duke	Oklahoma State
Devin SanchezCB · JR · 91	Ohio State	Auburn
Dylan EdwardsHB · SR · 91	Kansas	Kansas State
Kaleb CostCB · SR · 91	North Carolina	Ole Miss
Andrew MarshWR · JR · 90	Michigan	Texas Tech
Ashton StampsCB · SR (RS) · 90	Arizona State	Utah
Faletau SatualaSS · SR · 90	BYU	Utah
Francis BrewuDT · SR · 90	Notre Dame	Northwestern
Ian GeffrardDT · JR (RS) · 90	Texas	Florida State
Jahiem WhiteHB · SR · 90	North Texas	Indiana
Jamarious BrownDT · SR (RS) · 90	Ole Miss	Utah
Jerrick GibsonHB · JR · 90	Purdue	Pittsburgh
Justin ScottDT · SR · 90	Miami	Syracuse
Nico lamaleavaQB · SR (RS) · 90	UCLA	Boise State	yes
Rodrick PleasantCB · SR (RS) · 90	UCLA	Syracuse
Will Henderson IIHB · JR (RS) · 90	UTSA	Florida State
Brian Nelson IICB · SR (RS) · 89	NC State	Nebraska
Coen EcholsLG · JR (RS) · 89	Texas A&M	Ole Miss
Dijon Lee Jr.CB · JR · 89	Alabama	Auburn
Dorian ThomasTE · SR (RS) · 89	California	Nebraska
Jamal RobertsHB · SR (RS) · 89	Missouri	Kansas
Jaylen McClainSS · SR · 89	Ohio State	Baylor
LaNorris SellersQB · SR (RS) · 89	South Carolina	Utah	yes
Ricardo JonesSS · SR · 89	Vanderbilt	Florida State
Wayshawn ParkerHB · SR · 89	Utah	San Diego State
AK DearHB · SO (RS) · 88	Alabama	Ole Miss
Boubacar TraoreRE · SR (RS) · 88	Notre Dame	Florida State
Corey MyrickSS · SR · 88	Clemson	TCU
Demetres Samuel Jr.CB · JR · 88	Syracuse	Nebraska
Dezz RicksCB · SR (RS) · 88	Texas A&M	Texas Tech
Kaelan ChudzinskiTE · JR · 88	Boston College	Oklahoma State
Keyjuan BrownHB · SR (RS) · 88	Louisville	Northwestern
Michael CarrollRT · JR · 88	Alabama	Auburn
Winston Watkins Jr.WR · JR · 88	LSU	Baylor
Andrew BabalolaLT · JR · 87	Michigan	BYU
Andrew ZockLE · SR · 87	Toledo	Tennessee
Ashton HamptonCB · SR · 87	Clemson	Washington
Brad JacksonQB · JR (RS) · 87	Texas State	Mississippi State	yes
Brandon ArringtonCB · FR (RS) · 87	Texas A&M	Notre Dame
Brandon NicholsonCB · SR · 87	Stanford	Syracuse
Bryce CainWR · JR (RS) · 87	Auburn	Clemson
Bryce UnderwoodQB · JR · 87	Michigan	USC	yes
DJ SandersDT · SO (RS) · 87	Texas A&M	Texas Tech
Deuce AlexanderWR · SR (RS) · 87	Ole Miss	Northwestern
Donovan OlugbodeWR · JR · 87	Missouri	California
Ja'Marley RiddleSS · SR · 87	Georgia	Auburn
James SimonHB · SO (RS) · 87	Texas	Texas A&M
Jeremy PayneHB · JR · 87	TCU	Baylor
Jordan MarshallHB · SR · 87	Michigan	Coastal Carolina
Josh FussellCB · SR (RS) · 87	Northwestern	Penn State
Joshua BatesC · SR (RS) · 87	SMU	Nebraska
Juan GastonRT · JR · 87	Georgia	Miami
Justin WilliamsMIKE · SR · 87	Georgia	Kansas State
Kelshaun JohnsonWR · SO (RS) · 87	Texas A&M	Washington
Tavion GadsonDT · SR (RS) · 87	Kentucky	Nebraska
Turbo RichardHB · SR · 87	Indiana	Utah State
Zion JohnsonHB · SO (RS) · 87	Cincinnati	Nebraska
Alec ClarkP · SR (RS) · 86	Florida	BYU
Alex JanuaryDT · SR · 86	Texas	Houston
Amare AdamsDT · JR · 86	Clemson	Pittsburgh
Amare GraysonRG · SR · 86	West Virginia	Texas A&M
Austin MackQB · SR (RS) · 86	Alabama	Iowa State	yes
CJ BaileyQB · SR · 86	NC State	Syracuse	yes
Ca'Lil ValentineHB · SR · 86	Illinois	California
Dashawn SpearsFS · SR · 86	LSU	Houston
Drayden DickmannWR · JR (RS) · 86	Wake Forest	Syracuse
Duke WatsonHB · SR · 86	UCF	Nebraska
Elijah ThomasWR · JR · 86	Oklahoma	Auburn
Evan DickensHB · SR (RS) · 86	Boston College	Eastern Michigan
Gideon DavidsonHB · JR · 86	Clemson	Virginia
Jay CrawfordCB · JR · 86	Ole Miss	Notre Dame
KT SeayFS · SR · 86	Delaware	Nebraska
Kamario TaylorQB · JR · 86	Mississippi State	California
Marquise DavisHB · SO (RS) · 86	Louisville	TCU
Mylan GrahamWR · JR (RS) · 86	Notre Dame	Baylor
Ousmane KrumahHB · JR · 86	Florida State	Minnesota
Trevor BuhrLG · SR (RS) · 86	Penn State	Houston
Tyseer DenmarkWR · JR (RS) · 86	Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh
Vicari SwainCB · SR (RS) · 86	South Carolina	Illinois
Colton JosephQB · SR (RS) · 85	Wisconsin	Michigan	yes
Dylan RaiolaQB · JR (RS) · 85	Oregon	Northwestern	yes
Tavien St. ClairQB · SO (RS) · 85	Ohio State	Illinois	yes
Kenny MincheyQB · SR (RS) · 84	Kentucky	Utah
Micah AlejadoQB · JR (RS) · 84	Hawai'i	BYU
Austin SimmonsQB · SR (RS) · 83	Missouri	UTSA	yes
Caden CreelQB · JR (RS) · 83	Jacksonville State	Tennessee
Eli HolsteinQB · SR (RS) · 83	Virginia	Texas Tech
Luke KromenhoekQB · JR (RS) · 82	South Florida	Virginia	yes
Arrington MaidenQB · SO (RS) · 81	James Madison	TCU	yes
Drake LindseyQB · JR (RS) · 81	Minnesota	Wyoming	yes
Ethan GrunkemeyerQB · JR (RS) · 81	Virginia Tech	Indiana	yes
Isaiah MarshallQB · JR (RS) · 81	Kansas	Pittsburgh
Cutter BoleyQB · JR (RS) · 80	Arizona State	Bowling Green	yes
Tommy CarrQB · FR (RS) · 80	Michigan	Washington
Tre SheffieldQB · FR (RS) · 80	LSU	Hawai'i
Aj HillQB · SO (RS) · 79	Arkansas	Indiana
Alberto MendozaQB · JR (RS) · 79	Georgia Tech	Kansas State
Mike WernerQB · SO · 79	Iowa	San Diego State	yes
Will WilsonQB · JR · 79	NC State	App State	yes
Anthony VarnerQB · SO (RS) · 78	Penn State	Pittsburgh
Briggs CherryQB · FR (RS) · 78	Louisville	Indiana
Christopher VizzinaQB · SR (RS) · 78	Clemson	Navy
Clint McClungQB · FR (RS) · 78	Arkansas	Kansas State	yes
TJ LateefQB · SO (RS) · 78	Nebraska	Oklahoma State	yes
Akili Smith Jr.QB · SO (RS) · 77	Oregon	BYU
Austin CarlisleQB · SO · 77	UL Monroe	Tulsa	yes
Chris Jimerson Jr.QB · SO · 77	North Texas	Charlotte	yes
Hayden ClearfieldQB · SR · 77	Kentucky	Tulane
Ricky BurnsQB · JR (RS) · 77	Missouri	Massachusetts	yes
Treston McMillanQB · SO (RS) · 77	Washington	Northwestern
Blake BakerQB · SR (RS) · 76	Louisiana Tech	Tulsa
Jackson BrousseauQB · SR (RS) · 76	California	Marshall	yes
Jackson HamiltonQB · SO (RS) · 76	Maryland	UAB
Justin CrandallQB · SO (RS) · 76	Tennessee	North Texas	yes
Matt VezzaQB · SR (RS) · 76	Ohio	Jacksonville State	yes
Whitt NewbauerQB · JR (RS) · 76	Oklahoma	Liberty	yes
Austin NovosadQB · SR (RS) · 75	Bowling Green	Georgia Tech
Brayden Fowler-NicolosiQB · SR (RS) · 75	Michigan	Washington State
Ethan CrawfordQB · SR (RS) · 75	Arkansas State	BYU
Hakeem CrandallQB · SO · 75	Georgia State	Liberty
Jake MerklingerQB · SO (RS) · 75	UConn	Virginia
Lance MedlockQB · JR (RS) · 75	Miami	Virginia
Mason MckenzieQB · SR (RS) · 75	Boston College	East Carolina
Ryan BrowneQB · SR (RS) · 75	Purdue	Sacramento State	yes
Samaj JonesQB · JR (RS) · 75	Cincinnati	Michigan State

+53 quarterback transfers under the cut.

Breakouts

Hykeem WilliamsWR · SR (RS) · 88 Colorado was 79
Nas RankinWR · SO · 88 Illinois was 79
Elijah ThomasWR · JR · 86 Auburn was 79
Jasen LopezWR · SO · 86 Florida State was 79
Sidney ArringtonHB · FR (RS) · 86 Georgia was 79
Daniel SinclairHB · SO (RS) · 86 Michigan was 78
Tyseer DenmarkWR · JR (RS) · 86 Pittsburgh was 78
Darnell StephenP · FR · 86 Rice new
Adonyss CurrieCB · SO (RS) · 86 Texas A&M was 75

2026 award winners — where are they now

Award	Winner	Team	2027
Biletnikoff Award	Braden Pegan	Utah	returning (89 OVR)
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Sammy Brown	Clemson	returning (92 OVR)
Chuck Bednarik Award	Sammy Brown	Clemson	returning (92 OVR)
Davey O'Brien Award	Avery Johnson	Kansas State	gone
Dick Butkus Award	Sammy Brown	Clemson	returning (92 OVR)
Doak Walker Award	Ca'Lil Valentine	Illinois	transferred to California
Heisman Trophy	Ca'Lil Valentine	Illinois	transferred to California
Jet Award	Quentin Drake	Houston	returning (77 OVR)
Jim Thorpe Award	Kaleb Patterson	Kansas State	gone
John Mackey Award	Luke Lindenmeyer	Nebraska	gone
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award	Avery Johnson	Kansas State	gone
Lombardi Award	J'Mond Tapp	Memphis	gone
Lou Groza Award	Lucas Carneiro	Ole Miss	gone
Maxwell Award	Ca'Lil Valentine	Illinois	transferred to California
Outland Trophy	Kade Pieper	Iowa	gone
Paul Hornung Award	Ca'Lil Valentine	Illinois	transferred to California
Ray Guy Award	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	returning (77 OVR)
Rimington Trophy	Kade Pieper	Iowa	gone
Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year	Malachi Coleman	Syracuse	returning (80 OVR)
Ted Hendricks Award	J'Mond Tapp	Memphis	gone
Walter Camp Award	Ca'Lil Valentine	Illinois	transferred to California
William V. Campbell Trophy	Lj Martin	BYU	gone