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09/08/25 - ILB Mac Harris, rSr/2026, South Florida + More +

WEEK 2 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Mac Harris, Gr., LB, South Florida,...Registered 10 tackles with a sack in an 18-16 win at No. 13 Florida, leading a defense that limited the Gators to one touchdown. - American Conference Football

ILB Mac Harris, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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09/08/25 - QB Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, South Florida + More +

Ohio State, Penn State and LSU remained the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday, Oregon is back in the top five and South Florida is ranked for the first time in seven years. There was some movement inside the top 10, but the biggest changes came from Nos. 11 to 25. Ohio State, whose 70-0 win over Grambling was among a bevy of weekend blowouts, received 57 of the 65 first-place votes from the media panel. Penn State got five first-place votes and LSU two. No. 4 Oregon, which thrashed Oklahoma State, received the other first place-vote and flip-flopped with Georgia. The Bulldogs' uninspired win over FCS foe Austin Peay caused them to slip to No. 6 behind Miami.

Texas, Notre Dame, Illinois and Florida State round out the top 10, with the latter two teams in the top 10 for the first time this season. Oklahoma earned a five-rung promotion to No. 13, its highest ranking in two years, after its win over Michigan. The Wolverines dropped to No. 23. Tennessee jumped seven spots to No. 15, and No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 17 each moved up three. The biggest upward mover was No. 18 South Florida, which was eight spots out of the Top 25 last week. The Bulls pulled the upset of the day with their 18-16 win over then-No. 13 Florida. That followed their 34-7 home win over then-No. 25 Boise State. - AP College Football

QB Byrum Brown, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (11)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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09/08/25 - QB Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor + More +

WEEK 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sawyer Robertson, Baylor, Robertson brought the Bears back from a 14-point deficit with two of his four touchdown passes coming in the last six minutes of regulation, and the Bears went on to beat SMU 48-45 in two overtimes on the road. Baylor has turned in the top two passing performances in the Football Bowl Subdivision. He threw for 440 yards against SMU a week after passing for 419 in a loss to Auburn. Through two games, Robertson has completed 61 of 98 passes for 859 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions. The fifth-year player from Lubbock, Texas, is the third quarterback since 2000 to throw for as many yards and touchdowns without an interception in the first two games of a season. Robertson is the first Big 12 quarterback to throw for 400 or more yards in the first two games of the season since Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes in 2016. - AP College football

QB Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (15)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (19)

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09/08/25 - QB Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, South Florida + More +

WEEK 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: South Florida's Byrum Brown was 23 of 36 for 263 yards and he ran for a team-best 66 yards in the Bulls' 18-16 win over then-No. 13 Florida. He led the Bulls on an eight-play, 87-yard drive that set up the game-winning field goal as time expired; Army QB Cale Hellums made his first start because of an injury to starter Dewayne Coleman and rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on a program-record 41 carries in a 24-21 win at Kansas State; Texas' Arch Manning passed for 295 yards and accounted for five TDs in a 38-7 win over San Jose State; Iowa State's Kyle Konrardy kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:52 to play to give Iowa State a 16-13 victory over Iowa. It was his second straight game-winning kick in the final two minutes against Iowa, both from 54-yards. - AP College football

QB Byrum Brown, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (11)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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09/08/25 - QB John Mateer, rJr/2027, Oklahoma + More +

WEEK 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK RUNNER-UP: John Mateer, Oklahoma. The Washington State transfer completed 21 of 34 passes for 270 yards and a touchdown and had team highs of 19 carries for 74 yards and two TDs in a 24-13 win over Michigan. Through two games this season, he has completed 72% of his passes (51 of 71) and his 662 passing yards are the second most by an OU quarterback through the first two games of his career (Josh Heupel had 773 in the first two games in 1999). - AP College football

QB John Mateer, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (126)

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09/08/25 - QB Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor + More +

WEEK 2 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: SAWYER ROBERTSON, BAYLOr, Redshirt Senior, Quarterback, Lubbock, TX,...Sawyer Robertson led the Bears to a come-from-behind, double overtime win at No. 17/16 SMU, 48-45. Robertson completed 34-of-50 passes for 440 yards and four touchdowns. Robertson led drives of 72 yards and 82 yards in the fourth quarter of the comeback win. The Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, Robertson is just the third college quarterback (since 2000) to throw for at least 850 yards and 7 TDs without an interception to open a season. Notes: It is the fifth time since 2004 that a Baylor player has earned Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors. Robertson is the fourth Baylor quarterback to be recognized, joining former signal-callers Robert Griffin III (2011-twice), Bryce Petty (2014) and Seth Russell (2015). - Walter Camp Football Foundation

QB Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (15)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (19)

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09/08/25 - DE Cashius Howell, rSr/2026, Texas AM + More +

WEEK 2 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CASHIUS HOWELL, TEXAS A&M, Senior, Defensive Line, Kansas City, MO Cashius Howell led the 16th-ranked Aggies (2-0) to a 44-22 victory over Utah State. Howell, who recorded four tackles on the day, recorded a quarterback sack in three consecutive plays - on one Utah State drive - in the second quarter. It was the first time a FBS player has recorded three straight sacks since 2015. Notes: It is the 10th time that a Texas A&M player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors and the first since former quarterback Kellen Mond (Nov. 24, 2018). Howell is the Aggies’ first Defensive Player of the Week since Von Miller (Nov. 28, 2010). - Walter Camp Football Foundation

DE Cashius Howell, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (15)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (335)

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09/08/25 - QB Luke Weaver, Jr/2027, Hawaii + More +

Luke Weaver made his first career start for Hawaii and finished with 294 yards passing and three touchdowns, Giovanni Iovino had a 41-yard pick-6, and the Rainbow Warriors beat Sam Houston 37-20 on Saturday night. Weaver led three scoring drives in the fourth quarter. The junior college transfer sandwiched touchdown passes to Pofele Ashlock for of 6 yards with 13:37 to play and 15 yards with 1:47 remaining around a 19-yard field goal by Kansei Matsuzawa. Matsuzawa also made a 38-yarder as time expired in the first half and a 43-yard field goal early in the third quarter. Ashlock finished with seven receptions for 125 yards. The 6-foot-2 junior has at least one catch in 27 consecutive games and has 22 receptions in three games this season.

Bearkats quarterback Mabrey Mettauer left the game early in the fourth quarter after a hard hit by Iovino. Mettauer, who started in place of Hunter Watson (undisclosed), was replaced by freshman Landyn Locke, who made his collegiate debut. Mettauer finished 12-of-18 passing for 91 yards with an interception and added 45 yards rushing for Sam Houston (0-3). Locke completed 6 of 10 passes for 68 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown to Elijah Greene in the fourth quarter that trimmed the deficit to 27-20 with 8:15 to go. Emon Allen returned an interception 66 yards for a touchdown for the Bearkats in the third quarter. Hawaii quarterback Micah Alejado (leg) did not play. - Hawaii/AP College Football

QB Luke Weaver, Jr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* ()

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09/08/25 - QB Noah Fifita, rJr/2027, Arizona + More +

Noah Fifita threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in less than three quarters, Javin Whatley caught two touchdowns and Arizona rolled to a weather-delayed 48-3 win over Weber State on Saturday night. Lightning led to a delay of more than two hours, but it did little to slow down Arizona (2-0) against the FCS Wildcats (0-2). Arizona raced out to a 24-0 first-quarter lead, pushed it to 34-0 by halftime and racked up 556 total yards. Its defense had a second straight dominating game, holding Weber State to 184 total yards while forcing two turnovers, including a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown by Jay'Vion Cole. "Staying mission focused, that was the main thing for us in the locker room," Arizona linebacker Max Harris said of the delay. "Adversity's going to hit, it's going to come in different ways and just stay mission focused." Offensive coordinator Seth Doege wanted Arizona to sharpen up its passing game after last week's 40-6 win over Hawaii and Fifita responded with a highly-efficient performance. The third-year starter completed his first 14 passes and finished 17 for 22 after throwing for 161 yards on 13-of-23 passing last week. He connected with Whatley five times for 168 yards. Fifita hit Whatley on a 31-yard TD pass on Arizona's opening drive and found him again on its next play from scrimmage for an 85-yard score. Fifita connected with Tre Spivey on a 10-yard touchdown late in the first quarter and added a 13-yard scoring pass to Brandon Phelps in the second. Arizona didn't let up until late. Ismail Mahdi opened the second half by turning a third-and-22 screen pass into a 27-yard touchdown and Cole's pick-6 made it 48-0. - Arizona/AP College Football

QB Noah Fifita, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (53)

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09/08/25 - DT Jeremiah Beaman, rFr/2029, Alabama + More +

No. 21 Alabama will be without defensive lineman Jeremiah Beaman for the rest of his season after he sustained a lower-body injury in practice Wednesday. Coach Kalen DeBoer announced Beaman's status on his weekly radio show. Beaman started last week's season opener at Florida State and logged a quarterback hurry. Beaman was starting in place of fourth-year junior Tim Keenan, who remains sidelined with a lower-body injury. "Tim Keenan will not be available this week, but he's doing really well and making the progress that we would expect," DeBoer said. "This is not a long-term injury for him." Without Beaman and Keenan, the Crimson Tide will turn to sophomore Edric Hill and freshmen Isaia Faga and London Simmons to increase their workload against Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday. - AP College football

DT Jeremiah Beaman, rFr/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (21)

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09/08/25 - QB Sam Horn, rJr/2027, Missouri + More +

Missouri will be without backup quarterback Sam Horn for "an extended period of time" because of an injury, Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday, and kicker Blake Craig will miss the rest of the season after tearing an ACL. Horn had been in a competition with Penn State transfer Beau Pribula to be the starting quarterback, and both were expected to play in last week's opener against Central Arkansas. But Horn injured his right leg in the first quarter on a designed run, and that left Pribula to play most of the way in a 61-6 rout of the Bears.

Pribula was 23 of 28 for 283 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran 10 times for 65 yards and two more scores. "Beau's going to be Beau. You can't control injuries," Drinkwitz said. "You can't be afraid of them." Horn missed all of last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. An accomplished pitcher, he was selected in the 17th round of the first-year player draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Horn signed a contract with them in July. Freshman quarterback Matt Zollers is expected to back up Pribula beginning Saturday, when the Tigers renew the Border War against old Big 12 rival Kansas. Former walk-on Brett Brown also was added back to the roster to provide some QB depth. - AP College football

QB Sam Horn, rJr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (09)

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09/07/25 - QB Garrett Nussmeier, rSr/2026, LSU + More +

WEEK 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Garrett Nussmeier, LSU,...The AP preseason All-America quarterback led his team's comeback in a 17-10 victory at Clemson. Nussmeier completed 28 of 38 passes for 232 yards and a touchdown in the top-10 matchup. He connected on his final 11 passes, including all nine in the fourth quarter, as the Tigers erased a 10-3 halftime deficit. He also rushed for a pair of first downs. His 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Trey'Dez Green put LSU up for good. It was the fourth time the fifth-year player from Lake Charles, Louisiana, led LSU to a victory after either trailing or with the game tied in the fourth quarter. - AP College football

QB Garrett Nussmeier, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (01)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (13)

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09/07/25 - OLB Jhalyn Shuler, rSr/2026, South Florida + More +

WEEK 1 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JHALYN SHULER, SOUTH FLORIDA, Graduate, Linebacker, Abbeville, S.C.,...Jhalyn Shuler led the Bulls to a 34-7 victory over 25th-ranked Boise State. Shuler posted a career-high 14 tackles, one for a loss, recovered one fumble and had one pass break-up. Shuler was also named Defensive Player of the Week by the American. It was South Florida's first victory over a Top 25-ranked opponent since 2016. The 27-point margin of victory was also the second highest in program history over a ranked opponent. - Walter Camp Football Foundation

OLB Jhalyn Shuler, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (23)

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09/07/25 - QB Garrett Nussmeier, rSr/2026, LSU + More +

WEEK 1 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: GARRETT NUSSMEIER, LSU, 5th Year Senior, Quarterback, Lake Charles, La.,...Garrett Nussmeier led LSU to a comeback 17-10 victory at Clemson. Nussmeier completed 28-of-38 passes for 232 yards and one touchdown in the matchup of top ten ranked teams. He connected on his final 11 passes, including all nine in the fourth quarter, as the Tigers erased a 10-3 halftime deficit. Notes: It is the 14th time since 2004 that a LSU player has earned Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors. Nussmeier is the first LSU since former quarterback and eventual Walter Camp Player of the Year Jayden Daniels (Nov. 12, 2023) to earn the honor. - Walter Camp Football Foundation

QB Garrett Nussmeier, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (01)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (13)

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09/07/25 - RB Thomas Castellanos, Sr/2026, Florida State + More +

WEEK 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Boston College transfer Tommy Castellanos was 9-of-14 passing for 152 yards and he rushed for a team-best 78 yards and a TD on 16 carries in Florida State's 31-17 win over Alabama; TCU's Josh Hoover was 27 of 36 for 284 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-14 win at North Carolina; Georgia Tech's Haynes King rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns, including the winning 45-yarder late in the game, and passed for 143 yards in a 27-20 win at Colorado; Miami DL Reuben Bain Jr., who dominated the line of scrimmage in a come-from-behind 27-24 win over Notre Dame, made six tackles and in the fourth quarter had his first career interception. - AP College football

RB Thomas Castellanos, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (38)

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