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Louisville defensive end AJ Green recovered a fourth-quarter fumble in the James Madison end zone and the Cardinals rallied to beat the Dukes 28-14 on Friday night. Green gave Louisville a 21-14 lead when Alonza Barnett III fumbled while being sacked. Th e Cardinals (2-0) trailed 14-6 early in the second half. On a night when both offenses struggled, it was the Cardinals defensive front that made the difference.Louisville's Miller Moss threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Chris Bell in the third quar ter and then ran for the two-point conversion to tie the game at 14 with 8:37 left. The Cardinals sacked Barnett in the end zone two minutes into the final period on a third-and-10 play at the Dukes' 8-yard line. That was one of six sacks recorded by Lou isville. Barnett completed 15 of 25 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown. Louisville's Isaac Brown had 12 carries for 104 yards, and his 78-yard touchdown with 3:31 left secured the game for Louisville. - Louisville/AP College Football
Sr/2026  WR Chris Bell, Louisville
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WEEK 1 ACC RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: Isaac Brown, So., RB, Louisville (Miami, Florida),...Led all rushers for Louisville with 126 yards and two touchdowns on six carries in the season-opening win over Eastern Kentucky...Averaged 21.0 yards per carry...Fo und the end zone on a pair of 31-yard and 68-yard touchdown runs...Brown was the lone ACC running back to eclipse 100 rushing yards in Week 1. - Atlantic Coast Conference
So/2028 RB Isaac Brown, Transfer
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WEEK 1 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rex Connors, UC Davis (DB, Sr., Pleasant Grove, Utah),...Big Sky Preseason MVP Rex Connors officially opened his season with another big performance, as he led UC Davis to a 31-24 comeback win over Utah Tech. The senior racked up 15 tackles, with eight being solos, and one pass breakup. Connors called all the defensive plays on the night, as he aided in stopping the Utah Tech offense in five consecutive drives to close out the comeback win. The weekly honor i s the first for Connors since winning it twice in 2022. With the 15 tackles, Connors now sits 12 tackles away from hitting a mark of 291 career tackles which will set the career program record for total tackles. Others Nominated, Defense: Mikey D'Amato ( Cal Poly), Drew Carter (EWU), Isiah King (UI), Mason Young (ISU), Ramere Davis (NAU), Darrell Bryant Jr. (UNC), Isaiah Green (PSU), Derek Houston (SAC). - Big Sky Football
rSr/2026 SS Rex Connors, California-Davis
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WEEK 1 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: AJ Swann, App State,(RS Jr., QB - White, Ga.),...Mountaineers redshirt junior quarterback AJ Swann set a record for most passing yards in an App State debut with 368, as the Mountaineers earned a 34-11 win ov er in-state foe Charlotte. The White, Ga., native completed 31-of-46 passes for three touchdowns—with no interceptions—and added 25 rushing yards in the ground game. Swann led the Mountaineer offense on five-straight scoring drives, scoring 27 unansw ered points in the second and third quarters. His 368 passing yards, 31 completions and 46 attempts were all career highs, while App State's 586 yards of total offense were its most since 2022. - Sun Belt Football
rJr/2027 QB AJ Swann, Mississippi State
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WEEK 1 BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Preston Zachman, Wisconsin, S - Gr. - Elysburg, Pa. - Southern Columbia,...Grabbed a pair of interceptions in Wisconsin's 17-0 win over Miami (OH)...Also recorded a pair of solo tackles in the win...Zachman's first INT set up a Badger score inside the 5-yard line to put Wisconsin up 17-0, while his second sealed the victory in the game's final minutes...Helped the Badger defense hold Miami (OH) to only 117 total yards and an 0-for-9 clip on 3rd down, marking the Badgers' first shutout since the 2022 opener, and the performance marked the first time since 2017 that the Badgers held an opponent under 150 total yards and without a successful third down conversion...Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week ho noree: Hunter Wohler (Sept. 18, 2023) - Big Ten Football
rSr/2027 SS Preston Zachman, Indiana
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WEEK 1 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: JALEN DUPREE, COLORADO STATE, Redshirt Freshman, Running Back, Benton, Arkansas/Malvern HS,...Rushed 15 times for 92 yards and a touchdown in Colorado State's 38-21 loss at Washington, which entered the contest receiving votes in the preseason US LBM Coaches' Poll...His touchdown came on a 15-yard run to knot the game at 14 just before halftime...Averaged 6.1 yards per carry and had three runs of 15 yards or more...Totaled 67 yards on seven carries in the first quarter. - Mountain West Football
rFr/2029 RB Jalen Dupree, Kansas
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WEEK 1 SEC CO-DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Will Whitson, DT, Mississippi State,...Finished with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and 4 tackles in his Mississippi State debut...Most tackles for loss on opening weekend by any SEC defensive player (2.5)...G enerated 5 total pressures (tied for most in SEC among defensive linemen)...Earned a game-high 89.7 defensive grade from PFF. - SEC Football
rSr/2027 DT Will Whitson, Mississippi State
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Indiana's secondary depth took two hits in Saturday's season-opening 27-14 victory over Old Dominion, coach Curt Cignetti confirmed Monday. Cignetti said defensive back Bryson Bonds suffered a season-ending right knee injury and defensive back Byron Bald win Jr. also got hurt though his undisclosed injury is "more day to day." Bonds did not win a starting job in his sixth college season but was expected to play a key role again this season for No. 20 Indiana. He had appeared in 37 of 38 games since retur ning from another season-ending injury early in the 2021 season. He played high school football in Fort Worth, Texas. Bonds was injured late in the first half of Indiana's ninth straight home win, 27-14, under Cignetti. Bonds stayed down after the play a s trainers examined his right leg and eventually was taken straight to the locker room. - AP College Football
rSr/2026 SS Bryson Bonds, Indiana
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A Florida State linebacker is in critical but stable condition after being shot while visiting family, the Seminoles said Monday. Ethan Pritchard, a 6-foot-2, 224-pound freshman from Sanford, was in intensive care at a Tallahassee-area hospital. He was s hot Sunday evening while inside a vehicle outside apartments in Havana, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office. "The Pritchard family is thankful for the support from so many people, as well as the care from first responders and medical profess ionals, and asks that their privacy be respected at this time," FSU said in a statement. "Further updates will be provided as they are available." Pritchard did not play in Florida State's season opener, a 31-17 victory Saturday over No. 8 Alabama in Tal lahassee. - AP College Football
Fr/2029 OLB Ethan Pritchard, Florida State
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Nico Iamaleava made a bigger splash in the transfer portal than he did in his debut for UCLA. The highly touted quarterback who left Tennessee after taking the Volunteers to the College Football Playoff last season struggled in a 43-10 loss to Utah at th e Rose Bowl on Saturday night. Iamaleava was sacked four times for 28 yards lost. He was 11 of 22 for 136 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception. Iamaleava was the Bruins' leading rusher with 13 carries for 47 yards, the most by a UCLA qua rterback since Ethan Garbers had 56 at Nebraska last season. Iamaleava was outshone by Utah quarterback Devon Dampier, a New Mexico transfer who was 21 of 25 for 206 yards and two TDs. He also was the Utes' leading rusher with 16 carries for 87 yards. - AP College Football
rSo/2028 QB Nico Iamaleava, UCLA
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Sam Leavitt accounted for 330 yards and four touchdowns, Jordyn Tyson caught two touchdown passes and No. 11 Arizona State overcame a slew of mistakes to beat Northern Arizona 38-19 on Saturday night. The Sun Devils reached the College Football Playoff f or the first time last season despite being picked last in the Big 12, sparking an interest that led to a school-record 14,280 students among the sold-out crowd. Arizona State fed off the energy by jumping out to a quick 14-0 lead against the Football Ch ampionship Subdivision Lumberjacks, but bumbled through the rest of the first half.Leavitt picked the Sun Devils back up, scoring on runs of 52 and 18 yards in the third quarter. He later hit Tyson on an acrobatic 16-yard TD that put Arizona State up 38-13. Leavitt threw for 257 yards and three TDs on 25-of-39 passing with an interception, adding 73 yards and a TD on the ground. Tyson had 12 catches for 141 yards and Raleek Brown added a 6-yard touchdown run. NAU's Ty Pennington threw for 204 yar ds and hit Nason Coleman on a 3-yard touchdown early in the third quarter. Pennington was replaced by Lathan Boone in the fourth quarter after taking several hard hits. - Arizona State/AP College Football
rSo/2028 QB Sam Leavitt, LSU
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Justice Haynes ran for 159 yards and three touchdowns and Bryce Underwood threw a touchdown pass, leading No. 14 Michigan to a season-opening 34-17 win over New Mexico on Saturday night. The Wolverines built an early cushion after Haynes scored on 56-and 5-yard touchdown runs in the first quarter. The transfer from Alabama had a 59-yard run that set up his 1-yard score to give Michigan a 17-point lead early in the fourth. Underwood, the fourth freshman to start at quarterback in program history, was 21 of 31 for 251 yards with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Marlin Kelin late in the first half to restore a two-touchdown lead.The Lobos converted a fourth down and scored a touchdown on a trick play, sending a direct snap to running back D.J. McKinney to set up a 9-yard touchdown pass to Dorian Thomas. They recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and kicked a field goal to move within 17-10 late in the first half. New Mexico pulled within 10 points late in the third quarter when Jack Layne lobbed a 3-yard pass to Thomas. The Lobos had a shot a shot to get closer early in the fourth, but Layne threw a pass up for grabs over the deep middle of the field and Brandyn Hillman intercepted it. Haynes scored his third touchdown on the ensuing drive, and th en Layne threw another ill-advised pass that was picked off at the Michigan 3 to seal the defeat. Layne, an Idaho transfer, was 31 of 47 for 208 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. - Michigan/AP College Football
Jr/2027 RB Justice Haynes, Georgia Tech
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Xavier Williams rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown, and Kirk Ferentz moved into a tie as the Big Ten's all-time winningest coach as Iowa defeated Albany 34-7 on Saturday night. Ferentz, in his 27th season as coach of the Hawkeyes, won his 205th game wi th the program, tying Ohio State's Woody Hayes on the conference's all-time list. Quarterback Mark Gronowski, making his first start with the Hawkeyes after transferring from South Dakota State, threw for just 44 yards, but threw for a touchdown and ran for another before leaving the game with apparent cramping issues in the third quarter.Williams took over for injured starter Kamari Moulton in the first half. Albany took a 7-3 lead in the second quarter when Jack Shields threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Lasalle Rose Jr. But the Hawkeyes quickly responded, driving 65 yards on seven plays on their next possession, finishing the drive with Williams' 3-yard touchdown run. Gronowski threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kaden Wetjen on Iowa's next drive to put the Hawkeyes up 17-7 at halftime. Gronowski had a 1-yard touchdown run in the third to give the Hawkeyes a 24-7 lead. Drew Stevens had a career-long 55-yard field goal in the fourth, then backup quarterback Hank Brown scored on a 1-yard run for th e final margin. - Iowa/AP College Football
rFr/2029 RB Xavier Williams, Iowa
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Nicholas Singleton ran for two touchdowns, Penn State forced three turnovers and the No. 2 Nittany Lions pulled away to beat Nevada 46-11 on Saturday in the opener for both teams. Singleton capped Penn State's opening possession with a 1-yard run then sc ored on another short plunge early in the third quarter. Kayton Allen cut around the defense for a 13-yard score in the second. Nevada had already self-destructed by then. Penn State cornerback AJ Harris recovered Ky Woods' fumble to spoil the Wolf Pack' s opening drive. Their next possession ended when defensive tackle Zane Durant intercepted Chubba Purdy's pass deep in his own end.Ryan Barker kicked four field goals for the Nittany Lions, who led 27-3 at halftime after Kyron Hudson hauled in a 3 1-yard touchdown pass from Drew Allar with 23 seconds left in the second quarter. Hudson caught six passes for 89 yards, and Trebor Peña added seven for 74. Penn State outgained Nevada 436-203 and held the Wolf Pack to 78 rushing yards. Fifty of Nevada' s yards came on its final possession. Joe McFadden kicked a 28-yard field goal for Nevada, but the offense only managed two more trips into the red zone. Purdy misfired over the middle on fourth down with 14:47 to play, but backup AJ Bianco connected wit h Marcus Bellon for a 9-yard score with 25 seconds left. - Penn State/AP College Football
Sr/2026 RB Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
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Isaac Brown and the rest of his Louisville teammates made short work of visiting Eastern Kentucky on Saturday as the Cardinals rolled to a 51-17 victory in both teams' season opener. Brown, a sophomore running back, ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns o n only six carries. The second-team preseason All-American's day ended after his 68-yard scoring jaunt made it 28-0 less than four minutes into the second quarter. The Cardinals outgained the Colonels, 543-150, with 373 coming in the first half as they b uilt a 41-7 lead. That total did not include Caullin Lacy's 93-yard punt return for a score midway through the first quarter.The Colonels scored two touchdowns off of Louisville's three turnovers. EKU's Myles Burkett was sacked four times and comp leted just five of his 14 passes for 76 yards. Miller Moss played well in his debut with the Cardinals. The former Southern Cal quarterback exited after the first half in which he completed 17 of 25 passes for 223 yards and ran eight yards for a touchdow n. Eight Cardinals hauled in those passes, and Moss displayed his ability to go deep on a 30-yard scoring pass to Duke Watson. - Louisville/AP College Football
So/2028 RB Isaac Brown, Transfer
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