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10/16/25 - CB Malik Muhammad, Jr/2026, Texas + More +

WEEK 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Texas DB Malik Muhammad had two of the interceptions in Texas' 23-6 win over Oklahoma. - AP College Football

CB Malik Muhammad, Jr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (11)

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10/16/25 - QB Byrum Brown, rSr/2027, Auburn + More +

WEEK 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: South Florida QB Byrum Brown threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores in a 63-36 win at North Texas. - AP College Football

QB Byrum Brown, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (18)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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10/16/25 - QB Deshawn Purdie, Jr/2028, Liberty + More +

WEEK 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Wake Forest QB Deshawn Purdie threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns in his first start in a 39-14 win at Oregon State. - AP College Football

QB Deshawn Purdie, Jr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (82)

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10/16/25 - QB Blake Horvath, Sr/2026, Navy + More +

WEEK 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Blake Horvath threw for 141 yards and a touchdown and he ran for 155 yards and two scores, including a 51-yard go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter, as Navy rallied past Temple 32–31. - AP College Football

QB Blake Horvath, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (18)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (201)

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10/16/25 - QB Jayden Maiava, rSr/2027, USC + More +

Southern California's Jayden Maiava has completed an FBS-best seven passes of at least 50 yards. A year ago at this point, the Trojans had no pass plays of 50-plus yards. - AP College Football

QB Jayden Maiava, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (09)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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10/16/25 - WR Danny Scudero, rJr/2028, Colorado + More +

San Jose State's Danny Scudero, a transfer from Sacramento State, leads the nation with 140.8 yards receiving per game. - AP College Football

WR Danny Scudero, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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10/16/25 - QB Katin Houser, rSr/2027, Illinois + More +

Katin Houser passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns, London Montgomery rushed for 125 yards and a score, and East Carolina beat Tulsa 41-27 on Thursday night. ECU took a 31-14 lead on its first possession of the second half when Montgomery ran for a 51-yard touchdown. Tulsa scored the next 10 points to get within 31-24. Seth Morgan made a 46-yard field goal and Stephen Kittleman capped an eight-play, 65-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run. ECU went 61 yards on its next drive before settling for a 32-yard field goal to make it 34-24 with 10:51 left. Then the Pirates stopped Tulsa on fourth-and-15 near midfield when Rion Roseborough sacked Baylor Hayes. Houser put ECU ahead 41-24 on a 2-yard run. Marlon Gunn Jr. added 60 yards rushing and a score for ECU (4-3, 2-1 American Conference). Hayes was 23 of 41 for 251 yards and two scores for Tulsa (2-5, 0-4), which was coming off a 45-7 loss at Memphis. Brody Foley caught six passes for 126 yards and a score. ECU led 24-14 at halftime. Anthony Smith caught four passes for 150 yards and two scores in the first half, and Houser threw for 242 yards. - AP College Football

QB Katin Houser, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (17)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (15)

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10/16/25 - QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana + More +

Curt Cignetti's new deal shows Indiana isn't content with being known as just a basketball school. Indiana announced a new eight-year contract with its football coach worth at least $92.8 million on Thursday, rewarding him for pushing the Hoosiers into national championship contention in just two seasons. The school said the average annual compensation for Cignetti will be approximately $11.6 million - a massive amount in a world of programs navigating financial challenges in the world of name, image and likeness. The deal runs through Nov. 30, 2033 "At Indiana University, we are committed to performing at the highest levels in everything we do, and no one has exemplified that more than Coach Cignetti," Indiana University President Pamela Whitten said. "Put simply, Cig is a winner." The Hoosiers might have been trying to get ahead of possible suitors.

Penn State, UCLA, Arkansas and Oklahoma State are among the schools that have already fired their coaches this season. Cignetti talked big when he arrived, and he has backed it up. He is 17-2 since arriving from James Madison, with his only losses coming last year against Ohio State and Notre Dame teams that ended up in the College Football Playoff championship game. He led the Hoosiers to the College Football Playoff for the first time and was rewarded by being named AP Coach of the Year last season. Cignetti's biggest win yet came last week, when the seventh-ranked Hoosiers won 30-20 at No. 3 Oregon on Saturday. It ended the FBS' longest regular-season win streak at 23 games and Oregon's 18-game home winning streak. It was Indiana's first victory against a top-five team since 1967. Now, the Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) have a No. 3 national ranking - the highest in program history. Cignetti chose not to make too big a deal about the victory. - AP College Football

QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (02)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (144)

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10/15/25 - QB Skyler Locklear, rSr/2027, Missouri State + More +

Skyler Locklear threw for two touchdowns and ran for two scores to help UTEP beat Sam Houston 35-17 on Wednesday night. Locklear was 21 of 26 for 236 yards with an interception. He also carried it 13 times for 48 yards. Elijah Baldwin blocked a 23-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter to maintain UTEP's 21-17 lead. Then Locklear led UTEP on an eight-play, 91-yard drive ending in a short pass to Kenny Odom, who broke several tackles for a 20-yard touchdown to make it 28-17 with 7:05 remaining.

After UTEP forced a turnover on downs, Ashten Emory broke a tackle on a 34-yard touchdown run to cap the scoring with 5:54 left. Emory finished with 96 yards rushing and a touchdown for UTEP (2-5, 1-2 Conference USA). Wondame Davis Jr. had 79 yards receiving on three catches and Odom added 67 yards receiving and a score. Three quarterbacks combined to go 22 of 36 for 239 yards and two touchdowns for Sam Houston (0-7, 0-4). Hunter Watson threw for 161 yards and a touchdown. Landan Brown had 110 yards rushing. Sam Houston has started 0-7 for the second time in three seasons. Prior to its 0-8 start in 2023, the Bearkats had not started 0-7 since the 1977 season. - AP College Football

QB Skyler Locklear, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 0* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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10/15/25 - RB Cam Cook, Sr/2027, West Virginia + More +

Cam Cook rushed for 117 yards and three touchdown, Caden Creel threw for 116 yards and a touchdown, and Jacksonville State beat Delaware 38-25 on Wednesday night. Jacksonville State (4-3, 3-0 Conference USA) has won nine straight at AmFirst Stadium. Jacksonville State scored the opening 21 points and extended it to 35-6 after Cook's two short touchdown runs in the third quarter. Garrison Rippa made a 52-yard field goal with 11:57 left in the fourth for a 38-12 lead.

Creel also carried it 12 times for 57 yards for Jacksonville State. Brock Rechsteiner had three catches for 48 yards and a score. Caleb Nix scored for the defense on a 45-yard fumble return. Nick Minicucci was 32 of 50 for 422 yards and a touchdown for Delaware (3-3, 1-2). Viron Ellison Jr. had three short touchdown runs. Delaware won the other two series meetings - in the 1978 Division II playoffs and in the 2020 FCS playoffs. - AP College Football

RB Cam Cook, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (23)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (33)

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10/15/25 - RB Hollywood Smothers, rJr/2028, Texas + More +

The breakout season by North Carolina State running back Hollywood Smothers helped him earn a midseason honor from The Associated Press. Smothers, the Atlantic Coast Conference's leading rusher, was voted the league's most surprising player so far this season, according to the AP honors released Wednesday. N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said he expected success this season for Smothers, a sophomore from Charlotte who rushed for 571 yards in 2024. Smothers ranks third in the nation with 739 rushing yards, the ACC's top total. He also leads the conference with 105.6 rushing yards per game. "I knew last season as the season wore on how explosive he was and that if he were to have the offseason we needed him to have and he would sustain his health that he would be what he is, what you are watching," Doeren said earlier this month. - AP College Football

RB Hollywood Smothers, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (16)

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10/14/25 - QB Joey Aguilar, rSr/2026, Tennessee + More +

Joey Aguilar stayed on the ground after a long run and the Tennessee fans held their breath until he sat up. Then they started chanting "Joey! Joey!" The quarterback who came through the transfer portal from Appalachian State via a short detour to UCLA has been everything they could have wanted. Aguilar quickly picked up the offense, which is humming at coach Josh Heupel's up-tempo pace as the No. 11 Vols go into Saturday's showdown at sixth-ranked Alabama. Heupel, who won a national title and was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy playing quarterback for Oklahoma in 2000, said Wednesday that Aguilar came in humble and ready to compete and worked to earn the trust of his new teammates after arriving in mid-May. Aguilar's experience helped. "He's handled it at a really high level," Heupel said. "Certainly, a lot more comfortable than when we first started." Heupel likes Aguilar's work ethic, aggressiveness and how the quarterback remains even-keeled from series to series.

"What I love about him, whether it's a good play, bad play, good series, bad series - same demeanor coming off on the sideline," Heupel said. Aguilar threw for 221 yards and a touchdown and ran for 59 yards in last week's 34-31 win over Arkansas. But it was the way he ran that had Heupel and more than 100,000 fans on the edge of their seats. On one run, Aguilar crashed into the communication system on the Razorbacks' sideline, cutting off headset communications for the rest of the game. Late in the game, Aguilar finished a 28-yard sprint up the middle of the field and came down with the football stuck in his midsection. "That ball was deep in my stomach," said Aguilar, who was able to smile recalling the moment an hour later. "That took the air out of me, for sure." Heupel appreciated the run to help seal the win: "I want him to get down once the play is over." Aguilar is off to a strong start. He has completed 64.8% of his passes (118 of 182) for 1,680 yards and 14 touchdowns. He has been intercepted five times, an area of concern coming into the season after he was picked off 14 times last season. He also has run for 117 yards and two more scores. He ranks 12th in the country averaging 280 yards passing per game, just ahead of Alabama's Ty Simpson (279.67). Tennessee also leads the nation in scoring with 48.2 points a game. - AP College Football

QB Joey Aguilar, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (27)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (129)

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10/14/25 - QB Brendan Sorsby, rSr/2027, Texas Tech + More +

In its third season in the Big 12, Cincinnati has the look of a Power Five program on and off the field. The No. 24 Bearcats are on a five-game winning streak and ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time in nearly three years. Besides the 5-1 record, they are tied with No. 7 Texas Tech and 15th-ranked BYU atop the conference at 3-0. "I think we've played well all year. The key was bringing back the core nucleus of our team last year and adding a few pieces. It's been a good gel, good mesh. The challenge is to keep doing that," coach Scott Satterfield said in his office overlooking the field at the Sheakley Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center. The football program moved into the $134 million building in June.

It has been a steady climb for Cincinnati, which was the first non-Power Five team to make the College Football Playoff in 2021. Before this week, the last time the Bearcats were ranked was when it was No. 21 on Nov. 20, 2022. The Bearcats joined the Big 12 in 2023 and went 3-9 and 1-8 in conference play. They started 5-2 last season before ending the year on a five-game losing streak. A win at Oklahoma State Saturday night would not surpass UC's conference wins from last year; it would make them bowl eligible for the first time since 2022. Rebuilding jobs have become Satterfield's forte. He helped guide Appalachian State from the Football Championship Subdivision to FBS and then went to Louisville after struggles in the Atlantic Coast Conference. - AP College Football

QB Brendan Sorsby, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (04)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (110)

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10/14/25 - RB Kejon Owens, rSr/2026, Florida International + More +

Kejon Owens rushed for a career-high 195 yards and a touchdown, Jessiah McGrew made two interceptions and Florida International beat Western Kentucky 25-6 on Tuesday night to snap a 10-game road losing streak. The last road victory for FIU came on Oct. 18, 2023. The Panthers also ended a five-game losing streak in the series against WKU, with their first victory since 2018. Keyone Jenkins passed for 184 yards and a touchdown for FIU (3-3, 1-1 Conference USA). Alex Perry caught three passes for 86 yards.

Maverick McIvor threw three interceptions for WKU (5-2, 3-1) after entering with just two on the season. He was 20 of 31 for 159 yards. Marvis Parrish rushed for 74 yards. Noah Grant made his fourth field goal of the first half - from 51-yards out - to give FIU a 19-3 lead with 2:57 left. WKU's Jack Cassidy made a 55-yard field goal on the final play of the half to make it 19-6. - AP College Football

RB Kejon Owens, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (73)

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10/14/25 - QB Jaylen Raynor, Sr/2027, Iowa State + More +

Clune Van Andel made a 38-yard field goal as time expired to give Arkansas State a 15-14 victory over South Alabama on Tuesday night. Arkansas State trailed 14-3 entering the fourth quarter. A 14-play, 56-yard drive ended in a 37-yard field goal by Van Andel to make it 14-6. After forcing a three-and-out, Jaylen Raynor ran 42 yards and then found Hunter Summers for a 6-yard touchdown to get within 14-12 with 7:51 left. After South Alabama kicker Hamilton DiBoyan missed a 29-yard field goal with 1:50 remaining, Arkansas State went 60 yards in 10 plays to set up Van Andel's game-winner.

Raynor was 29-of-45 passing for 209 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Arkansas State (3-4, 2-1 Sun Belt), which was coming off a 31-30 win over Texas State. He also carried it 14 times for 76 yards. Kentrel Bullock rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown for South Alabama (1-6, 0-3), which has lost six straight following an opening win over Morgan State. PJ Martin added 54 yards rushing and a score. - AP College Football

QB Jaylen Raynor, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (23)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (146)

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