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10/13/25 - RB LJ Martin, Sr/2027, BYU + More +

MIDSEASON AP BIG 12 MOST SURPRISING PLAYER: BYU junior LJ Martin is the Big 12's leading rusher at 108.7 yards per game. The junior has run for 652 yards, only 66 shy of his 2024 season total. He had career highs of 25 carries and 162 yards in a double-overtime win at Arizona, his fourth 100-yard game this season. - AP College Football

RB LJ Martin, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (07)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (55)

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10/13/25 - QB Bear Bachmeier, So/2029, BYU + More +

MIDSEASON AP BIG 12 TOP FIRST-YEAR FRESHMAN: Bear Bachmeier, the first true freshman QB to start an opener for BYU, has thrown for 1,220 yards with eight TDs, and run for 295 yards and seven scores. Baylor's Robert Griffin in 2008, three years before his Heisman Trophy, had been the last Big 12 player with at least five passing and five rushing TDs in his first five career games. - AP College Football

QB Bear Bachmeier, So/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* ()

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10/13/25 - DE Caden Curry, Sr/2026, Ohio State + More +

MIDSEASON AP TOP BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER: Ohio State defensive end Caden Curry has been a dependable performer since 2022 but has dramatically ramped up his production this season. He's the Buckeyes' third-leading tackler with 31 stops, including 9.5 for loss and six sacks. Pro Football Focus has him listed as the Big Ten's highest-graded defensive end. - AP College Football

DE Caden Curry, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (19)

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10/13/25 - QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana + More +

MIDSEASON AP TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYER AND TOP FIRST-YEAR BIG TEN TRANSFER: Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza swept the two awards for his prolific production since transferring from California. His 17 touchdown passes lead the conference and are fourth nationally, and he's averaging an impressive 9.3 yards per attempt. He has the third-highest passer rating in the Big Ten and fourth-highest in the country. - AP College Football

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

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10/13/25 - RB Emmett Johnson, rJr/2026, Nebraska + More +

MIDSEASON AP MOST SURPRISING BIG TEN PLAYER: Nebraska's Emmett Johnson, a backup until late last season, is the second-leading rusher in the conference, and seventh in the nation, with 108.3 yards per game and seven touchdowns. He also has caught 24 passes, second on the team, for 130 yards and a TD. - AP College Football

RB Emmett Johnson, rJr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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10/13/25 - RB Caleb Komolafe, rJr/2028, Northwestern + More +

MIDSEASON AP MOST SURPRISING BIG TEN TEAM: Northwestern is 4-2 overall, 2-1 in the Big Ten and a winner of three straight, including the 22-21 shocker at Penn State last week. The Wildcats already have matched their 2024 overall and conference win totals and are tracking toward a second bowl appearance in three years under David Braun. Picked 17th in the 18-team conference in the preseason, they're in an eight-way tie for fourth and probably will be underdogs in four of their last six games. - AP College Football

RB Caleb Komolafe, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 0* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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10/13/25 - QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana + More +

Indiana was the surprise of the 2024 college football season, and the question entering 2025 was whether the Hoosiers would backslide in Curt Cignetti's second season. So far, the answer is a resounding no. The Hoosiers came off their College Football Playoff appearance by startting 6-0 and, at No. 3 following their 30-20 road win over then-No. 3 Oregon, have their highest AP Top 25 ranking in history. A top-four playoff seed, and an accompanying first-round bye, are real possibilities. For all that, 10 AP writers who cover the Big Ten made Cignetti the unanimous choice for top coach in the conference at the midway point of the season. Cignetti is 17-2 since arriving from James Madison, his only losses coming last year against Ohio State and Notre Dame teams that ended up in the CFP championship game. The Hoosiers returned four starters on offense and four on defense, brought in 23 transfers including quarterback Fernando Mendoza and picked up where they left off. - AP College Football

10/13/25 - RB LeVeon Moss, Sr/2026, Texas AM + More +

Texas A&M running back Le'Veon Moss will miss a significant period of time with an ankle injury. Coach Mike Elko announced the injury Monday after the team's leading rusher was injured in the first half of Saturday's win over Florida that improved the fourth-ranked Aggies to 6-0. "He's going to have to go get it looked at, and we'll kind of figure out where it's at," Elko said. "It certainly will not end his season, but it's going to be a significant amount of time." Moss had five carries for 46 yards, highlighted by a 22-yard TD run before he was injured in the second quarter Saturday. He leads the Aggies with 70 carries for 389 yards and six touchdowns. It's the second straight season where he's sustained a significant injury after he missed the last four games last season with a knee injury.

"I love Le'Veon," Elko said. "I wish Le'Veon was healthy. We're going to miss him. He's been a warrior for this program. He's given us everything he had to get ready for this season. I hope this goes as fast and as smooth as it can, but injuries are a part of SEC football. And if we're going to allow injuries to impact or derail things, we can't do that." With Moss out the Aggies will make Rueben Owens II, a sophomore who is second on the team with 327 yards rushing, their primary ball carrier. He had had 51 yards rushing and scored his first touchdown of the season Saturday, a week after he had a career-high 142 yards rushing in a win over Mississippi State. - AP College Football

RB LeVeon Moss, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (03)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (06)

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10/13/25 - DE David Bailey, Sr/2026, Texas Tech + More +

MIDSEASON AP BIG 12 TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND TOP FIRST-YEAR TRANSFER: Texas Tech linebacker David Bailey, the FBS leader with 8 1/2 sacks after transferring from Stanford, is the league's top defensive player and top first-year transfer. The 6-foot-3, 250-pound Bailey has also forced two fumbles. He had 14 1/2 sacks in three seasons at Stanford. - AP College Football

DE David Bailey, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (06)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (14)

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10/13/25 - QB Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor + More +

MIDSEASON AP BIG 12 TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYER: Sawyer Robertson, the only 2,000-yard FBS passer, leads the nation with 343 yards per game and 19 touchdowns for Baylor. He is 158-of-248 passing (63.7%) for 2,058 yards with a streak of 10 multiple-TD games in a row that goes back to last season. - AP College Football

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

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10/13/25 - QB Brendan Sorsby, rSr/2027, Texas Tech + More +

The Big 12 has hit the midpoint of its season with a pair of 6-0 teams, and in many ways it is no surprise that No. 7 Texas Tech and No. 15 BYU are in that position. No. 24 Cincinnati is the only other Big 12 team to win its first three conference games, making the Bearcats (5-1, 3-0 Big 12) an easy choice as the most surprising team by AP writers who cover the league. With efficient quarterback Brendan Sorsby and linebacker Jake Golday, the Big 12's leading tackler at 9.3 per game, Cincinnati has a five-game winning streak since opening coach Scott Satterfield's third season with a loss to Nebraska. They have already matched last year's win total. Sorsby ranks third in the Big 12 at 295.8 total yards per game, behind only Baylor's Sawyer Robertson and TCU's Josh Hoover, who are 1-2 nationally in passing yards and TDs. Sorsby has thrown for 1,448 yards and 14 touchdowns with only one interception, and run for another 327 yards and five scores. - AP College Football

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

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10/13/25 - QB Drew Allar, Sr/2026, Penn State + More +

MIDSEASON AP BIG TEN BIGGEST INJURY: Penn State quarterback Drew Allar sustained a college career-ending leg injury last week against Northwestern. Allar led the Nittany Lions to a CFP semifinal last year and returned with the hope of making a run at a national championship. Those hopes are gone. - - AP College Football

QB Drew Allar, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (02)
Recruiting Grade: 5* (06)

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10/13/25 - QB Ty Simpson, rJr/2026, Alabama + More +

WEEK 7 SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama,...Led Alabama to a third consecutive top-25 win as the Tide downed 14th-ranked Missouri, 27-24...Finished 23-of-31 for 200 yards and three scores through the air...Connected with nine different targets in the game...Completed three passes on fourth down to help UA finish a perfect 3-of-3, including the Tide's final touchdown late in the fourth quarter that would prove the difference...Added 10 rushes, including a team-long 20-yard run. - SEC Football

QB Ty Simpson, rJr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 5* (03)

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10/13/25 - CB Malik Muhammad, Jr/2026, Texas + More +

WEEK 7 SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Malik Muhammad, DB, Texas, Muhammad pulled in two interceptions along with recording a tackle for loss and a pass breakup to help the Texas defense keep rival No. 6 Oklahoma out the end zone in a 23-6 victory in the Allstate Red River Rivalry in Dallas. The interceptions were the second and third of Muhammad's career as he became the first Longhorn to secure multiple interceptions against the Sooners since 2016...His first interception came in the first quarter at the Texas 42 to stop that drive and set up a field goal attempt for the UT offense. The second interception came in the end zone at the end of the second quarter as Oklahoma was attempting to score before halftime from the Texas 30-yard line...That kept the score at 6-3 in favor of OU before the Longhorns' defense went on to shutout the Sooners in the second half. Oklahoma would be limited to only 258 total yards in the game, including just 88 in the second half after entering the game averaging 415.2 yards per and 33.8 points per game...Muhammad's pass breakup also forced a fourth down on OU's final drive of the game that the Sooners then went for and did not convert...Oklahoma entered the game with three interceptions thrown for the season, and Texas doubled that number with three in the game. - SEC Football

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

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10/13/25 - WR Ryan Niblett, rJr/2028, Texas + More +

WEEK 7 SEC CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ryan Niblett, PR, Texas,...Niblett registered the first punt return touchdown of his career with a 75-yard score that put Texas up 20-6 with just under 10 minutes to play in the game in an eventual 23-6 victory over No. 6 Oklahoma in the Allstate Red River Rivalry in Dallas...It was one of two touchdowns scored in the game and just the third punt return touchdown by a Longhorn all-time against Oklahoma with the last coming in 2013 by Daje Johnson, and the one prior to that being in 1932 by Bohn Hilliard...For the season, Niblett now leads the SEC and ranks third in the nation in punt return average at 21.6 yards per return...Niblett also posted a 22-yard kickoff return in game and leads the SEC and ranks 11th nationally in combined kick return yards with 328. - SEC Football

WR Ryan Niblett, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (13)

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