NEW ORLEANS (October 6, 2025) – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has named eight quarterbacks as its "Stars of the Week." College football fans can follow the Manning Award on social media (@ManningAward) to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. When voting closes on Wednesday at 9 a.m. (Central), the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.
 
Voting will be live at 11 a.m. Central.
 
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting. Since the Manning Award started recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 590 different quarterbacks from 137 schools have been recognized. Forty players have been honored so far in 2025.
 
This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Carson Beck, Miami (20-of-27, 240 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 89.1)
Beck delivered a season-best four touchdown passes, including a key 40-yard delivery on a fourth-down play on the first drive of the second half, as the Hurricanes jumped ahead early and held on for a 28-22 ACC road win over No. 18 Florida State.
 
Walker Eget, San Jose State (26-of-30, 351 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 92.4)
Eget, who completed his first 13 passes, notched his career-long pass with a 70-yard touchdown delivery in the second quarter as the Spartans posted a 35-28 Mountain West win over New Mexico.
 
Joe Fagnano, Connecticut (22-of-28, 359 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 88.9)
Fagnano, who only had three quarters of action in a blowout win, threw for 355 yards, his most in a UConn uniform, and four touchdowns as the Huskies cruised to a 51-10 win over FIU.
 
Blake Horvath, Navy (20-of-26, 469 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 71.2)
Horvath, who passed for a career-high 339 yards and ran for 130 more to set a school record with 469 total yards, led the Midshipmen to a 34-31 win over Air Force.
 
Nico Iamaleava, UCLA (17-of-24, 294 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 97.4)
Iamaleava, who matched the school record for quarterback rushing touchdowns with three, passed for 166 yards and ran for a career-best 128 to lead the Bruins to a shocking 42-37 upset of No. 7 Penn State – it's the first victory for a winless school over a top 10 opponent in 40 years.
 
Colton Joseph, Old Dominion (17-of-30, 381 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 94.8)
Joseph, who passed for four touchdowns in the first half, added a 50-yard TD run in the third quarter to lead the Monarchs to a 47-7 Sun Belt win over Coastal Carolina.
 
Jaylen Raynor, Arkansas State (27-of-35, 340 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 62.3)
Raynor, who passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more, completed his final 20 passes of the game including five passes in the final minute before scoring on a four-yard run to lift the Red Wolves to a 31-30 victory over Texas State in Sun Belt play.
 
Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati (13-of-25, 278 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 86.0)
Sorsby, who led the Bearcats to points on its first five possessions, connected on an 82-yard touchdown pass with 5:57 to go to ice a critical a 38-30 Big 12 win over No. 14 Iowa State – Cincinnati's highest ranked home win since 2006.
 
While the Manning Award selected 27 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List, additional quarterbacks are expected to be added to the Watch List later in the season. Finalists will be selected in early December and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the College Football Playoff National Championship.
 
In its first 21 years, the Manning Award has recognized the top names in college football. It has honored quarterbacks from 15 different schools and from four different conferences. The Southeastern Conference (Jayden Daniels, Stetson Bennett, Bryce Young, Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton, JaMarcus Russell and Tim Tebow) leads the way with nine Manning Award honorees, while the Big 12 Conference (Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield, Vince Young, Colt McCoy and Robert Griffin III) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (Cam Ward, Deshaun Watson twice, Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston) have each had five winners.

All the Manning Award winners follow in the footsteps of the Mannings themselves. In college, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning combined for over 25,000 passing yards and 201 touchdowns while playing in 10 bowl games and earning four bowl MVP awards. Archie was the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft, while both Peyton and Eli were selected No. 1 overall.