NEW ORLEANS (November 24, 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 approximately 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, 607 different quarterbacks from 138 schools have been recognized. Sixty-seven players have been honored so far in 2025.

This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Devon Dampier, Utah (18-of-33, 353 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 90.0)
Dampier connected on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 2:47 remaining and then had a 59-yard run on a fourth-down play to set up his own one-yard TD run with 56 seconds to go to lift the Utes to a 51-47 Big 12 victory over K-State.
 
Joe Fagnano, Connecticut (33-of-46, 446 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 70.6)
Fagnano, who set career-bests for passing yards (446) and completions (33), directed a 15-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 1-yard TD run with 26 seconds remaining to lift the Huskies to a 48-45 road win over Florida Atlantic.
 
Kevin Jennings, SMU (29-of-37, 305 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 93.9)
Jennings, who notched his third straight 300-yard game (303), matched his career-best with four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) as he led the Mustangs to a critical 38-6 ACC win over Louisville.
 
Arch Manning, Texas (18-of-30, 394 total yards, 6 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 91.7)
Manning, who passed for a career-high 389 yards while matching his career-best with four passing touchdowns, added a rushing score and a receiving score to become the first Texas player since the legendary Bobby Layne in 1946 with a passing, rushing and receiving TD in the same game as the Longhorns rolled to a 52-37 SEC victory over Arkansas.
 
Drew Mestemaker, North Texas (19-of-23, 469 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 99.2)
Mestemaker, who registered his second 400-yard game of the season, connected on three long touchdown passes (84 yards, 74 yards, 56 yards) after the Mean Green fell behind 14-0 and led North Texas to a 56-24 American victory over Rice on the road.
 
Amari Odom, Kennesaw State (24-of-34, 419 total yards, 6 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 78.0)
Odom, who set school records for passing yards (387), total offense (419), passing touchdowns (5) and overall TDs (6), connected on a 14-yard TD pass with 27 seconds remaining to lift the Owls to a key 41-38 win over Missouri State to keep them in the mix for a spot in the CUSA Championship game.
 
Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (33-of-39, 532 total yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 92.3)
Pavia set the school-record for single-game passing yards with 484 while adding five passing touchdowns and a rushing score to lead the Commodores to a 45-17 SEC win over Kentucky as they recorded their ninth regular season win for the first time since 1915.
 
Preston Stone, Northwestern (25-of-30, 333 total yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 93.7)
Stone connected on all 15 of his second-half passes (first Big Ten QB since at least 2015 to do this), including four on a key drive that ended with a go-ahead field goal with 53 seconds remaining, as he led the Wildcats to bowl eligibility with a 38-35 Big Ten win over Minnesota.
 
The Manning Award selected 27 quarterbacks for its Watch List in the preseason and added an additional 22 quarterbacks on October 23. 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.