NEW ORLEANS (September 29, 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, 589 different quarterbacks from 136 schools have been recognized. Seventy-four players were honored during the 2024 season.

This week's eight Manning Award Stars of the Week are:
 
Micah Alejado, Hawai'i (35-of-47, 463 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 77.9)
Alejado, who threw for a season-best 457 yards, connected on a 74-yard touchdown pass with 5:06 to go to key the Rainbow Warriors' 44-35 win over Air Force in a Mountain West road showdown.
 
Luke Altmyer, Illinois (20-of-26, 356 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 97.5)
Altmyer, who also caught a touchdown pass, orchestrated an eight-play, 51-yard drive in the final 1:55 to set up the game-winning field goal as the Illini held off No. 21 USC, 34-32.
 
CJ Carr, Notre Dame (22-of-30, 354 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 98.1)
Carr, who only played for three quarters, had the second-most TD passes in a half (four) in school history as he led the Fighting Irish to a 56-13 road win over Arkansas.
 
Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss (23-of-39, 385 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, QBR: 86.9)
Chambliss, who passed for 314 yards and ran for 71 more, converted a fourth-down pass with 1:37 to go to clinch a key SEC victory over No. 4 LSU, 24-19.
 
Dante Moore, Oregon (29-of-39, 283 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 80.7)
Moore delivered a short touchdown pass to tie the game at 24 after one overtime period, then connected on a 25-yard TD strike on the first play of the second OT to lift the Ducks to a 30-24 road victory over No. 3 Penn State in Big Ten action.
 
Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (26-of-34, 400 total yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 92.9)
Pavia, who had a career-best 26 completions while posting his second career 400-yard game, tied the school-record with five touchdown passes as he led the Commodores to a 55-35 win over Utah State – Vanderbilt is 5-0 for the first time since 2008 and has scored 30-plus points in its first five games for the first time since 1915.
 
Ty Simpson, Alabama (24-of-38, 288 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 90.1)
Simpson, who passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, converted a pair of third-down plays in the final 2:16 to help the Crimson Tide run out the clock as it upended No. 5 Georgia, 24-21, to snap the Bulldogs' national-best 33-game home winning streak.
 
Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati (29-of-43, 440 total yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 85.6)
Sorsby, who passed for 388 yards, directed a 75-yard touchdown drive in the final two minutes to lift the Bearcats to a 37-34 road win over Kansas in Big 12 action.
 
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.