NEW ORLEANS (September 9, 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.
 
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, 578 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:
 
Steve Angeli, Syracuse (33-of-53, 417 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 56.2)
Angeli, who connected on a 53-yard touchdown pass with 5:41 to go in regulation and then drove the Orange 80 plays for another score with 48 seconds to go, delivered a six-yard scoring strike on Syracuse's first possession of overtime to lift the Orange to a 27-20 win over UConn.
 
Aidan Chiles, Michigan State (19-of-29, 270 total yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 86.8)
Chiles, who passed for a career-best four touchdowns, connected on a short TD pass in the first overtime, then ran for a three-yard score before delivering the game-winning two-point conversion as the Spartans took down Boston College, 42-40.
 
Jacob Clark, Missouri State (21-of-31, 389 total yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 51.3)
Clark, who went over 5,000 passing yards for his career, connected on a pair of long touchdown passes (52 and 57 yards) and then led a nine-play, 80-yard drive that was capped by an eight-yard TD connection with 2:12 to go to lift the Bears to a 21-20 road win over Marshall, their first win as an FBS program.
 
Cale Hellums, Army (7-of-11, 167 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 69.0)
Hellums, who set the program record for rushing attempts (41) while making his first career start, passed for one touchdown and ran for two more, including the go-ahead score with 2:52 remaining, to lift the Black Nights to a 24-21 road win over Kansas State.
 
John Mateer, Oklahoma (21-of-34, 344 total yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, QBR: 79.2)
Mateer, who ran for a pair of touchdowns, passed for 270 yards and ran for a team-best 74 yards to lead the Sooners to a 24-13 win over No. 15 Michigan in the second meeting between two of the winningest programs in college football history.
 
Beau Pribula, Missouri (30-of-39, 340 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 82.7)
Pribula, who registered his career-best with 334 passing yards, connected on a 27-yard touchdown pass with 4:14 to go, after converting a pair of fourth-down plays, to put the Tigers on top as they pulled away for a 42-31 win over rival Kansas.
 
Sawyer Robertson, Baylor (34-of-50, 460 total yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 91.7)
Robertson, who posted his third straight 400-yard passing effort, connected on two of his four touchdowns in the final five and a half minutes of regulation, including the game-tying TD with 34 seconds to go, as he sparked the Bears to a 48-45 overtime comeback win over No. 17 SMU on the road.
 
Blake Shapen, Mississippi State (19-of-33, 285 total yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, QBR: 42.0)
Shapen connected on a 58-yard touchdown pass with 30 seconds remaining to lift the Bulldogs to a 24-20 win over No. 12 Arizona State – it was Mississippi State's first win over a top 15 nonconference opponent since 1991.

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.