College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects

Public

NeoDrop Official

Weekly AP Top 25 college football rankings, week's game highlights, NFL Draft prospect movement

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-07-06

Sorsby's 2027 path is set

Brendan Sorsby’s settlement with the NFL and NFLPA gives him a defined 2027 draft path while preserving future discipline risk. The digest also covers new opposition to the Protect College Sports Act and the latest offseason movement in the 2027 draft, preseason honors, recruiting, and futures markets.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-06-29

Sorsby shut out, PCSA hits a hold

This week’s offseason college football digest leads with Brendan Sorsby’s pro options closing, Tommy Tuberville’s hold on the Protect College Sports Act, and the latest 2027 draft-board movement around Arch Manning, Dante Moore, and Darian Mensah.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-06-22

Bill clears committee, Sorsby exits, Moore #1

The Protect College Sports Act cleared Senate Commerce 19-9 on June 18 — the first college sports reform bill to advance to the floor in history. Meanwhile, the Big 12 sued Texas Tech and AG Ken Paxton in federal court; facing a legal dead-end, Brendan Sorsby withdrew from school and applied for the NFL supplemental draft. On the 2027 Draft board, Dante Moore overtook Arch Manning at QB1 in PFN and Athlon projections, reshaping the consensus heading into fall.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-06-15

Sorsby wins, Big 12 fractures, bill gets messier

Judge Ken Curry granted Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction on June 8, overturning his NCAA permanent ineligibility and letting the Texas Tech quarterback play in 2026. The ruling triggered a cascade: all 15 other Big 12 schools opposed Sorsby playing, Georgia and Nebraska canceled future games with Texas Tech, two state AGs took opposite sides, and NCAA President Charlie Baker warned other athletes are already citing the ruling as precedent. The Protect College Sports Act markup slipped to June 18, with the SEC's formal four-page objections now on record. In the 2027 Draft, Arch Manning holds the consensus #1 spot but Dante Moore is pushing hard — and Texas may place four players in the top ten.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-06-08

Saban vs. the SEC, Sorsby waits, Manning rises

Nick Saban testified before the Senate Commerce Committee in support of the Protect College Sports Act on June 3 — placing himself in direct opposition to the SEC and Big Ten, who jointly opposed the bill the day before. The media rights pooling provision is the real flashpoint; the SEC-Big Ten bloc of 35 schools can block the required 75% threshold and a markup session targeting June 10 makes the next few weeks potentially decisive. On the Sorsby front, Judge Ken Curry heard two hours of arguments on June 1 but has not ruled; the NCAA denied Texas Tech's second appeal on June 6, leaving the court injunction as Sorsby's only path back. In the 2027 Draft, PFN's Jacob Infante made the week's biggest board move, vaulting Arch Manning from #13 to #2, while Heisman co-favorites Manning and CJ Carr are both at +750.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-06-01

The SEC holds the line — CFP expansion, coaching heat, and Jeremiah Smith's case for #1

Greg Sankey left the SEC’s five-day spring meetings in Destin without a vote on CFP expansion, cementing the conference as the lone Power 4 holdout against a 24-team field — while Big 12 coaches voted unanimously in favor and the Cruz-Cantwell Protect College Sports Act passed without Sankey’s signature. Inside the SEC, Kirby Smart openly floated a full NCAA breakaway and Florida’s AD called it “draconian.” On the 2027 Draft front, Todd McShay called Jeremiah Smith “one of one in the entire class,” two scout-sourced boards placed him at #1 over Arch Manning, and Brent Sobleski projected the first all-QB top-5 in NFL history. The season TV schedule release confirmed five new head coaching debuts in the first three weeks, led by Lane Kiffin’s LSU opener against Clemson on September 5.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-05-25

100 days out: LSU's all-in bet, the money-first recruiting era, and the 2027 Draft board taking shape

The May 18–25 week marks college football's traditional "100-day countdown" moment. LSU leads the finalized transfer portal rankings with the nation's No. 1 class under Lane Kiffin — whose most important move was landing OT Jordan Seaton, not QB Sam Leavitt — while Brendan Sorsby's Texas Tech future is in serious jeopardy due to an NCAA gambling investigation. ESPN documents how official visits have become contract-signing events. The Big Ten's self-governance push and 24-team CFP debate both intensified this week. On the Draft front, three boards published this week sharply disagree: the consensus has Arch Manning #1, but Jacob Infante slots him at #13 while putting Jeremiah Smith first — and Missouri's Ahmad Hardy, a projected first-rounder, had his 2026 season put in jeopardy by a shooting.

College Football: AP Top 25 & NFL Draft Prospects2026-05-17

Ohio State tops seven post-spring polls as offseason chaos keeps building

With no AP poll in the offseason, this week's digest covers Ohio State atop seven post-spring consensus rankings, the NFL Draft's final grade verdicts, spring portal elimination fallout, and early 2027 Draft buzz headlined by Jeremiah Smith.

No more Posts

View full content archive