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Copyright 2008-2026 Drafttek.com. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Neither Drafttek.com or www.drafttek.com are affiliated in any manner with the National Football League. Nor any National Football League Team, or any NFLPA player. Fernando Mendoza threw for 87 yards and the game-winning TD on Indiana's final drive Saturday.

Isaiah Vazquez / Getty Images As always, the NFL has QB-needy teams and QB-desperate teams. And, yes, there is a difference. We’ll start with those franchises that figure to be desperate heading into the offseason, as they’re more likely to use an early draft pick on a quarterback. Teams we’d consider on that list: New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and, possibly, the New Orleans Saints (depending on how the rest of this season goes for Tyler Shough and Spencer Rattler) or Miami... On the “needy” list: Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams and, maybe, Arizona Cardinals.

All four of those teams currently have No. 1 quarterbacks, but their long-term outlooks are cloudy. Thanks in part to their trade-deadline work, the Jets have more flexibility than any other team in the league. With five first-round picks over the next two years, New York could wait to address its QB problem until 2027. Or, the franchise could pursue an established veteran via trade. The Browns, Rams and Cowboys (who shouldn’t need a new quarterback anytime soon) also have multiple first-round picks in ’26.

We may be in the thick of the 2025 college football season. But it's never too early to start looking ahead to the 2026 NFL Draft. It's nearly six months away, and NFL franchises are already looking at draft picks who can have immediate impacts. Last year, we saw just two quarterbacks selected in the first round, as 2025 was considered a down year for signal-callers. As the college football season progresses, the class is starting to take shape. Let's take a look at draft stocks for college football quarterbacks who could be high draft picks in 2026.

MORE: SN's latest 2026 mock draft after NFL trade deadline Carson Beck was expected to go to Miami and help lead the Hurricanes to a College Football Playoff bid and help boost his draft stock in the process. But he hasn't done much of either in 2025 so far. Not that we are more than a month into the 2025 college football season, we have a pretty good idea about the strengths and weaknesses of the quarterback class for the 2026 NFL draft. There has been a ton of movement and while we aren't sure if this quarterback class is going to end up being one of the greatest of all time, we are still confident that... We've updated our Top Eight quarterbacks for the draft with Oregon's Moore moving up to No.

2 just behind South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers. Meanwhile, Clemson's Cade Klubnik continues to tumble and might not end up going in the first two rounds. As we make our way through seven weeks of the college football season, the quarterback prospects are beginning to shape the rankings. Several players are making names for themselves, while other top prospects are starting to fall out of the top ten. Subscribe to Prep Draft Pro to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. Week 7 of the college football season took a chaotic turn.

A handful of top-25 teams lost games that could have season-long repercussions. Arguably the biggest surprise from the weekend was Indiana's road win over Oregon in a game that featured our top two quarterback prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft: Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore. Those two dueled in a Big Ten battle that could decide one spot in the conference championship game and, in turn, who makes the College Football Playoff (CFP) this season. Indiana's historic 30-20 victory elevates them to sure-fire CFP contender behind Mendoza and a disciplined defense. Further down the rankings, South Carolina-LSU featured another pair of top-five passers in our rankings with LaNorris Sellers and Garrett Nussmeier. That game was ultimately decided by strong defenses as the Tigers beat the Gamecocks 20-10.

Penn State's loss and a season-ending injury to quarterback Drew Allar adds another wrinkle to a jumbled-up ranking. Here's how we sorted through the chaos to get our rankings for Week 8: 2026 NFL Draft QB Rankings Update: Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza has emerged as the new QB1, while Dante Moore, LaNorris Sellers, Carson Beck, and Garrett Nussmeier battle for position in a deep, evolving quarterback class. The 2026 NFL Draft quarterback race is heating up, and as we reach the midpoint of the 2025 college football season, the top of the board looks very different from what it did in... What started as a battle between Arch Manning and Garrett Nussmeier during the early scouting cycle has shifted dramatically. Fast-forward to mid-October, and Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza has emerged as the new front-runner — while Dante Moore, LaNorris Sellers, Carson Beck, and Nussmeier are all fighting for positioning just behind him.

The 2026 QB class looks deeper and more balanced than the 2025 crop, but without a consensus star like we saw in 2024. There’s a mix of polish, projection, and potential, and the next two months will decide who rises into solid first-round territory — and who fades into Day 2. This week’s Football Scout 365 Scouting Notebook builds off our updated Big Board Rankings, focusing on how each of these quarterbacks has evolved since the summer. The back half of the season will ultimately determine who cements their place at the top — but the early tape points to one of the most balanced and intriguing QB classes in recent...

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Isaiah Vazquez / Getty Images As always, the NFL has QB-needy teams and QB-desperate teams. And, yes, there is a difference. We’ll start with those franchises that figure to be desperate heading into the offseason, as they’re more likely to use an early draft pick on a quarterback. Teams we’d consider on that list: New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and, possibly, the New Orleans Saints (depending on...

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All four of those teams currently have No. 1 quarterbacks, but their long-term outlooks are cloudy. Thanks in part to their trade-deadline work, the Jets have more flexibility than any other team in the league. With five first-round picks over the next two years, New York could wait to address its QB problem until 2027. Or, the franchise could pursue an established veteran via trade. The Browns, R...

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We may be in the thick of the 2025 college football season. But it's never too early to start looking ahead to the 2026 NFL Draft. It's nearly six months away, and NFL franchises are already looking at draft picks who can have immediate impacts. Last year, we saw just two quarterbacks selected in the first round, as 2025 was considered a down year for signal-callers. As the college football season...

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MORE: SN's latest 2026 mock draft after NFL trade deadline Carson Beck was expected to go to Miami and help lead the Hurricanes to a College Football Playoff bid and help boost his draft stock in the process. But he hasn't done much of either in 2025 so far. Not that we are more than a month into the 2025 college football season, we have a pretty good idea about the strengths and weaknesses of the...