To get fans hyped up for the EA Sports College Football 26 video game, the production team continues to release player ratings.
The latest to come out include the top-20 QBs in the game. Two of the most notable names on the list are Texas phenom Arch Manning and UCLA transfer (from Tennessee) Nico Iamaleava.
Here's the full top-20:
- Cade Klubnik, Clemson - 92
- Garrett Nussmeier, LSU - 92
- Drew Allar, Penn State - 92
- Sam Leavitt, Arizona State - 91
- LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina - 91
- John Mateer, Oklahoma - 91
- Carson Beck, Miami - 91
- Blake Horvath, Navy - 90
- Arch Manning, Texas - 90
- DJ Lagway, Florida - 90
- Avery Johnson, Kansas State - 89
- Kevin Jennings, SMU - 89
- Darian Mensah, Duke - 89
- Luke Altmyer, Illinois - 89
- Kaidon Salter, Colorado - 88
- Nico Iamaleava, UCLA - 88
- Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt - 88
- Rocco Becht, Iowa State - 88
- Jake Retzlaff, TBD - 88
- Sawyer Robertson, Baylor - 88
That's an impressive list of passer.
There are some ratings ties, but this is the order EA Sports shared the list in, so maybe there are som miniscule differences between those spots.
Manning at No. 9 feels both too high and too low. If he plays to his potential, he'll wind up higher. But if he's not the real deal, then it won't be that good at all.
Iamaleava generated tons of headlines for his NIL-fueled departure from the Volunteers to the Bruins, and he rates well, coming in with established stars like Pavia and Becht. He's also tied in rating with Salter, the replacement for Shedeur Sanders at Colorado.
Do these numbers matter to what happens on the actual college football? Of course not. But they do make for some fun debates.
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