Whenever your last name is Manning and your uncles are Peyton and Eli people are going to be excited about watching you play quarterback. And while expectations are high for Arch Manning in his first year as a starter this season,

Mateer, who transferred into Oklahoma amid great fanfare as On3’s No. 3 ranked transfer portal player, brings high hopes and legitimate Heisman expectations. The Sooners’ newest quarterback is set to lead the team’s offense, with many believing he can catapult them back into national championship contention.

Not everyone is ready to jump aboard the Manning hype train just yet, however. ESPN's Jordan Rodgers pushed back on the narrative that the Texas quarterback is destined to be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft, and even ranked him beneath a handful of quarterbacks in the SEC leading into the season.

However, a recent post from ESPN laid out an x-factor for all of the top 25 teams, and Manning was not named as the x-factor. Instead, it was the Texas defensive line, and they have a lot of work to do in the tough SEC.

Excitement is quickly growing for the start of the 2025 college football season. That opening week is going to be highlighted by a College Football Playoff rematch between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns.

“Arch Manning is the best college football quarterback we have seen since Tim Tebow entered the scene in 2006,” SEC football analyst Paul Finebaum said on ESPN’s “Get Up” earlier this month.

The Longhorns QB is saying not so fast to those wanting to crown him college football's best player before a single down is played.

New Orleans' Arch Manning was part of the Texas contingent here in Atlanta on Tuesday for SEC media days. He's generated a lot of hype, but is it justified?

Texas quarterback Arch Manning admits that being the backup was tough after playing every year in high school. Despite limited playing time last season behind Quinn Ewers, Manning chose to

Perhaps no one is higher on Arch Manning's potential than Paul Finebaum. ESPN's college football contributor surprised a lot of people a few weeks ago when he posited that the Texas Longhorns signal-caller may be the best college football quarterback since Tim Tebow.

Wearing a burnt orange Arch jersey, complete with the Manning name and number (16), the 13-year-old from Senoia, Georgia, waited all day, hoping for an engagement with his hero du