Top 6 Teams' QBs Combine for 21 TDs in Week 1 as College Football's "Year of QB" Opens
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 6
Top 6 Teams' QBs Combine for 21 TDs in Week 1 as College Football's "Year of QB" Opens
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 6
Summary
Week 1 validated the preseason quarterback hype as passers from six top-14 teams piled up 21 total touchdowns, headlined by Ohio State's Julian Sayin, Texas' Arch Manning and Indiana's Josh Hoover.
Sayin threw for 320 yards and 3 scores while adding a rushing TD in a 56-3 win; Manning passed for 305 yards and 4 TDs in Texas' 59-7 rout, and Hoover went 13-of-16 for 231 yards and 4 TDs in Indiana's 52-16 victory.
Oregon's Dante Moore kept No. 2 Oregon afloat in a tighter 34-27 game against Boise State with 378 yards and 3 touchdowns, while Georgia's Gunner Stockton needed only 16 throws for 202 yards and 3 scores in a 63-3 blowout.
USC's Jayden Maiava pushed the trend into a second game, improving to 2-0 after a 39-0 win over Fresno State with 349 yards and 3 touchdowns; across two games he has 635 passing yards and 5 TDs.
The quarterback-heavy opening weekend also squeezed non-QB Heisman cases despite big receiving games, and it sets up an early marquee test when Sayin and Manning meet in Week 2.