ESPN ranks all quarterback situations in college football ahead of new season
With the 2022 college football season a little more than a couple months away, teams are dealing with an array of differing quarterback situations. While some schools such as Alabama know who their starter will be, others such as Ole Miss are still in the middle of a battle.
With anticipation for next season rising, ESPN released its rankings of the current quarterback situations for all 131 FBS schools by tier. You can view a summary of the rankings below. For ESPN’s full analysis on college football’s quarterback situations, click here.
2022 college football quarterback situations
Tier 1: Heisman or bust
C.J. Stroud — Ohio State
Caleb Williams — USC
Bryce Young — Alabama
Tier 2: Heisman waiting room
Devin Leary — NC State
Cam Rising — Utah
Tyler Van Dyke — Miami
Tier 2a
Tier 3
Brennan Armstrong — Virginia
Malik Cunningham — Louisville
Sam Hartman — Wake Forest
Hendon Hooker — Tennessee
Grayson McCall — Coastal Carolina
Aidan O’Connell — Purdue
Will Rogers — Mississippi State
KJ Jefferson — Arkansas
Tier 4
Dorian Thompson-Robinson — UCLA
Spencer Rattler — South Carolina
Will Levis — Kentucky
Dillon Gabriel — Oklahoma
Tier 5
Quinn Ewers and Hudson Card — Texas
Blake Shapen — Baylor
Anthony Richardson — Florida
Jaxson Dart — Ole Miss
Cameron Ward — Washington State
Tier 6
Kedon Slovis and Nick Patti — Pittsburgh
JT Daniels — West Virginia
Hank Bachmeier — Boise State
Phil Jurkovec — Boston College
Tier 7
Cade McNamara and J.J. McCarthy — Michigan
Adrian Martinez — Kansas State
Payton Thorne — Michigan State
Taulia Tagovailoa — Maryland
Tier 8
Clayton Tune — Houston
Jake Haener — Fresno State
Jaren Hall — BYU
Frank Harris — UTSA
Tier 9
Sean Clifford — Penn State
Tanner McKee — Stanford
Tanner Morgan — Minnesota
Spencer Sanders — Oklahoma State
Jordan Travis — Florida State
Chance Nolan and Tristan Gebbia — Oregon State
Tier 10
Tyler Buchner and Drew Pyne — Notre Dame
Jayden Daniels and Myles Brennan — LSU
Haynes King, Max Johnson and Conner Weigman — Texas A&M
Michael Penix Jr., Dylan Morris and Sam Huard — Washington
Drake Maye and Jacolby Criswell — North Carolina
Tier 11
Bo Nix — Oregon
Graham Mertz — Wisconsin
Jeff Sims — Georgia Tech
D.J. Uiagalelei and Cade Klubnik — Clemson
Tier 12
Holton Ahlers — East Carolina
Logan Bonner — Utah State
Brett Gabbert — Miami (Ohio)
Daniel Richardson — Central Michigan
Chase Brice — Appalachian State
Tanner Mordecai and Preston Stone — SMU
Haaziq Daniels — Air Force
Evan Prater and Ben Bryant — Cincinnati
Tier 13
Donovan Smith and Tyler Shough — Texas Tech
Garrett Shrader — Syracuse
Emory Jones, Paul Tyson and Trenton Bourguet — Arizona State
Connor Bazelak, Jack Tuttle and Donoven McCulley — Indiana
Gerry Bohanon, Timmy McClain and Katravis Marsh — South Florida
Max Duggan and Chandler Morris — TCU
Jalon Daniels — Kansas
Dequan Finn and Tucker Gleason — Toledo
Tier 14
Hunter Dekkers and Rocco Becht — Iowa State
Zach Calzada and TJ Finley — Auburn
Casey Thompson, Logan Smothers and Chubba Purdy — Nebraska
Grant Wells and Jason Brown — Virginia Tech
Tier 15
Spencer Petras and Alex Padilla — Iowa
Mikey Keene, John Ryhs Plumlee and Joey Gatewood — UCF
Braxton Burmeister — San Diego State
Rocky Lombardi — Northern Illinois
Dylan Hopkins — UAB
Tier 16
Jarret Doege — Western Kentucky
Kyle Vantrease — Georgia Southern
Jack Plummer, Zach Johnson and Kai Millner — California
Henry Colombi — Marshall
Layne Hatcher — Texas State
Jack Abraham, Brady Cook, Tyler Macon and Sam Horn — Missouri
Tier 17
Charlie Brewer and Jonathan Bennett — Liberty
Chris Reynolds — Charlotte
Seth Nenigan — Memphis
Tyheir Tyler — Army
Davis Brin — Tulsa
Tier 18
Ryan Hilinski — Northwestern
Tommy DeVito and Artur Sitkowski — Illinois
Noah Vedral and Gavin Wimsatt — Rutgers
Jayden de Laura — Arizona
Tier 19
Brendon Lewis and JT Shout — Colorado
Luca Diamont and Riley Leonard — Duke
Ken Seals and Mike Wright — Vanderbilt
Tier 20
Chandler Fields and Ben Woolridge — Louisiana
Rhett Rodriguez and Chandler Rogers — Lousiana-Monroe
Grant Gunnell, Jace Rudeer and Austin Aune — North Texas
Chevan Cordeiro and Nick Nash — San Jose State
Tier 21
N’Kosi Perry — Florida Atlantic
Gunnar Holmberg, Grayson James and Haden Carlson — Florida International
James Blackman — Arkansas State
Joey Yellen, Brayden Schager and Cammon Cooper — Hawaii
Tier 22
Gunnar Watson — Troy
Collin Schlee — Kent State
Gavin Hardison — UTEP
DJ Irons — Akron
Jack Salopek — Western Michigan
Michael Pratt — Tulane
Darren Grainger — Georgia State
Kurtis Rourke —Ohio
Clay Millen — Colorado State
Tier 23
Hayden Wolff, DJ Mack Jr. and Brandon Clark — Old Dominion
D’Wan Mathis, Mariano Valenti and Matt Duncan —Temple
Taylor Powell, Austin Smith and Cam’Ron McCoy —Eastern Michigan
Chase Cunningham and Nicholas Vattiato — Middle Tennessee
Todd Centeio and Billy Atkins — James Madison
Andrew Peasley and Evan Svoboda —Wyoming
Landy Lyddy, Luke Anthony and Caleb Holstein —Lousiana Tech
Tier 24
Tai Lavatai and Xavier Airline — Navy
Desmond Trotter, Tanner McGee and Carter Bradley — South Alabama
Miles Kendrick and — Isaiah Chavez New Mexico
Diego Pavia, Dino Maldonado and Weston Eget — New Mexico State
Brady Olsen —Massachusetts
Cameron Friel — UNLV
Ta’Quan Roberson and Tyler Pommachanh — UConn
Matt McDonald — Bowling Green
Josh Paddock —Ball State
Matt Myers and Cole Snyder —Buffalo
Nate Cox and Shane Illingworth — Nevada
Ty Keyes and Zack Wilke —Southern Miss
TJ McMahon and Wiley Green — Rice