With three full weeks of action in the books and conference play underway, the 2025 college football landscape is taking shape and so is the sport's new crop of breakout stars.

Big Ten powers Ohio State ( Julian Sayin ), Penn State ( Trebor Pena ) and Oregon ( Dante Moore ) all took care of business with help from their early standouts in Week 3. Georgia Tech toppled Clemson with help from Florida International transfer Eric Rivers . Georgia and Tennessee leaned on their new starting quarterbacks in an overtime classic at Neyland Stadium. And at Notre Dame , Texas A &M passer Marcel Reed and Mississippi State transfer receiver Mario Craver were the stars in the Aggies' last-minute victory over the Irish.

Elsewhere, from LSU ( Davhon Keys ) to Miami

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