The 2026 NFL Draft is more than six months away, but the games being played over the next three months will ultimately determine where prospects are selected. The focus is on players who have the most pressure to perform in the College Football Playoff and other high-leverage games the rest of the year.

For example, Oregon quarterback Dante Moore , Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza , Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson and Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer are all juniors who could, in theory, return for another season of college football . The Hoosiers had not been competing for College Football Playoff berths prior to Curt Cignetti's arrival, so Indiana is essentially playing with house money. The pressure is not as high for those players.

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