The volatility and unpredictability of the 2025 college football season has rippled through the group of draft-eligible quarterbacks.

ESPN repolled 25 NFL scouts and executives about who will be the first quarterback taken in the 2026 NFL draft, with the results drastically different from six weeks ago.

In the latest poll, Indiana 's Fernando Mendoza was the top vote-getter with 13 votes, putting him ahead of Oregon 's Dante Moore (6) and Alabama 's Ty Simpson (3). Notably, none of those quarterbacks received a vote in the first poll, and all have eligibility remaining.

The other three quarterbacks receiving votes were Oklahoma 's John Mateer (1), Cincinnati 's Brendan Sorsby (1) and South Carolina 's LaNorris Sellers (1). Only Sellers and Mateer had votes in the

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