A look at the quarterback situation at each of the nation’s 117 Division I-A schools. One thing to know: These rankings are a mix of talent, how the players fit in the offense, expectations of performance and how comfortable coaches should be with these quarterbacks in control and quality of the backup.
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1. Arizona State Andrew Walter Sam Keller
2. USC Matt Leinart John David Booty
3. Purdue Kyle Orton Brandon Kirsch
4. California Aaron Rodgers Reggie Robertson
5. Oklahoma Jason White Paul Thompson
6. Georgia David Greene D.J. Shockley
7. Clemson Charlie Whitehead Will Proctor
8. Missouri Brad Smith Chase Patton
9. Akron Charlie Frye Jabari Arthur
10. Florida Chris Leak Gavin Dickey
11. Connecticut Dan Orlovsky Matt Bonislawski
12. Louisville Stefan LeFors Brian Brohm
13. Hawaii Timmy Chang Jack Rolovich
14. Florida State Chris Rix Wyatt Sexton
15. Toledo Bruce Gradkowski Marques Council
16. Utah Alex Smith Brian Johnson
17. Memphis Danny Wimprine Bobby Robison
18. North Carolina Damian Durant Matt Baker
19. Cincinnati Gino Guidugli Dustin Grutza
20. Vanderbilt Jay Cutler Steven Bright
21. Texas Vincent Young Chance Mock
22. Oregon State Derek Anderson Adam Rothenfluh
23. Houston Kevin Kolb Kendal Briles
24. Fresno State Paul Pinegar Tom Brandstater
25. Tulsa James Kilian Paul Smith
26. Miami Brock Berlin Kyle Wright
27. Oregon Kellen Clemens Johnny DuRocher
28. UAB Darrell Hackney Curtis Falany
29. Alabama Brodie Croyle Spencer Pennington
30. Arkansas Matt Jones Alex Mortensen
31. Virginia Tech Bryan Randall Sean Glennon
32. Illinois Jon Beutjer Chris Pazan
33. Marshall Stan Hill Graham Gochneaur
34. Boston College Paul Peterson Matt Ryan
35. West Virginia Rasheed Marshall Charles Hales
36. TCU Brandon Hassell Tye Gunn
37. Utah State Travis Cox Matt Crivello
38. Georgia Tech Reggie Ball Patrick Carter
39. Texas Tech-* Sonny Cumbie Cody Hodges
40. Kent State Josh Cribbs Antwan Smith
41. Colorado Joel Klatt James Cox
42. Notre Dame Brady Quinn Pat Dillingham
43. Penn State Zack Mills Michael Robinson
44. Boise State-* Mike Sanford Jared Zabransky
45. Northern Illinois Josh Haldi Chris Carr
46. Texas A&M Reggie McNeal Stephen McGee
47. Auburn Jason Campbell Brandon Cox
48. Northwestern Brett Basanez Chris Malleo
49. Stanford Trent Edwards Kyle Matter
50. Ohio State-* Justin Zwick Troy Smith
51. Wake Forest Cory Randolph Ben Mauk
52. Iowa-* Drew Tate Jason Manson
53. Michigan-* Matt Gutierrez Clayton Richard
54. LSU-* Marcus Randall JaMarcus Russell
55. Virginia-* Marques Hagans Chris Olsen
56. Southern Miss Dustin Almond Damion Carter
57. La.-Lafayette Jerry Babb Luke Sniewski
58. Colorado State-* Justin Holland Joey Kearney
59. UCLA Drew Olson David Koral
60. Kentucky-* Shane Boyd Andre Woodson
61. North Texas Scott Hall Joey Byerly
62. Wisconsin-* John Stocco Tyler Donovan
63. Rice-* Greg Henderson Joel Armstrong
64. Kansas State-* Dylan Meier Allen Webb
65. NC State-* Jay Davis Marcus Stone
66. Temple Walter Washington Mike McGann
67. Tennessee-* Brent Schaefer Erik Ainge
68. Rutgers Ryan Hart Anthony Cali
69. New Mexico State Buck Pierce Paul Dombrowski
70. Oklahoma State-* Donovan Woods Al Pena
71. BYU John Beck Matt Berry
72. Washington State-* Josh Swogger Alex Brink
73. Nebraska-* Joe Dailey Beau Davis
74. Maryland-* Joel Statham Jordan Steffy
75. Pittsburgh-* Tyler Palko Luke Getsy
76. Wyoming-* Corey Bramlet J.J. Raterink
77. Washington-* Casey Paus Isaiah Stanback
78. Michigan State-* Stephen Reaves Drew Stanton
79. San Diego State Matt Dlugolecki Kevin O’Connell
80. Iowa State-* Bret Meyer Austin Flynn
81. La.-Monroe Steven Jyles Kinsmon Lancaster
82. Minnesota-* Bryan Cupito Adam Ernst
83. Mississippi-* Micheal Spurlock Ethan Flatt
84. Arizona Kris Heavner Ryan O’Hara
85. Indiana Matt LoVecchio Graeme McFarland
86. UNLV Kurt Nantkes Shane Steichen
87. South Carolina Dondrial Pinkins Syvelle Newton
88. SMU Chris Phillips Tony Eckert
89. Idaho Michael Harrington Brian Nooy
90. Tulane-* Lester Ricard Nick Cannon
91. Nevada -* Jeff Rowe Travis Moore
92. Texas-El Paso-* Jordan Palmer Omar Duarte
93. Central Michigan-* Grant Arnoldink Kent Smith
94. Western Michigan-* Ryan Cubit Blayne Baggett
95. Miami (Ohio)-* Josh Betts Mike Kokal
96. Bowling Green-* Omar Jacobs Van Johnson
97. Central Florida-* Steven Moffett Brandon Sumner
98. Duke Mike Schneider Chris Dapolito
99. Air Force-* Shaun Carney Andy Gray
100. New Mexico-* Kole McKamey Tali Ena
101. Mississippi State-* Omarr Conner Kyle York
102. Navy-* Aaron Polanco Lamar Owens
103. Baylor-* Shawn Bell Dane King
104. Louisiana Tech-* Donald Allen Matt Kubik
105. East Carolina James Pinkney Desmond Robinson
106. Middle Tennessee-* Josh Harris Clint Marks
107. Syracuse-* Perry Patterson Joe Fields
108. Kansas-* Adam Barmann Jason Swanson
109. South Florida Jean Julmiste Ronnie Banks
110. Ohio Ryan Hawk Austen Everson
111. Eastern Michigan-* Matt Bohnet Ken Bohnet
112. Army Zac Dahman Reggie Nevels
113. Buffalo P.J. Pisorik Randall Secky
114. Troy State Aaron Leak Carl Meadows
115. Ball State-* Joey Lynch Casey Gillin
116. San Jose State-* Dale Rogers Adam Tafralis
117. Arkansas State-* Nick Noce Devin Hollins
*–denotes new starter %%
