{"id":212426,"date":"2025-10-09T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212426\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:09:09","slug":"maryland-syracuse-lead-with-two-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212426\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland, Syracuse lead with two each"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/college-football-odds-picks-predictions-oregon-vs-indiana-michigan-vs-usc-lead-intriguing-week-7-slate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Week 7<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">college football<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2025 season<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/longformarticle\/florida-miami-wrs-headline-college-footballs-top-nine-true-freshmen-of-week-6-255686840\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standout true freshmen<\/a>\u00a0have emerged at every position, but they&#8217;re not necessarily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/longformarticle\/college-footballs-10-true-freshmen-generating-the-most-2025-hype-249857244\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the preseason names that everyone expected<\/a>. Just one five-star prospect leads at his position while nine of the 12 position groups are topped by <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/longformarticle\/eight-former-three-star-recruits-who-are-balling-out-as-true-freshmen-early-in-college-footballs-2025-season-253695669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">former three-star recruits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Using advanced analytics, we evaluated every player from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2025-football\/RecruitRankings\/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 recruiting class<\/a>\u00a0through the season&#8217;s first six weeks, identifying the top performers at each offensive and defensive position this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple blue-chip prospects \u2014 including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/michigan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michigan<\/a>\u00a0quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/bryce-underwood-46113169\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/bryce-underwood-46113169\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bryce Underwood<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/georgia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Georgia<\/a>\u00a0defensive lineman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/Elijah-Griffin-46129369\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elijah Griffin<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oregon<\/a> wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/247Sports.com\/Player\/Dakorien-Moore-46111842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dakorien Moore<\/a> \u2014 have impressed this season but fallen short of their peers at their positions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/join\/?promo=JOIN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the latest football and recruiting scoop on your favorite college team today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is a ranking of the best true freshmen at each offensive and defensive position entering Week 7 of college football&#8217;s 2025 season:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entering\u00a0Week 7\u00a0of\u00a0college football&#8216;s 2025 season,\u00a0standout true freshmen\u00a0have emerged at every position, but they&#8217;re not necessarily\u00a0the preseason names that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-212426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}