Balloting for the CBS Sports Midseason All-American team reflected the degree to which unexpected stars are shaping the 2025 college football season. The list, which can be found below, features a mix of big-name stars who were expected to be great, and breakout players who began the year off the national radar.

At the first two positions -- quarterback and running back -- the midseason ballot was virtually unrecognizable in comparison to the preseason ballot. Of the five quarterbacks who received votes from our panel of 16 experts for Midseason All-American, not a single one received a preseason vote.

But amid slow starts for LSU's Garrett Nussmeier, Clemson's Cade Klubnik, South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers and Texas' Arch Manning -- all of whom received multiple preseason votes -- the

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