Arch Manning vs. Dante Moore: Football Debate Club Breaks Down Which QB Has the Better 2026 Setup
Arch Manning vs. Dante Moore: Football Debate Club Looks at Who Has the Better 2026 Setup Arch Manning’s 2025 season started with a pick in Columbus and ended with a 60-yard touchdown run that put away Michigan in Orlando. Now, the Texas quarterback enters 2026 with arguably a better shot at the Heisman Trophy than Oregon’s Dante Moore.
Which quarterback has the better situation entering the 2026 season? PFSN’s “Football Debate Club” tackled this debate, with PFSN’s Oli Hodgkinson landing on Manning and college football analyst Eric Mac Lain arguing for Moore. The Case For Texas QB Arch Manning Moore’s 2025 ledger is shinier on paper.
He threw for 3,565 yards and 30 touchdowns with a 71. 8% completion rate, which ranked fourth-best in Oregon single-season history. He also edged Manning in PFSN’s College QB Impact metric , 85.
9 to 83. 1. But the second half of the season told a different story.
Manning threw 12 touchdowns against two interceptions in Texas’s final six regular-season games, then produced 376 total yards and four scores against Michigan in the Citrus Bowl. Moore, after an Orange Bowl MVP performance against Texas Tech, threw a pick-six on Oregon’s first snap of the Peach Bowl, fumbled twice more in the first half, and watched Indiana win 56-22. “Down the stretch of the season, four of his five highest-graded games came in the final five games of the season,” Hodgkinson said.