Top 5 quarterbacks for the 2024 college football season

The college football season is here. The 2024 season will be an unprecedented one, as so many new implementations will be featured this year.

The College Football Playoff will feature 12 teams for the first time ever, the Big 12 and Big Ten will each have four new teams, and 31 head coaches across FBS will make their debut at a new program.

With such a historic season upon us, FOX Sports college football experts Michael Cohen and RJ Young each ranked their top five quarterbacks ahead of the 2024 season.

Let's take a look: 

Michael Cohen: 

1. Carson Beck, Georgia 

As a first-year starter, Beck led the SEC and finished third nationally in passing yards with 3,941. He posted an excellent touchdown-to-interception ratio of 28 to 6 and was charged with fewer turnover-worthy plays (11), per Pro Football Focus, than all but four Power 5 signal-callers: Bo Nix (five), Quinn Ewers (eight), Shedeur Sanders (nine) and Drake Maye (10). He's among the Heisman Trophy favorites for a reason and the driving force behind Georgia landing at No. 1 in both preseason polls.

2. Dillon Gabriel , Oregon

No signal-caller in college football can match Gabriel's production entering the 2024 campaign. He leads the nation in career starts (49), wins (33), passing yards (14,865) and passing touchdowns (125) after standout performances for UCF and Oklahoma. Now he joins another high-powered offense that helped Nix throw for 4,500 yards and 45 touchdowns last season under the direction of coordinator Will Stein. It should be a perfect fit. 

3. Shedeur Sanders , Colorado

Nine Power 5 quarterbacks were pressured on at least 150 dropbacks last season. Seven of those players threw at least eight interceptions. The others? Eventual No. 1 overall