10 Teams Named as 2026 Joe Moore Award
Semifinalists Presented by Johnsonville
Playoff contenders, disciplined units earn prestigious honor as season hits homestretch
The Foundation for Teamwork announced today the 10 college football offensive line units that were named as 2026 Joe Moore Award Semifinalists Presented by Johnsonville. These top offensive lines were revealed during a livestream of “The Joe Moore Award Show” at the award’s YouTube channel.
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CBS Sports personality Jenny Dell was joined by ESPN and SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic, NFL Draft analyst Lance Zierlein, Fox Sports analyst Geoff Schwartz and CBS Sports analyst and co-founder of the Joe Moore Award Aaron Taylor as they unveiled the best offensive lines in the country. The group provided analysis and commentary on what made these offensive lines stand out during the first half of the college football season.
“In a season when consistency has been the hardest thing to find, these units found it, each in its own way,” said Cubelic, chairman of the Joe Moore Award voting committee. “Although the skill sets and competition levels vary, the standard doesn’t: five men on the same page, physical at the point of attack, looking to finish every snap like it’s the one that decides the game.”
This year’s Joe Moore Award Semifinalists Presented by Johnsonville are:
- Boise State
- BYU
- Duke
- Georgia
- Houston
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Notre Dame
- Tennessee
- Utah
“The common thread with this year’s semifinalists is their teams are winning because of their offensive lines, not in spite of them,” said Taylor, who played guard at the University of Notre Dame for the award’s namesake, the legendary offensive line coach Joe Moore. “But nobody has reached the top yet. November is where offensive lines get exposed or get remembered, and the climb only gets steeper from here. We can’t wait to see which of these units carries its team to the summit.”
“The Joe Moore Award Show” shares new content on Mondays during the college football season.
The Joe Moore Award is proud to partner with Johnsonville, America’s No. 1 sausage brand, through its No Weak Links campaign that celebrates the offensive line units who have earned the right to say they are among the best of the best in college football. This partnership places Johnsonville at the heart of its most natural environment: college football. For decades, Johnsonville has been a staple of the gameday experience, bringing passionate fans together over shared traditions and tailgates. While headlines often overlook the work done in the trenches, both Johnsonville and the Joe Moore Award recognize that this selfless teamwork is the true anchor of success.
The Joe Moore Award is also supported by its corporate partners the Enovis™ DonJoy brand and Logistics Plus. DonJoy products are used by nearly all college football teams, and more than 95 percent of Division I linemen trust the DonJoy Defiance® knee brace to prevent injury. Logistics Plus is the exclusive logistics provider for the Joe Moore Award, working closely with to assist with the annual transportation and delivery of the trophy, the largest given out in American sports.
The finalists for the Joe Moore Award will be announced on Dec 2.
