As we head into the long turkey weekend, the Heisman race can be trimmed to fewer candidates. Below are the five players that Strike the Pose columnist Mike Beacom feels have the best chance at winding up in New York come December.
With only a few weeks to go there still is no clear cut favorite in this race. Let the fun begin ...
What a difference one week can make! Darren McFadden has re-emerged in this race thanks to a record-tying effort on Saturday, and Dennis Dixon has taken command thanks to his role in helping the Ducks march through a demanding Pac-10 schedule. The rest of the field? Well, as usual, names are climbing and falling across the board. Read on ...
Round and round we go, who will win this race nobody knows. For now, Matt Ryan of Boston College has the lead, but he also has a rough road ahead. The same is true of Michigan's Mike Hart and Florida's Tim Tebow, the other two 'serious' candidates in this race. The biggest riser of the week is West Virginia's Pat White, who jumped up four spots and whose STP Rating increased by 10 points. The biggest faller? Read on ...
The showdown last Saturday was better than advertised. Thankfully it gave some focus to the Heisman race, but with all of the craziness in college football this season, who can be sure the race won't be flipped upside down again this weekend? Two more candidates have left our top 10, while a few familiar faces have stepped back into the ranking to replace them. **Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses.
Well, what can be said about this race other than its future is more uncertain than the BCS. Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan is the new frontrunner, which is probably a sign that Ryan and his team is due for a dud. You'll notice we are now ranking the top 10, as the field begins to trim heading into crunch time. **Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses.
It was a stunning weekend of college football, and what followed was pure chaos at the polls. Well, all of those upsets had an impact on the Heisman race, as well. We have a new frontrunner, and a few old faces have re-appeared at the back of the pack. This is still a wide-open race -- perhaps more true now than when the season began -- and demanding schedules for the half-dozen candidates currently on top of the leaderboard will only make things even more interesting as we head toward December. **Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses.
A second straight loss by the Razorbacks has wounded Darren McFadden's Heisman campaign. The former frontrunner is now desperately holding on to the bottom rung of the top five in this week's ranking. **Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses.
We've trimmed our ranking from 25 to 20 now that the season has shown us who the true candidates are. As we creep closer to the end of the season, the ranking will eventually be trimmed to the top 10. This week we showcase a new frontrunner. Read on to find out more. **Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses.
Even though the top name has remained the same there was some major shuffling in the top 25 this week. Most notably, Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm jumped into the No. 2 slot. Some like Brohm as the favorite; we think there is plenty of cushion between he and McFadden yet, though. This week we said bye-bye to Michigan's RB Mike Hart (No. 13) and WR Mario Manningham (16), Boston College QB Matt Ryan (21), Washington RB Louis Rankin (22), Tennessee QB Erik Ainge (23) and Oregon State RB Yvenson Bernard (24). **Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses.
This week's ranking includes a few new names after some surprising performances in Week 1. A few names to fall off this list: Michigan QB Chad Henne (No. 14) and Oregon RB Jonathan Stewart (No. 18).
