by Harry Gagnon
Friday, Nov 28, 2025Well we are almost into December and the possibilities of winning the Heisman has shrunk to about 3 quarterbacks & 1 running back. The players that have disappeared from the race are Arch Manning of Texas, Dante Moore of Oregon & Ty Simpson of the Alabama Crimson Tide. I will say Arch Manning heading into this weekends games has been playing his best ball of the season but the beginning of the season hurt him huge for Heisman consideration. Moore & Simpson lately are in the same boat. In Moore’s last 4 games his numbers are weak with just 1 TD per game & he has 2 picks. Simpson in his last 3 contests for the Crimxon Tide has just 3 tds and 3 interceptions.
Now on to the players who can win this prestigious award. Vanderbilt’s QB Diego Pavia (+650) really needed to win that Texas game, but his 3000 yards, 34 total TDS cannot be ignored. Notre Dame’s RB Jeremiah Love (+450) is making a serious run considering he’s gone for 136 yards rushing or more in 4 of his last 5 games & he’s got 9 total tds over those 5 games. Love is now 3rd in the nation in rushing yards.
Finally, we need to talk about the 2 Big 10 QB’s that have really been the top 2 candidates over the second half of the college football season. The Buckeyes Julian Sayin (4/1) has been solid all season but he’s tailed off a bit with just 4 TDS over his last 3 games. The only player to be a favorite with the odds currently for the Heisman is the Hoosiers Fernando Mendoza (-125) . He led a epic drive against Penn State that may have wrapped it up for the California Golden Bear transfer. Mendoza’s total TD to pick ratio is +30 and he’s led Indiana to being the only Big 10 team to have over 300 points in conference play & they are 24 points away from 500 for the r tire season. With all that and completing 73% of his passes as of now it’s Mendoza’s award to lose.
Now on to the players who can win this prestigious award. Vanderbilt’s QB Diego Pavia (+650) really needed to win that Texas game, but his 3000 yards, 34 total TDS cannot be ignored. Notre Dame’s RB Jeremiah Love (+450) is making a serious run considering he’s gone for 136 yards rushing or more in 4 of his last 5 games & he’s got 9 total tds over those 5 games. Love is now 3rd in the nation in rushing yards.
Finally, we need to talk about the 2 Big 10 QB’s that have really been the top 2 candidates over the second half of the college football season. The Buckeyes Julian Sayin (4/1) has been solid all season but he’s tailed off a bit with just 4 TDS over his last 3 games. The only player to be a favorite with the odds currently for the Heisman is the Hoosiers Fernando Mendoza (-125) . He led a epic drive against Penn State that may have wrapped it up for the California Golden Bear transfer. Mendoza’s total TD to pick ratio is +30 and he’s led Indiana to being the only Big 10 team to have over 300 points in conference play & they are 24 points away from 500 for the r tire season. With all that and completing 73% of his passes as of now it’s Mendoza’s award to lose.
