StiffArmTrophy.com Week 5 Heisman Poll
| rank | player | % | votes | prev | |
| 1 |  | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 98% | 56 | 4 |
| 2 |  | Ohio St QB Terrelle Pryor | 96% | 54 | 1 |
| 3 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 95% | 54 | 3 | |
| 4 | | Alabama RB Mark Ingram | 87% | 53 | 5 |
| 5 | | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 82% | 46 | 2 |
| 6 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 80% | 48 | 6 | |
| 7 | Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett | 62% | 37 | 7 | |
| 8 | | Auburn QB Cameron Newton | 56% | 34 | 9 |
| 9 | | TCU QB Andy Dalton | 45% | 25 | 8 |
| 10 | Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick | 44% | 27 | 10 | |
| 11 | | LSU DB Patrick Peterson | 39% | 23 | 12 |
| 12 | | Oklahoma QB Landry Jones | 34% | 18 | 14 |
| 13 | | Alabama QB Greg McElroy | 29% | 15 | 16 |
| 14 | | Arizona QB Nick Foles | 27% | 13 | 18 |
| 15 | | Oklahoma RB DeMarco Murray | 27% | 18 | 17 |
| 16 | | Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez | 25% | 13 | 13 |
| 17 | | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 24% | 11 | -- |
| 18 | | Washington QB Jake Locker | 21% | 11 | -- |
| 19 | | Wisconsin RB John Clay | 20% | 13 | 11 |
| 20 | | Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi | 19% | 10 | -- |
| 21 | | Stanford FB/LB Owen Marecic | 17% | 11 | 20 |
| 22 | | Oklahoma St RB Kendall Hunter | 16% | 11 | 23 |
| 23 | | Kansas St RB Daniel Thomas | 15% | 11 | 21 |
| 24 | | Oregon St RB Jacquizz Rodgers | 12% | 9 | 19 |
| 25 | | NC State QB Russell Wilson | 11% | 6 | 15 |
Note: Players are ranked by a regionally-weighted percentage, since we had more participating voters in some regions than others.