StiffArmTrophy.com Week 8 Heisman Poll
| rank | player | % | votes | prev | |
| 1 | Auburn QB Cameron Newton | 98% | 61 | 1 | |
| 2 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 91% | 55 | 2 | |
| 3 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 88% | 55 | 3 | |
| 4 |  | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 77% | 46 | 6 |
| 5 |  | Ohio St QB Terrelle Pryor | 76% | 48 | 4 |
| 6 | | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 65% | 42 | 5 |
| 7 | | Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert | 45% | 27 | 17 |
| 8 | | Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez | 39% | 26 | 13 |
| 9 | | TCU QB Andy Dalton | 38% | 24 | 7 |
| 10 | | Wisconsin RB John Clay | 37% | 24 | 8 |
| 11 | Alabama RB Mark Ingram | 30% | 18 | 11 | |
| 12 | | Michigan St QB Kirk Cousins | 30% | 16 | 19 |
| 13 | | Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon | 26% | 18 | 16 |
| 14 | | Baylor QB Robert Griffin | 22% | 13 | -- |
| 15 | | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 20% | 11 | 18 |
| 16 | | USC QB Matt Barkley | 19% | 13 | 20 |
| 17 | | Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett | 15% | 10 | 9 |
| 18 | | Oklahoma St RB Kendall Hunter | 14% | 9 | -- |
| 19 | | Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick | 14% | 7 | 22 |
| 20 | | LSU DB Patrick Peterson | 11% | 8 | 14 |
Note: Players are ranked by a regionally-weighted percentage, since we had more participating voters in some regions than others.