StiffArmTrophy.com Week 9 Heisman Poll
| rank | player | % | votes | prev | |
| 1 | Auburn QB Cameron Newton | 100% | 61 | 1 | |
| 2 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 94% | 57 | 2 | |
| 3 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 93% | 57 | 3 | |
| 4 |  | Ohio St QB Terrelle Pryor | 72% | 44 | 5 |
| 5 |  | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 64% | 38 | 4 |
| 6 | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 59% | 35 | 6 | |
| 7 | | Baylor QB Robert Griffin | 53% | 31 | 14 |
| 8 | | TCU QB Andy Dalton | 36% | 23 | 9 |
| 9 | | Alabama RB Mark Ingram | 28% | 16 | 11 |
| 10 | | Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez | 25% | 15 | 8 |
| 11 | | Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi | 21% | 13 | -- |
| 12 | | Wisconsin RB John Clay | 20% | 13 | 10 |
| 13 | | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 17% | 9 | 15 |
| 14 | | Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick | 16% | 8 | 19 |
| 15 | | LSU DB Patrick Peterson | 15% | 11 | 20 |
| 16 | | Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon | 15% | 10 | 13 |
| 17 | | Oklahoma St RB Kendall Hunter | 14% | 8 | 18 |
| 18 | | South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore | 11% | 7 | -- |
| 19 | | Stanford FB/LB Owen Marecic | 11% | 8 | -- |
| 20 | | Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett | 9% | 8 | 17 |
Note: Players are ranked by a regionally-weighted percentage, since we had more participating voters in some regions than others.