StiffArmTrophy.com Week 12 Heisman Poll
| rank | player | % | votes | prev | |
| 1 | Auburn QB Cameron Newton | 96% | 59 | 1 | |
| 2 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 92% | 57 | 2 | |
| 3 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 90% | 56 | 3 | |
| 4 | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 79% | 49 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ohio St QB Terrelle Pryor | 41% | 27 | 5 | |
| 6 | TCU QB Andy Dalton | 40% | 24 | 6 | |
| 7 |  | Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon | 34% | 21 | 8 |
| 8 |  | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 30% | 19 | 7 |
| 9 | Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett | 12% | 8 | 9 | |
| 10 | | LSU DB Patrick Peterson | 8% | 5 | -- |
| 10 | | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 8% | 5 | -- |
Note: Players are ranked by a regionally-weighted percentage, since we had more participating voters in some regions than others.