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How our projection broke down regionally

Posted by Kari Chisholm on December 11, 2010 in News.

When we produce our Heisman projection, we actually produce six separate regional projections (plus one for the former winners).

Here's the regional breakdown of the 217 ballots that we had by mid-afternoon on Heisman Day. As you can see, Cam Newton led in every single region.

By percentage:

nameFanFormersWestSWMidWSouthMid-AtlNEUnknown
C Newton100%92%82%93%80%92%83%92%77%
A Luck0%14%47%40%34%24%30%25%37%
L James0%3%35%19%34%31%26%29%33%
K Moore0%11%16%13%16%11%32%14%27%

By raw points:

nameFanFormersWestSWMidWSouthMid-AtlNEUnknown
C Newton3256111467157625042
A Luck0435492942231420
L James0126242954201618
K Moore031217141924815
J Blackmon00113210042
D Robinson102492502
C Kaepernick002222000
R Mallett000103120
O Marecic002003000
T Taylor000001101
P Peterson201002000
R Kerrigan000020010
A Dalton000200001
T Pryor000020000
M Lattimore010002000
J Todman000000010
DQ Bowers001000000
M Leshoure000010000
N Fairley000101000
M Herzlich000000100
R Cobb001000000
N Solder000002000
R Griffin000100000
S Acho000001000
C Harris000001000

About Stiff Arm Trophy

Since 2002, we've correctly projected the winner of every single Heisman Trophy contest. Starting in 2010, we're running a season-long Heisman Trophy poll, providing ongoing commentary, and aggregating the best news about the top Heisman candidates around the country.

When it comes to our projections, well, we really can't say it any better than ESPN's Neil Everett - just a few days before the 2009 winner was announced: