Week 5: Andrew Luck & Russell Wilson atop the Heisman race
After several weeks where there were four or five candidates in the top tier of the Heisman race, there are now just two well above the field: Stanford QB Andrew Luck and Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson are receiving top-12 support from over 94% of Heisman voters surveyed. Wilson rocketed from #7 last week on the strength of his big game against Nebraska.
A clear second tier has also emerged: Michigan QB Denard Robinson, Alabama RB Trent Richardson, Boise St QB Kellen Moore, Baylor QB Robert Griffin III, and Oklahoma QB Landry Jones all have top-12 support from over 80% of Heisman voters surveyed.
South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore and Oregon RB LaMichael James represent a small third tier in the Heisman race, with top-12 support from 66% and 62% of Heisman voters, respectively.
New to the Heisman race are Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson (#16) and Wisconsin RB Montee Ball (#18). USC's QB Matt Barkley and WR Robert Woods are back after a one-week absence, at #17 and #20.
Dropping out of the Heisman rankings were Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez, Oklahoma WR Ryan Broyles, LSU QB Jarrett Lee, and Florida QB John Brantley.
46 actual Heisman voters from 29 states participated in this week's StiffArmTrophy.com poll. The poll asked voters to share an unranked top-12 "watch list" for the Heisman Trophy.
rank | player | weighted% | votes | prev | |
1 | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 95% | 43 | 1 | |
2 | Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson | 94% | 45 | 7 | |
3 | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 87% | 39 | 6 | |
4 | Alabama RB Trent Richardson | 86% | 40 | 8 | |
5 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 86% | 39 | 2 | |
6 | Baylor QB Robert Griffin III | 85% | 40 | 3 | |
7 | Oklahoma QB Landry Jones | 82% | 39 | 4 | |
8 | South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore | 66% | 30 | 5 | |
9 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 61% | 30 | 9 | |
10 | Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon | 45% | 22 | 10 | |
11 | Clemson QB Tajh Boyd | 45% | 19 | 15 | |
12 | Houston QB Case Keenum | 42% | 20 | 11 | |
13 | Oklahoma St QB Brandon Weeden | 40% | 20 | 12 | |
14 | LSU DB Tyrann Mathieu | 38% | 19 | 14 | |
15 | Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd | 20% | 12 | 20 | |
16 | Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson | 20% | 10 | -- | |
17 | USC QB Matt Barkley | 17% | 9 | -- | |
18 | Wisconsin RB Montee Ball | 16% | 8 | -- | |
19 | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 14% | 7 | 18 | |
20 | USC WR Robert Woods | 14% | 7 | -- |
Regional breakdown and list of participating voters on the jump...
With votes coming from multiple states, players are ranked based on a weighted percentage that adjusts for the number of participating voters in each state.
Here's the regional breakdown:
rank | player | Atlantic | Midwest | Northeast | South | Southwest | West |
1 | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 100% | 83% | 100% | 100% | 87% | 100% |
2 | Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson | 100% | 100% | 66% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
3 | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 85% | 91% | 100% | 60% | 87% | 100% |
4 | Alabama RB Trent Richardson | 100% | 66% | 66% | 100% | 87% | 100% |
5 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 85% | 83% | 100% | 90% | 75% | 83% |
6 | Baylor QB Robert Griffin III | 85% | 75% | 66% | 100% | 100% | 83% |
7 | Oklahoma QB Landry Jones | 57% | 91% | 66% | 90% | 87% | 100% |
8 | South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore | 85% | 58% | 66% | 50% | 87% | 50% |
9 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 57% | 75% | 33% | 60% | 62% | 83% |
10 | Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon | 28% | 58% | 33% | 30% | 75% | 50% |
11 | Clemson QB Tajh Boyd | 42% | 50% | 100% | 40% | 37% | 0% |
12 | Houston QB Case Keenum | 42% | 66% | 66% | 40% | 37% | 0% |
13 | Oklahoma St QB Brandon Weeden | 42% | 33% | 0% | 40% | 62% | 66% |
14 | LSU DB Tyrann Mathieu | 14% | 41% | 33% | 60% | 50% | 33% |
15 | Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd | 14% | 41% | 0% | 40% | 12% | 16% |
16 | Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson | 57% | 8% | 0% | 30% | 12% | 16% |
17 | USC QB Matt Barkley | 14% | 25% | 0% | 20% | 12% | 33% |
18 | Wisconsin RB Montee Ball | 0% | 33% | 33% | 10% | 25% | 0% |
19 | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 42% | 8% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 16% |
20 | USC WR Robert Woods | 14% | 16% | 0% | 10% | 12% | 33% |
Participating voters included:
Mid-Atlantic: Frank Bodani, Doug Doughty, Phil Kornblut, Chuck Landon, Keith Morehouse, Matthew Osborne, Keith Sargeant
Midwest: Andy Baggot, Randy Beard, Mike Carmin, Doug Clarke, Pete DiPrimio, Dave Hackenberg, Pat Harty, Todd Hefferman, Jeff Rapp, Mark Rea, Drew Sharp, Jon Spencer,
Northeast: Cory McCartney, Rick McGowan, Chuck Pollock
South: Brady Ackerman, Sean Baligian, Rick Bozich, Olin Buchanan, Pat Dooley, Joe Girvan, Chuck Hathcock, Cecil Hurt, Joey Johnston, Bob Tompkins
Southwest: Jimmy Burch, Sean Callahan, David Collier, Gary Ivins, Harry King, Reid Laymance, Bob Lutz, Mike'l Severe
West: Mark Anderson, Roxy Bernstein, Steve Bisheff, Mike Lewis, Eric Schmoldt, Kevin Schnepf