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Yahoo Sports: Heisman watch: Matt Barkley slips off, but an unlikely candidate emerges

It was a rough week for a couple of our Heisman candidates, including USC quarterback Matt Barkley, who slipped off Dr. Saturday's Heisman list because of a combination of poor play at Stanford and stellar play by other strong candidates. But it's a long season and we're just going into the fourth week of the season. This is when things start to get interesting as teams start consistently playing conference games and the level of competition is raised across the board. After Week 3, here are our favorites to vie for the bronze statue in New York:


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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: