Week 9: Baylor QB Robert Griffin joins the Heisman favorites
Stanzi, Lattimore, Marecic back in; Gabbert, Cousins, Barkley out
The top six in the StiffArmTrophy.com ranking are the same as last week, in almost entirely the same order -Auburn QB Cam Newton, Boise State QB Kellen Moore, Oregon RB LaMichael James, Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor moved up slightly to #4, Stanford QB Andrew Luck dipped to #5, and Michigan QB Denard Robinson rounded out the top six.
The big story, however, is that just one week after debuting at #14, Baylor QB Robert Griffin has jumped again - this time up to #7. He joins the top six as the only players with over 50% support from the 61 actual Heisman voters that participated in this week's poll.
Just one week after dropping out of the StiffArmTrophy.com Top 20, three players are back - Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi at #11, South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore at #18 and Stanford FB/LB Owen Marecic comes in at #19.
Last week's big star, Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert (who was #7) is now entirely out of the top 20. Also dropping out are previous #12 Michigan State QB Kirk Cousins and previous #16 USC QB Matt Barkley.
61 actual Heisman voters from 35 states participated in this week's StiffArmTrophy.com poll.
Full details of the poll on the jump...
This week's StiffArmTrophy.com Heisman Poll
| rank | player | weighted% | 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 |
Here's the regional breakdown:
| rank | player | Atlantic (7) | Midwest (10) | Northeast (6) | South (17) | Southwest (10) | West (11) |
| 1 | Auburn QB Cameron Newton | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | Boise St QB Kellen Moore | 100% | 90% | 100% | 88% | 90% | 100% |
| 3 | Oregon RB LaMichael James | 85% | 90% | 100% | 88% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | Ohio St QB Terrelle Pryor | 57% | 90% | 83% | 70% | 50% | 81% |
| 5 | Stanford QB Andrew Luck | 85% | 70% | 50% | 41% | 60% | 81% |
| 6 | Michigan QB Denard Robinson | 71% | 60% | 66% | 52% | 60% | 45% |
| 7 | Baylor QB Robert Griffin | 57% | 30% | 66% | 41% | 80% | 45% |
| 8 | TCU QB Andy Dalton | 57% | 30% | 0% | 29% | 50% | 54% |
| 9 | Alabama RB Mark Ingram | 28% | 50% | 33% | 11% | 10% | 36% |
| 10 | Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez | 28% | 10% | 33% | 17% | 10% | 54% |
| 11 | Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi | 0% | 40% | 50% | 29% | 0% | 9% |
| 12 | Wisconsin RB John Clay | 28% | 50% | 0% | 23% | 20% | 0% |
| 13 | Oregon QB Darron Thomas | 28% | 20% | 16% | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 14 | Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick | 28% | 20% | 33% | 5% | 0% | 9% |
| 15 | LSU DB Patrick Peterson | 14% | 10% | 0% | 23% | 30% | 18% |
| 16 | Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon | 14% | 10% | 16% | 23% | 20% | 9% |
| 17 | Oklahoma St RB Kendall Hunter | 14% | 0% | 16% | 5% | 40% | 9% |
| 18 | South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore | 28% | 10% | 0% | 11% | 10% | 9% |
| 19 | Stanford FB/LB Owen Marecic | 0% | 30% | 0% | 17% | 10% | 9% |
| 20 | Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett | 0% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 30% | 0% |
Participating voters included:
Mid-Atlantic: Frank Bodani, Mike Casazza, Doug Doughty, Chuck Landon, Tom Luicci, Matthew Osborne, Caulton Tudor
Midwest: Andy Baggot, Randy Beard, Mike Carmin, Doug Clarke, Pete DiPrimio, Don Doxsie, Dave Hackenberg, Sean Keeler, Drew Sharp, Jon Spencer
Northeast: Mark Blaudschun, C.J. McCarthy, Cory McCartney, Rick McGowan, Brad Riter, Lenn Robbins
South: Brady Ackerman, Sean Baligian, Joe Biddle, Andy Bitter, Olin Buchanan, David Ching, Pat Dooley, Tim Guidera, Chuck Hathcock, Ron Higgins, Randy Kennedy, Phillip Marshall, Brett McMurphy, Joshua Parrott, Billy Reed, Doug Segrest, Bob Tompkins
Southwest: Jimmy Burch, Sean Callahan, Kevin Haskin, Harry King, Kevin Kugler, Reid Laymance, Dave Matter, David McCollum, John Rohde, Steve Sipple
West: Mark Anderson, Steve Bisheff, Bob Condotta, Patrick Finley, Ken Goe, Mike Lewis, Jeff Metcalfe, Kevin Schnepf, George Schroeder, John Tamanaha, Scott Wolf