ShareThisAfter a fairly tame run lately, this year's race for the Heisman Trophy could be a wild one.
That's certainly true if the first Scripps Howard Heisman Poll is any indicator. This first poll saw no less than six different players garner first-place votes with Stanford QB Andrew Luck atop the jumbled pile.
Luck, a distant second to Auburn's Cam Newton in last year's final Heisman vote, garnered four of 10 first-place votes. In the Cardinal's 3-0 start, Luck has thrown for 786 yards, eight touchdowns, one interception with a touchdown run.
A surprise second is Baylor QB Robert Griffin III who leads the nation passing efficiency. After finishing fourth in last year's Heisman, Boise State QB Kellen Moore is third followed by Oklahoma QB Landry Jones and South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore.
Since its inception in 1987, the Scripps Poll (the longest running Heisman poll in the nation) has correctly picked the Heisman winner in its final poll 20 of 24 years, including Newton last year. Ten voters select five players each week. The tabulations are made on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, with five points for a first-place vote, four points for second, etc. First-place votes are in parentheses.
This week's poll with first-place votes in parenthesis.
Player, School, Last week, Points.
1. QB Andrew Luck, Stanford, 20-of-31, 325 yards passing, 2 TDs, 40 (4).
2. QB Robert Griffin III, Baylor, 20-of-22, 263 passing, 3 TDs, 24.
3. QB Kellen Moore, Boise State, 32-of-42, 455 passing, 5 TDs, int., 23 (1).
4. QB Landry Jones, Oklahoma, 18-of-27, 199 passing, TD, 2 ints., TD run, 20 (1).
5. RB Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina, 37 carries, 246 yards rushing, 4 TDs, 19. (2).
Others receiving votes: Michigan QB Denard Robinson 11 (1), Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson 9 (1), Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon 3, Oregon RB LaMichael James 2, Alabama RB Trent Richardson 1.
Voters: Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman; Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Mike Griffith, Knoxville News-Sentinel; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Bob Condotta, Seattle Times; Dennis Dodd, CBSSportsline.com; John Lindsay, Scripps Howard News Service; Tom Luicci, Newark Star-Ledger; Michael Lewis, Salt Lake Tribune and John Rohde, The Oklahoman.
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
