By, Scripps Howard News Service

After 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.

Capsule previews of the 17 NCAA Southeast region teams.

No. 1 PITTSBURGH

Nickname: Panthers.

Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Coach: Jamie Dixon.

2010-11 Record: 27-5.

NCAA Record: 22-23.

Entry to tournament: At-large.

Best regular-season win: 68-66 over Texas on Nov. 19.

Capsule previews of the 18 NCAA East region teams.

1. No. OHIO STATE

Nickname: Buckeyes.

Location: Columbus.

Coach: Thad Matta.

2010-11 Record: 32-2.

NCAA record: 45-25, one championship (1960).

Entry to tournament: Big Ten champs

Best regular-season win: 87-64 over Purdue on Jan. 25.

Fun facts about the Scripps National Spelling Bee:

MYTHBUSTER

Five of the six most recent national champions were public school students.

HOME SCHOOL SUCCESS

Capsule previews of the 16 NCAA men's basketball West Regional teams.

No. 1 SYRACUSE

Nickname: Orange.

Location: Syracuse, N.Y.

Coach: Jim Boeheim.

2009-10 Record: 28-4

NCAA record: 50-32, one championship (2003).

Entry to tournament: At-large.

Best regular-season win: 75-71 at Georgetown on Feb. 18.

Here is the Final Consolidated Scripps Howard News Service NEWS budget for Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.

NATIONAL

Only two of the top five Heisman candidates were in action last week, so there wasn't much movement in the Scripps Howard News Service Heisman Trophy poll, either.

With barely a month before the 74th Heisman Trophy is awarded in New York, the Big 12 Conference has a stranglehold on the race.

Seizing his moment on college football's big stage, Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell has grabbed the lead in this week's Scripps Howard News Service Heisman Trophy poll. And he did with a flair for the dramatic.