Heisman Blog
The Latest Heisman Buzz As Fall Begins
As a weekly reminder, college football fans can now vote on a daily basis at hopefuls.heisman.com and have their vote count at the end of the season. The fan vote uses a season-long weighted model, developed in partnership with the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center, that gives greater weight to votes cast later in the year as […]
Heisman Hopefuls Entering Week 3
Reviewing the state of the Heisman race in September is a lot like getting ready to make a blood donation — both require temperature and pulse checks that are typically low-stake endeavors. There’s also a strong hydration component, but that’s just good advice whether you are rolling up your sleeve to donate blood or to […]
Heisman Seasons That Opened With Uphill Battles
Paul Hornung is the only Heisman winner to play for a losing team when he captured the award despite Notre Dame’s 2-8 finish in 1956. But even in that season, the Fighting Irish split its first two games. Hornung’s distinction is unlikely to be equalled. Ever. Archie Griffin’s back-to-back wins seems a more likely record […]
Thirteen Heisman Winners Kick Off Their 2026 NFL Seasons This Week
The 2026 NFL season kicks off tonight with a Super Bowl rematch between the champion Seattle Seahawks and the reigning AFC champs New England Patriots. Neither team has a Heisman winner, although Seahawk third-string QB and former Alabama signal-caller Jalen Milroe was sixth in the 2023 balloting while Patriot starter and former North Carolina star […]
Impressive performances abounded during the first full weekend of college football
Slow Week 1 in college football, eh? We’ll let the punditry class debate the intricacies of referee clock management and when the binary world of ones and zeroes breaks down in front of 100,000 screaming fans and a national spotlight. We’ll also leave to others to delve into the Mid-American Conference appeal of the outcome […]
2025 Heisman Final Results
| Player | School | Position | Class | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | QB | RS JR | 643 | 191 | 51 | 2,362 |
| 2 | Diego Pavia | Vanderbilt | QB | RS SR | 189 | 352 | 164 | 1,435 |
| 3 | Jeremiyah Love | Notre Dame | RB | JR | 46 | 157 | 267 | 719 |
| 4 | Julian Sayin | Ohio State | QB | RS FR | 8 | 118 | 172 | 432 |
| 5 | Jacob Rodriguez | Texas Tech | LB | SR | 17 | 56 | 132 | 295 |
| 6 | Jeremiah Smith | Ohio State | WR | SO | 4 | 18 | 36 | 84 |
| 7 | Gunner Stockton | Georgia | QB | JR | 3 | 6 | 22 | 43 |
| 8 | Trinidad Chambliss | Mississippi | QB | SR | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Caleb Downs | Ohio State | S | JR | 2 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Haynes King | Georgia Tech | QB | SR | 2 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
