Heisman Blog
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 […]
The First Full Slate Of College Football Is Here. Time To Dig In.
The first full slate of college football is about to be unleashed and we are here for it. Last weekend’s mini slate of games was a mere amuse bouche ahead of the avalanche of tailgating smorgasbords that will accompany the huge schedule of games over Labor Day weekend. It starts tonight with 11 games, including […]
College Football Kicks Off On Aug. 29. It’s A Meaningful Date In Heisman History.
College football is back in under 48 hours, kicking off on Aug. 29. This is not a drill. We don’t have to go back very far to find the last Heisman winner to begin his season on that date. Just two years, in fact, when Travis Hunter helped Colorado defeat North Dakota State on a […]
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 |
