Heisman hot board after Week 6: C.J. Stroud is the current leader
Heisman voters Matt Zenitz and Mike Huguenin provide weekly updates on who leads the Heisman race for them. Here is how each has the field after Week Six.
Matt Zenitz’s Heisman list
1. Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud: Stroud has 22 touchdown passes in Ohio State’s past five games.
+ Season stats: 113-of-160 (70.6 percent), 1,737 yards, 24 TDs, 3 interceptions
+ Week 6 stats: 361 yards, six TDs in 49-20 victory over Michigan State
2. UCLA QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson: Led by Thompson-Robinson, UCLA has back-to-back top-15 wins over Utah and Washington. In those two games, Thompson-Robinson had 614 passing yards, 61 rushing yards and nine total touchdowns.
+ Season stats: 122-of-163 (74.8 percent), 1,510 yards, 15 TDs, 2 interceptions; 231 yards rushing, 4 TDs
+ Week 6 stats: 299 yards, 5 TDs, 1 rushing TD in 42-32 win over Utah
3. Michigan RB Blake Corum: Corum is the first Wolverines running back in at least 25 years with 120 or more rushing yards in each of Michigan’s first three Big Ten games.
+ Season stats: 735 yards (6.2 yards per carry), 11 TDs
+ Week 6 stats: 124 yards, 1 TD in 31-10 victory over Indiana
4. Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker: Aided by Hooker, Tennessee has threewins over ranked teams in its past four games.
+ Season stats: 98-of-140 (70.0 percent), 1,432 yards, 10 TDs, 0 interceptions; 231 yards rushing, 3 TDs
+ Week 6 stats: 239 yards, 2 TDs, 56 yards rushing in 40-13 win over LSU
5. TCU QB Max Duggan: Duggan is the only QB from a current Power 5 team to post at least 300 passing yards, at least 50 rushing yards and at least four total touchdowns in each of a team’s first two conference games.
+ Season stats: 93-of-127 (73.2 percent), 1,305 yards, 14 TDs, 1 interceptions; 204 yards rushing, 3 TDs
+ Week 6 stats: 308 yards, 3 TDs, 1 interception, 55 rushing yards, 1 TD in 38-31 win over Kansas
6. USC QB Caleb Williams: Williams helped USC closed its game against Washington State on a 20-0 run after trailing 14-10 late in the second quarter.
+ Season stats: 122-of-188 (64.9 percent), 1,590 yards, 14 TDs, 1 interception; 178 yards rushing, 3 TDs
+ Week 6 stats: 188 yards, 2 TDs, 34 rushing yards in 30-14 victory over Washington State
7. Alabama EDGE Will Anderson: Anderson had eight quarterback hurries and a tackle for loss during Alabama’s 24-20 win over Texas A&M. In the Crimson Tide’s past five games, Anderson has nine tackles for loss, five sacks and a pick-six.
+ Season stats: 29 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, 9 quarterback hurries, 1 interception, 1 blocked kick
+ Week 6 stats: 2 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 8 quarterback hurries in 24-20 win over Texas A&M
Mike Huguenin’s Heisman list
1. C.J. Stroud: Stroud threw six TD passes in the Buckeyes’ rout of Michigan State. Get this: In two career games against the Spartans, Stroud has 12 TD passes and eight incompletions.
2. Hendon Hooker: Hooker is a great fit in Josh Heupel’s offense. In six games this season, the Vols have hit the 500-yard mark four times and the 40-point plateau three times.
3. Dorian Thompson-Robinson: Saturday’s easy win over Utah – the final 10-point margin was not indicative of the Bruins’ dominance – was the third time this season DTR has completed at least 75 percent of his passes and the fifth time in six games he has been above 72 percent.
4. Caleb Williams: He struggled with his accuracy in the win over Washington State, but his TD-to-INT ratio is a sterling 14-to-1.
5. North Carolina QB Drake Maye: Maye is second in the nation in total offense (behind UTSA QB Frank Harris) at 368.5 yards per game.
+ Season stats: 134-of-193 (69.4 percent), 1,903 yards, 21 TDs, 3 interceptions; 308 yards rushing, 3 TDs
+ Week 6 stats: 309 yards, 2 TDs, 2 interceptions, 53 rushing yards in 27-24 win over Miami
6. Illinois RB Chase Brown: Brown leads the nation in rushing yards and has provided an incredible 36 percent of Illinois’ total offense. He’s a major reason Illinois is 5-1.
+ Season stats: 879 yards (5.8 yards per carry), 4 TDs, 1 TD reception
+ Week 6 stats: 146 yards in 9-6 victory over Iowa
7. Max Duggan: For a guy who started the season as the second-teamer, Duggan has excellent numbers. He has had at least 363 yards of total offense three times and accounted for at least four touchdowns in three games.