Top Players
1. Toby Gerhart
Gerhart might have the leader role on how many times he has landed on this list. Despite fumbling, Gerhart was given the ball again and again against Oregon. Gerhart had a ridiculous 38 carries for an impressive 223 yards, but more importantly he got into the endzone three times for Stanford. Stanford's offense won this game. Jeremiah Masoli had a 3/0 ratio and James got his 100 yards on the ground. Andrew Luck stayed solid for Stanford, but this was clearly Gerhart's game as he ran it at almost a 2:1 ratio to Luck's throws. Gerhart will get his Heisman hype as his team works their way up in terms of national respect.
2. Cameron Heyward
Heyward was all over the field for the Buckeyes against Penn State Saturday. Ohio State with the win controls their own destiny in the Big Ten and with the injury to Stanzi, Ohio State should be bigtime favorites this week against Iowa. Heyward and the rest of the Buckeye defensive line manhandled an overwhelmed Penn State offensive line of Saturday. Heyward is a future NFL star and he played big in one of the Buckeye's biggest games of the season with 11 tackles and 2 sacks. The Buckeyes defense is proving to be one of the tops in the country with a couple shutouts this season and now holding one of the Big Ten's top offenses to a measly 7 points and that 7 points being controversial too.
3. Case Keenum
Keenum is keeping himself alive in the Heisman race, doing everything he can possibly do. This week he completed 40 passes and for a second week in a row he threw for over 500 yards, totalling 522 with 21 more on the ground from 6 carries. Keenum was interception-less and threw for an "average" 3 touchdowns. It's his clutch performances that should be getting the attention of the country though. Most Heisman winners have some marquee moment that defines them each season. Keenum just has that winning knack. Houston doesn't always win pretty, but Keenum makes sure they are in that W column at the end of the day. Keenum's team was on the brink of defeat, but a couple of clutch throws put the Houston kicker in range for the gamewinner and he didn't disappoint.
4. Zach Collaros
Well Cincinnati fans should feel about their future. Colloras is only a sophomore and he may already be a top 5 quarterback in the country after coming off the bench for another one in Tony Pike. Collaros had another absolutely monstrous week throwing for 480 yards and running for 75 more with 3 combined touchdowns. The Big East is quickly forgetting Matt Grothe, as Collaros is possibly a better passer and better runner. If Collaros had played the entire season for the Bearcats, he would be in my opinion the obvious choice for the Heisman. He has almost 300 rushing yards to go with 1200+ passing yards and he has only started for a small fraction of the team's games so far. Cincinnati is here to stay and Collaros is the reason why.
5. CJ Spiller
There were a lot of candidates this week for top players of the week honors, but I decided to reward the people in Heisman contention more as they come up big when they need to. Clemson is storming back after a so-so start to the season and it all starts with Spiller. Spiller came up big on the ground this week, an area where I have doubted him in the past, with 165 yards and a score. Spiller didn't do anything special on special teams this week, but he added 67 yards and a touchdown on three catches in the aerial game. With all these yards, Spiller has to start getting more attention nationally. Sure Clemson isn't a top team, but they are definitely playing well now and Spiller doesn't pad his stats against the Coastal Carolina's of the world.
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