Travis Hunter’s Heisman Trophy competitors, plus faculty soccer’s rankings assessment

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Elements of the Vanderbilt objective posts from final week’s upset win over Alabama have been promoting for as a lot as $4,035 this week. They usually offered out.

At the moment, we’ll talk about all of the rankings shakeups stemming from that sport and extra. However first, Heisman ballot time!

Heisman Ballot

QBs make a transfer

There are a couple of new candidates in The Athletic’s weekly Heisman straw ballot. However let’s begin with the highest three:

Travis Hunter, Colorado WR/DB
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State RB
Cam Ward, Miami QB

All three front-runners earned at the least one first-place vote. As for the modifications from final week, Alabama QB Jalen Milroe — who debuted in second place — fell to fifth with simply two third-place votes. Newcomers embrace Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia — aka the Alabama slayer — and Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke.

The Hoosiers lead the Large Ten in whole offense (515.7 yards per sport), and a number of that has to do with Rourke’s effectivity. The Ohio switch leads the convention in passing yards (1,752). His 73.8 completion proportion is fourth within the nation, and it’s behind solely Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel within the Large Ten. Rourke obtained one third-place vote in The Athletic’s ballot, and I requested that voter to share their rationale anonymously in the present day. Right here’s what they stated.

“A lot of the credit score for Indiana’s sizzling begin has gone to new coach Curt Cignetti, however don’t overlook the quarterback he introduced in. Rourke, the 2022 MAC MVP at Ohio, is within the prime 5 nationally in yards per try, passing effectivity and completion charge, and he’s thrown 14 TDs to only two INTs in directing the nation’s No. 3 scoring offense. He must do it on greater phases to get precise Heisman buzz — Nebraska, Washington, Michigan and Ohio State are nonetheless forward — however propelling Indiana to 6-0 is a large accomplishment, regardless of the schedule.”

Learn the full Heisman ballot right here.

Prime 25 Updates

Large fallers and small risers

After a Saturday filled with chaos, the AP Prime 25 noticed some main shifts (Reminder: The primary School Soccer Playoff rankings come out Nov. 5).

📈 It’s no shock to see Texas retake No. 1. However different risers made the Large Ten essentially the most well-represented convention within the prime 5: No. 2 Ohio State (up one), No. 3 Oregon (up three) and No. 4 Penn State (up three) adopted by No. 5 Georgia. Oregon hosts Ohio State this week! No. 6 Miami reached its highest rating since 2017 regardless of a detailed name versus Cal, and the Canes must be thanking Vandy (which beat Alabama) and Arkansas (which beat Tennessee) for the assistance with their upsets. No. 15 Texas A&M had the largest rise of the week (10 spots) after beating earlier No. 9 Missouri. No. 11 Notre Dame is creeping again since its Week 2 upset towards Northern Illinois, rising three spots after a bye week. No. 17 Boise State is up 4 spots and is the highest-ranked Group of 5 staff.

📉 No. 7 Alabama dropped seven spots after its stunning loss to unranked Vanderbilt (the Commodores obtained 26 votes this week). However the Tide have been removed from the one huge fallers. No. 8 Tennessee fell two spots after dropping to Arkansas (which obtained 17 votes). No. 24 Michigan dropped essentially the most contained in the ballot (14 spots), and No. 21 Missouri fell 12 spots. Former No. 11 USC and former No. 22 Louisville fell out of the ballot.

👋 No. 22 Pitt (5-0) jumped into the rankings, leaving Liberty, Military and Navy as the one undefeated groups not within the ballot. No. 25 SMU (5-1) cracked the ballot for the primary time this season after beating Louisville. Final 12 months, the Mustangs debuted at No. 25 in Week 14 earlier than ending at No. 22.

Learn extra evaluation on the AP ballot right here.

Steve Sarkisian’s Texas Longhorns face rival Oklahoma on Saturday. (Tim Warner / Getty Photographs)

The Athletic 134

Louisiana-Monroe and Charlotte escape 100s

Chris Vannini’s weekly rating of all 134 FBS groups additionally noticed some shifts this week. However No. 134 stays the identical. Let’s assessment:

Checking in with No. 134 Kent State: The Golden Flashes had a bye week, so it will’ve been arduous for them to leap from No. 134 standing. Kent State is amongst three winless groups within the FBS together with No. 132 UTEP and No. 133 Kennesaw State. A comparatively winnable dwelling sport towards 1-4 Ball State (ranked No. 122) is subsequent. If the Golden Flashes don’t take benefit, their subsequent best matchup gained’t come till Nov. 19 towards Akron (presently No. 131).
Jumps of the week: Vandy jumped from No. 51 to 31 with its upset of Alabama. New No. 48 Virginia made an enormous climb from No. 76 after knocking off Boston School 24-14. No. 58 Louisiana-Monroe made the soar of the week from No. 101. The Warhawks (4-1, 2-0 Solar Belt) beat James Madison 21-19 final week and held down a Dukes offense that scored 63 and 70 factors in its earlier two video games. No. 97 Charlotte (3-3, 2-0 AAC) made a substantial soar from No. 124 after beating East Carolina 55-24. Subsequent up for the 49ers is undefeated Navy.

Learn Chris’ full rating right here.

Fast Snaps

Leaders from the Large Ten and SEC will meet this week at a convention in Nashville. On the agenda: the way forward for faculty soccer scheduling and the CFP.

Texas A&M’s Playoff inventory is rising, whereas stunning BYU (5-0) remains to be an extended shot. Learn extra Playoff tendencies from Austin Mock right here.

We’re overreacting to the discourse round Alabama DB Malachi Moore however underreacting to Sam Houston’s rise. Kennington Smith shares classes from faculty soccer’s Week 6.

Which Large Ten groups have the hardest schedules transferring ahead? What concerning the best? And the way does the trail for the CFP favorites look? Learn extra on this week’s Large Ten rating.

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