by Harry Gagnon
Thursday, Sep 25, 2025Through basically 4 games of the season the Heisman Award for College Football is certainly still up for grabs especially after Oklahoma Sooner QB John Mateer who was the favorite at 7/1 to start the week found out that he has a broken throwing hand and is done for at least giving him the hardware (now 100/1). We do however have some lineup of games this Saturday that bring enormous Heisman trophy implications. Lets begin with the rematch of the Big 10 Conference Title game a season ago between Oregon and Penn St. Now I'll start with Penn St QB Drew Allar who's currently sitting at 25/1. Allar has only 4 TDS against Nevada, FIU, and Villanova so even if he wins this game he's really going to have to do a ton more to really be considered, meanwhile I really like Oregon's QB Dante Moore who's 3rd at 11/1 for Heisman currently. Moore has been spectacular so far with 11 TDS and is completing 75% of his passes for the Ducks.
In the other main game of the day we head south to the SEC where Alabama travels to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia QB Gunner Stockton (14/1) was tremendous in their comeback win in Knoxville, but his numbers are alright (7 total TDS) and have numerous tough games left on Kirby Smart's schedule. The value play to me is who Stockton is going against and that's 'Bama's QB Ty Simpson. You can still find Simpson who has 9 passing TDS and 0 picks at a lot of books at 20/1. (Also is completing 72% of his passes). After this 1st meeting in Athens for Alabama since 2015, the Crimson Tide's remaining schedule has them at HOME against Tennessee, LSU, & Oklahoma.
As for the rest, here are players that were touted at the start of the season, but have fallen off. Utah's Devon Dampier's (65/1) lost at home to Texas Tech which hurt badly and Notre Dame's running back Jeremiyah Love (100/1) has basically no shot after the Irish started the season with two losses. Before I go, there are two other QB's we should really pay attention to and that's Georgia Tech's Haynes King (25/1) and current favorite at 9/1 Indiana's Fernando Mendoza. King does a lot of his damage on the ground than through the air (has more rushing TD's than passing TDS) plus the Yellow Jackets would really have to make some run to really have a legit chance. Ex-California QB Mendoza currently has 50 TDS in his career to 16 picks, but 0 of those picks have happened this season at Indiana. Mendoza just destroyed Illinois by going 21 of 23 with 5 TDS and this Indiana team in their last 3 games have outscored their opponents 192 to 19. At 9/1, I know it's still early and anything can happen, but Mendoza looks amazing with 14 TDS/0 Picks, plus when it comes to their schedule they catch a few breaks not having to face Michigan, Ohio St and current leader at 2-0 in the Big 10, USC.
In the other main game of the day we head south to the SEC where Alabama travels to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia QB Gunner Stockton (14/1) was tremendous in their comeback win in Knoxville, but his numbers are alright (7 total TDS) and have numerous tough games left on Kirby Smart's schedule. The value play to me is who Stockton is going against and that's 'Bama's QB Ty Simpson. You can still find Simpson who has 9 passing TDS and 0 picks at a lot of books at 20/1. (Also is completing 72% of his passes). After this 1st meeting in Athens for Alabama since 2015, the Crimson Tide's remaining schedule has them at HOME against Tennessee, LSU, & Oklahoma.
As for the rest, here are players that were touted at the start of the season, but have fallen off. Utah's Devon Dampier's (65/1) lost at home to Texas Tech which hurt badly and Notre Dame's running back Jeremiyah Love (100/1) has basically no shot after the Irish started the season with two losses. Before I go, there are two other QB's we should really pay attention to and that's Georgia Tech's Haynes King (25/1) and current favorite at 9/1 Indiana's Fernando Mendoza. King does a lot of his damage on the ground than through the air (has more rushing TD's than passing TDS) plus the Yellow Jackets would really have to make some run to really have a legit chance. Ex-California QB Mendoza currently has 50 TDS in his career to 16 picks, but 0 of those picks have happened this season at Indiana. Mendoza just destroyed Illinois by going 21 of 23 with 5 TDS and this Indiana team in their last 3 games have outscored their opponents 192 to 19. At 9/1, I know it's still early and anything can happen, but Mendoza looks amazing with 14 TDS/0 Picks, plus when it comes to their schedule they catch a few breaks not having to face Michigan, Ohio St and current leader at 2-0 in the Big 10, USC.
