Travis Hunter received harm, left early and watched his crew lose a detailed one. That’s no motive for anybody who thought the Colorado cornerback/receiver was the most effective participant in school soccer coming into Saturday to assume in any other case popping out of Saturday.

However the Heisman Trophy can’t simply be about being. It’s about doing, and nobody is doing extra on a weekly foundation to make voters discover than Boise State operating again Ashton Jeanty. In order the pool of candidates expands in The Athletic’s Heisman straw ballot — to a season-high 9 this week — Jeanty additionally boasts probably the most factors a candidate has earned.

After speeding for 217 yards and a landing, plus catching a landing, in Boise State’s 28-7 win at Hawaii, Jeanty obtained 20 first-place votes and 74 factors. That’s up from 10 first-place votes and 58 factors per week in the past. Hunter got here in second with six first-place votes and 52 factors, after he led the ballot with 15 first-place votes and 67 factors final week.

The Athletic follows the identical voting protocol as that of the Heisman: three factors for a first-place vote, two factors for a second-place vote, one level for a third-place vote.

Miami quarterback Cam Ward remained in third place with 21 factors, once more getting a lone first-place vote, after an off week for the Hurricanes. The brand new title this week is Dillon Gabriel, the Oregon quarterback who got here up big in a top-five battle that lived as much as the billing — 341 yards passing and two touchdowns, plus a 27-yard landing run, to beat Ohio State 32-31.

He was spectacular, for what’s now the No. 2 crew within the nation, and he has video games forward in opposition to Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Washington that may strengthen his case. The case could possibly be made in a possible Large Ten Championship Sport rematch with Ohio State, if Gabriel can keep a excessive stage of play till then and engineer a second win in opposition to the Buckeyes.

Ward doesn’t have as a lot alternative obtainable within the common season however has been the extra dynamic participant, and a possible ACC title recreation matchup with Clemson could possibly be a giant second for him.

These two are joined by three different quarterbacks within the straw ballot: Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia, who adopted up a surprising upset of No. 1 Alabama by controlling the sport in one other upset win, at Kentucky; Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, who might give himself a bump this week at Tennessee; and Indiana’s Kurtis Rourke, whose 6-0 Hoosiers have an infinite alternative at dwelling in opposition to Nebraska.

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Ohio State freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith received a vote after one other splendid efficiency, 9 catches for 100 yards and a landing within the dramatic loss at Oregon. He had a late catch which may have led to a successful subject purpose wiped away for offensive move interference, however a freshman doing that to a defensive again will nonetheless land on a spotlight tape.

Iowa operating again Kaleb Johnson is a first-time vote-getter after speeding 21 instances for 166 yards and two touchdowns in a 40-16 rout of Washington. Johnson is second nationally with 937 speeding yards and 156.2 yards speeding per recreation. Jeanty leads each of these classes, 1,248 yards and 208.0 per recreation. He additionally leads the nation with 17 speeding touchdowns and is averaging a ridiculous 9.9 yards per carry.

As The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel pointed out, Jeanty is on tempo to for two,704 yards if Boise State can attain the Mountain West title recreation. That may beat Barry Sanders’ FBS document of two,628 yards, set in 1988. Sure, Sanders did it in simply 11 video games and in opposition to powers reminiscent of Oklahoma and Nebraska. However Jeanty shredded Oregon for 192 yards and three touchdowns, and something near the document will make him powerful to beat. Until a quarterback has a run of dominance, when it comes to particular person and crew success, from right here. Or if Hunter does some nice issues to remind everybody what an incredible, and distinctive, participant he’s.

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