Ohio State's J.T. Barrett joins the Heisman mix after a big road win.
Athlon Sports has formed a Heisman Trophy committee. Each week, we will ask 13 members of the national college football media to rank their top candidates for the Heisman Trophy.
Each voter will rank their top five candidates, with each first-place vote getting five points and each last-place vote getting one point.
The Panel:
Stewart Mandel, FOX Sports
Dave Revsine, Big Ten Network
Adam Zucker, CBS Sports
Steven Godfrey, SBNation
Zac Ellis, Sports Illustrated
Bryan Fischer, NFL.com
Tom Dienhart, Big Ten Network
Barrett Sallee, Bleacher Report, B/R Radio
Josh Ward, MrSEC.com
Mitch Light, Athlon Sports
David Fox, Athlon Sports
Steven Lassan, Athlon Sports
Braden Gall, Athlon Sports, SiriusXM
The Results:
| Player | Team | Pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| 1. | Marcus Mariota |  |
65 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Dak Prescott |  |
49 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 3. | Trevone Boykin |  |
33 | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. | Melvin Gordon |  |
28 | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 5. | Amari Cooper |  |
13 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6. | J.T. Barrett |  |
4 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7. | Duke Johnson |  |
2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 8t. | Ameer Abdullah |  |
1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 8t. | Jameis Winston |  |
1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 8t. | Gerod Holliman |  |
1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dropped out: Shaq Thompson, Everett Golson, Nick Marshall, Tevin Coleman
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The Top 3:
1. Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Possibly the last big road test for Mariota took place this weekend in Salt Lake City and the Ducks quarterback was brilliant once again. He threw for 239 yards, rushed for 114 yards and accounted for four touchdowns in the 51-27 win. It was his seventh game with at least four touchdowns, which leads the nation, and his 184.56 QB rating still leads the nation by a wide margin. On the year, he’s scored 37 touchdowns and thrown just two interceptions.
Season Stats: 2,780 yards, 67.1%, 29 TDs, 2 INTs, 524 rush yards, 8 TDs
2. Dak Prescott, Mississippi St
Mississippi State sort of played a football game in Week 11. Prescott didn’t play the entire game but still posted solid numbers in a 45-16 win over UT-Martin. The Bulldogs signal-caller threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns while rushing six times for 54 yards and another score on the ground. Prescott leads the SEC in total offense with 3,010 yards
Season Stats: 2,231 yards, 61.1%, 18 TDs, 7 INTs, 779 rush yards, 11 TDs
3. Trevone Boykin, TCU
The TCU quarterback has slowly but surely worked his way into the top three. And it’s warranted after his performance against a very good Kansas State team. In the Horned Frogs' 41-20 win over KSU, Boykin threw for 219 yards and a touchdown and no interceptions, but he did most of his damage on the ground. He rushed 17 times for 123 yards and three touchdowns. Boykin is fourth nationally with 359.7 yards of total offense per game.
Season Stats: 2,691 yards, 58.0%, 23 TDs, 4 INTs, 546 rush yards, 7 TDs
