First Look at Heisman Candidates
Here’s the first shots at Heisman rankings. Up front is, not surprisingly, Matt Leinart (USC), Reggie Bush (USC), Vince Young (Texas), Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma) and Chris Leak (Florida). Their dark horses include Ted Ginn Jr. (Ohio State) and Reggie McNeal (Texas A&M). If USC takes any missteps, I would guess it knocks Leinart and Bush right out of it, but otherwise it’ll be one or the other. I don’t think Oklahoma will be strong enough for Peterson to get it. I think Young and Ginn are good guesses in lieu of USC domination. Texas A&M will probably implode, lose to Clemson and go 6-5, so I don’t see Reggie McNeal on this list as of October. (And I’m a TAMU fan, so I’ve seen this before.)