Sayin has been the highest climber this season, as he leads the nation in completion rate (80.7), passer rating (197.1) and QBR (90.9). And his torrid pace as of late gives him just as good a chance at winning the Heisman as any player in the country.

Former Purdue tight end Max Klare is among the Buckeyes who will prove a challenge for an improving Boilermakers secondary.

Kirk Herbstreit pushes for defensive Heisman buzz originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kirk Herbstreit wants the Heisman Trophy conversation to look beyond quarterbacks.

Now that November has begun and 10 weeks of college football action are behind us, the Heisman Trophy race is starting to whittle down to a group of favorites.

As stated last week, Indiana has a smooth final month to the year. Indiana beat Maryland 55-10 and has its second back-to-back road games going to Penn State this weekend. Following Penn State, Indiana hosts Wisconsin, and ends at Purdue. Those three remaining teams are a combined 7-18.

The 2025 Heisman Trophy race looks wildly different after the first Saturday in November than it did in the college football preseason.

Welcome to the “Leave No Doubt” pod, an in-season Monday episode of Buckeye Talk where Stephen Means and Stefan Krajisnik constantly as a simple weekly question: Did ⁠Ohio State⁠ leave no doubt on Saturday?