Daniel is Tops Again

Another week of college football, and another week of Chase Daniel at number one. So far this year, it hasn't been close. It seems like any quarterback from the Big 12 could contend for the Heisman this year, though, so once Big 12 play begins for Daniel, we will really get to see who the top dog is.
Mark Sanchez's team played him out of my 5 for this week, as Sanchez could've done more to prevent the upset last night (as you all probably already know USC lost to Oregon last night), but he still put up solid numbers and could appear back in the top 5 in the future.

Here's my top five for this week:

(Last week's ranking in parentheses)

1. (1) Chase Daniel (Sr. QB Mizzou) - Daniel has been as close to perfect as you can get. Last week against Buffalo, he completed 20 passes in a row. Now that is perfect. In the past three games he has 13 incompletions. That's only one more than he has touchdowns on the year. He has this week off, but returns to the field the following week against Nebraska.

2. (2) Sam Bradford (So. QB Oklahoma) - He and the Sooners had the week off, but return to the field this week against the #24 TCU Horned Frogs. TCU's defense has been solid, allowing only about 8 points per game. Expect that number to go way up once Bradford and the Sooners are through with them.

3. (NR) Javon Ringer (Sr. RB MIchigan St) - Ringer is running wild. After his second straight 200+ yard performance, it's hard not to put him in the top 5. And he has found the endzone more than any other player with 11 touchdowns.

4. (3) Tim Tebow (Jr. QB Florida) - Tebow isn't doing anything wrong. He's still performing well and his team is winning, but all of these other players in the country are overshadowing him right now. He has been held without a rushing touchdown all year. At this point last year he already had 5. He needs to start finding the endzone soon or he won't even be mentioned in my blog, or anyone else's.

5. (5) Knowshon Moreno (So. RB Georgia) - Another solid game for the sophomore running back. 149 yards and two touchdowns, including an acrobatic leap for the pylon that won't soon be forgotten. Moreno and Georgia need to show Alabama Saturday who's the best team in the SEC.

On the Outside Looking In

Max Hall (Jr. QB BYU) - This was the toughest decision, but since Moreno was already in the Top 5 last week I let him keep his spot. Hall has been great for BYU. He's putting up Ty Detmer type of numbers (Detmer is the only BYU player to win the Heisman).

Colt McCoy (Jr. QB Texas) - I feel like I could put any Big 12 quarterback on here. McCoy threw as many incompletions (4) as touchdowns last Saturday against Rice. Arkansas comes to town Saturday to make up a game that was postponed during the hurricane. Arkansas just got spanked by Alabama 49-14. We'll see how they fair against a top 10 Big 12 opponent this weekend.

Donald Brown (Jr. RB UConn) - Brown continues to be On the Outside Looking In, and is completely underrated by everyone else. There's a good chance with an outstanding performance tonight, he could push into the Top 5 next week.

Todd Reesing (Jr. QB Kansas) - Another Big 12 quarterback to watch out for. He has thrown for over 350 yards and at least two touchdowns in his last three games.