Wow. That pretty much sums up the play of the nation's top players last weekend. We saw some of the most incredible games of the season from the most incredible players. Picking a top five is harder now than ever.
The List
(Last week's rankings in parentheses)
1. (2) Graham Harrell (Sr. QB Texas Tech) -- Harrell delivered the biggest 'wow' moment of the week as he completed a pass down the sideline to stud receiver (and soon to be mentioned) Michael Crabtree for the game winning touchdown to defeat the No. 1 team in the nation and to dethrone the No. 1 on my Heisman list in Colt McCoy.
Harrell completed 36 of 53 passes for 474 yards and 2 touchdowns.
2. (3) Sam Bradford (So. QB Oklahoma) -- Bradford took over the NCAA lead for most touchdown passes this season after throwing five against Nebraska in Oklahoma's 62-28 dominating win. He is now on pace for 45 and won't slow down this weekend with a 4-5 Texas A&M team on the schedule.
3. (1) Colt McCoy (Jr. QB Texas) -- McCoy dropped two spots this week after sitting on top for the previous three weeks. He was outperformed by Graham Harrell in his team's first loss of the season. He had 294 passing yards two touchdowns, but one costly pick, as well. McCoy and Texas look to bounce back against Baylor this weekend.
4. (NR) Tim Tebow (Jr. QB Florida) -- Last year's Heisman Trophy winner has thrown his hat back in the ring. Tebow has only thrown 14 touchdown passes and has 9 rushing touchdowns, but he has really come up big in Florida's biggest games. Tebow only had 10 combined passing and rushing touchdowns after his team's first 5 games, but in the last three (against LSU, Kentucky and Georgia) he has 12. Tebow is finally starting to put up the numbers that made him the winner of this award last year.
5. (NR) Michael Crabtree (So. WR Texas Tech) -- Crabtree is sixth nationally in receptions and receiving yards, but is tied for first with 15 touchdown grabs. More importantly is the play he made on a Graham Harrell pass with one second remaining in the game against No. 1 Texas last weekend. That was one of the best plays in Texas Tech football history. Crabtree, Harrell and the Red Raiders have a tough match up this weekend with No. 9 Oklahoma State. OK St has the nation's 93rd ranked pass defense. They also have the fifth highest scoring average. Tech has the third highest scoring average.
On the Outside Looking In
Dez Bryant (So. WR Ok St) -- Bryant barely misses out on a top five spot after a 9 catch, 171 yard, 4 touchdown performance against Iowa State. Bryant has the second most receiving yards in the nation and is tied for the most receiving touchdowns. He also is fourth nationally in punt return average and has taken two to the house.
Kendall Hunter (So. RB Ok St.) -- Hunter is fourth nationally in rushing. He has 11 rushing touchdowns. He is also leading the fifth best rushing attack in the nation in a pass happy league.
(4) Shonn Greene (Jr. RB Iowa) -- Greene dropped out of the top five despite running for over 100 yards again and scoring a touchdown. The Iowa offense thrives off of this guy, and they need to get him the ball more than what they did in their loss to Illinois last week if they want to win ball games. Next up for Greene and the Hawks, Penn state and their 11th ranked run defense.
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Shonn needs to be in the top 5 after this week. Over a 100 yards and 2 TDs against that Penn St. defense is too impressive. The only problem is who to take out? Those four QBs have just been rediculous this year. And Crab just added 3 more TDs. I don't know if there's room for him in that group, but there should be.
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