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.

Who are the ten players in the hunt for the Heisman Trophy? It’s the weirdest race in a long time, with no true front-runners or obvious options, but someone has to win it.

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.

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.

The redshirt freshman is down to +175 at FanDuel and BetMGM, having drawn ahead of Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza and Alabama’s Ty Simpson.

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

The Heisman campaign is officially on for Ohio State, thanks in part to some dynamic offensive play from Jeremiah Smith and Julian Sayin.

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?