Reply To: USC QB Maiava With #1 QBR Ranking in College Football

Bruddah Java, Sure winning records have played a huge part in the decision making by the 870 voters (6 regions = 145 voters) by sports journalist + every former Hesiman winners.  But, the Hesiman was founded on the idea of the Most Outstanding Player .   Voters have gotten away from that core qualification.  Voters must be objective and many times vote for players from their region, BS.

Plus, if there are 2 or more players from a region will dilute the votes and hurt the players.  Like the Penix and Nix situation from the same region.

So far there have been 13 Heisman winners from 3 loss teams, 2 from 4 loss, 1 from 8 losses (Paul Hornug, Notre Dame).  The link is from 2018, so add in Jayden Daniels, LSU (2023) and Travis Hunter, Colorado (2024) into the 3 loss category.  This graphics dispel that the notion Hesiman winners comes from a 0 loss to 1 loss team.  15 Heismans with 2 loss teams.  I think lately 2 losses is kinda the ceiling.  See the link.

https://www.heisman.com/articles/wins-losses-and-the-heisman/