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Updated Oct 8, 2009 2:44 PM ET
     
 
This isn't a ranking of the best players or the top NFL prospects. This is an attempt to put the finger on the pulse of the Heisman chase. Here are the current favorites at the moment, and this will change week after week with players moving in and out of the categories.

No current chance to win, but with finalist potential

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QB Todd Reesing, Sr. Kansas
This week: Home vs. Iowa State.
Last week: 30-of-41, 331 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT in the win over Southern Miss two weeks ago. Hovering in the waiting room and looking for his chance to show what he can do on a national scale, it's all about building up the baseline of numbers and amassing the wins before playing Oklahoma on October 24th. If he and KU pull that off, and can beat Texas Tech in Lubbock on Halloween, the Heisman campaign will be on its way. QB Tate Forcier, Fr. Michigan
This week: at Iowa.
Last week: 17-of-32, 223 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 27 rushing yards in the loss to Michigan State. Michigan might have lost to Michigan State, and Forcier might have thrown a bad interception in overtime, but he was magical in the way he brought the team back late, He's a special player who's leading a resurgent year, but to have any hope of staying in the race he has to be special in a win at Iowa on prime-time national TV.

On the radar, but the world is looking for more

QB Sam Bradford, Jr. Oklahoma
This week: Baylor.
Last week: Out with injury vs. Miami. He's talking about trying to play against Baylor to warm up for the Oct. 17 showdown against Texas. But he also hasn't ruled out the possibilty of surgery on his injured right shoulder. With the way Oklahoma lost to Miami and BYU, if Bradford returns and makes the OU offense hum, he'll be in the Heisman race in a Most Valuable Player type of way. QB Case Keenum, Jr. Houston
This week: at Mississippi State.
Last week: 51-of-76 for 536 yards and five touchdowns in a loss to UTEP. It wasn't the fault of the nation's leader in total offense that the Cougars lost, 58-41, to UTEP. Keenum is averaging a ridiculous 424 passing yards per game with 13 touchdown passes and just two interceptions. The numbers are going to be too impressive to ignore, but the team needs to start winning again to get him into the Heisman discussion. QB Tony Pike, Sr. Cincinnati
This week: at South Florida.
Last week: 23-of-42 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns with an interception in the win over Miami University. As the leader of the hot Bearcats, he's getting the credit as the efficient figurehead for a national title contender. Now he needs to be fantastic against South Florida to stay in the Heisman race. If and when UC loses, he's out, but there isn't anyone left on the schedule the team can't beat. If he's a Heisman-caliber player, he needs to be the reason the Bearcats win.

The true favorites

QB Jimmy Clausen, Jr. Notre Dame
This week: Home vs. USC, Oct. 17.
Last week: 23-of-31 for 422 yards and two touchdowns with an interception in the win over Washington. No one's playing better. Clausen isn't just leading the nation in passing efficiency, but he's doing it in dramatic fashion week after week. Now he has two weeks off to rest up his banged-up toe and prepare for what would be a Heisman-making game against USC. If he and the Irish win that, then he's a near-lock to be in New York, and would probably finish no worse than No. 2. QB Tim Tebow, Sr. Florida
This week: at LSU.
Last week: Idle. 5-of-10 for 103 yards and a touchdown, and 16 carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Kentucky two weeks ago. Will he or won't he? If he's able to come back from the concussion and be the same player, the injury would only add to the mystique and the legend. Of course it's all about his health and well-being, but in the Heisman chase, he needs to be out there and producing. At this point, numbers don't really matter. It's about wins, and it's about Tebow being the leader of the No. 1 team in America.

And the current leader in the clubhouse is ...

QB Colt McCoy, Sr. Texas
This week: Home vs. Colorado.
Last week: Idle. 28-of-35 for 286 yards and three touchdowns with an interception and ran for 15 yards in the win over UTEP two weeks ago. He's in the top spot by a thread. Clausen is breathing down his neck and Tony Pike is becoming a Heisman darling. But all that can change over the next make-or-break month. If he's terrific against Oklahoma, Missouri and Oklahoma State, and the Longhorns win those three after this week's game against Colorado, the race might be over. It's almost as if the voters want to vote for him, but now he has to play like a Heisman-caliber player.

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