Rant Sports Weekly Top Five Heisman Trophy Candidates

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Jerry Lai - US PRESSWIRE

Another week has come and gone and the race for the Heisman Trophy continues to heat up. It?s time now to look at the race as it stands after Week 7.

The poll has been turned on its head after a wild weekend in college football. The frontrunner fell, a new candidate emerges, and a pair of contenders staved off upset bids. In short, nothing is as it was a week ago.

Four of the top five from last week are still in the running this week, but the order is very different. The top five is composed of two seniors, two sophomores, and a freshman phenomenon. The candidates come from four conferences, one from the Pac 12, one from the SEC, one from the Big Ten, and a pair from the high flying Big 12.

The road will get tougher for these candidates before they make it to the end in New York City to try and join the most exclusive club in college football. Conference races are heating up and every week opposing defenses will be putting their best effort towards de-railing the Heisman candidacy of each of these players.

Who can rise above all of that and strike the pose at season?s end? Which of these college football leaders will take their team over the top and stake their claim for the Heisman? How will the pressure of being named college football?s best player affect their play?

Only time will ultimately tell, but for today the race is tighter than ever. So without further ado, we count down the top five Heisman Trophy candidates this week.

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