We've officially entered the final month of the regular season in college football. That means the country's best players have just a few more weeks to build their case for the Heisman Trophy. Two superstar Miami teammates, Malachi Toney and Darian Mensah, have the inside track for the award on the heels of a monster October.
No one has been able to guard Toney, and he could reach 20 receiving touchdowns by Thanksgiving weekend. No quarterback has been more accurate than Mensah, who also leads the nation in passing touchdowns. Yes, Toney and Mensah will inevitably split votes, but that may not matter because of the new offensive environment around Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.
With freshman Luke Fahey at quarterback, Smith ultimately got his numbers, but it wasn't a pretty performance from the Buckeyes as a whole. Can Smith do just enough to hold off Toney and Mensah down the stretch? LSU Sam Leavitt has been working his way back into the conversation, but he needs to close with a strong November if he wants any chance at the award.
Likewise, Notre Dame C.J. Car has one shot to make a big impression on voters this weekend against Toney, Mensah and Miami. Here is where the Heisman Trophy race stands as we enter November.
Toney is coming off one of his least productive games of the season -- seven catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns against North Carolina. Toney has already crossed the 1,000-yard mark with four games remaining in the regular season, and he leads the ACC in every major receiving category. On top of that, Toney has blown past the 10 touchdowns he scored last season with 13 to this point.
That's a 12-game pace of 19. Now also seems like a good time to remind everyone that Toney is only a sophomore, which means he will be back to terrorize college defensive backs again next year. Sometimes when schools shell out big money for a star quarterback, that investment doesn't pay off.
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