Ten Heisman Voters Surveyed - Very Little Support for Shonn Greene

If the Rocky Mountain News' most-recent survey of 10 Heisman Trophy electors is a good sampling, Iowa running back Shonn Greene won't be one of the five Heisman finalists.

Here is what Monday's Rocky reported:

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is the new leader in this week's Rocky Mountain News Heisman Trophy poll, just barely ahead of Texas QB Colt McCoy. Likely dazzled by Bradford's four touchdown-pass performance in Saturday night's 65-21 rout of Texas Tech, Bradford earned five of 10 first-place votes to jump from third to first with 42 total points. McCoy, who was off Saturday, remained in second place with 41 points that included three first-place votes.

The leader the previous three weeks, Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell, fell two spots to third, with defending Heisman-winner Tim Tebow of Florida remaining in fourth. The Heisman will be awarded Dec. 13 in New York City.

In its 22nd year, the Rocky poll is the longest-running weekly Heisman ranking in the country. The final poll, taken in December, has predicted the Heisman winner correctly in 18 of the previous 21 seasons. Ten voters select five players each week. The tabulations are made on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, with five points for a first-place vote, four points for second, etc. First-place votes are in parentheses.

The Hlog notes: Heisman voters only list three players. Greene got either one fourth-place vote or two fifth-place votes. Which means he would have received zero votes had these 10 people -- which include some well-known names in sports journalism -- sent their Heisman ballots today.

This week's Rocky poll, with statistics from last week:

Player, position

School

Last week

Points

Sam Bradford, QB

Oklahoma

14-for-19 passing, 304 yards, 4 TDs

42 (5)

Colt McCoy, QB

Texas

Did not play

41 (3)

Graham Harrell, QB

Texas Tech

33-for-55 passing, 361 yards, 3 TDs

27 (1)

Tim Tebow, QB

Florida

9-for-11, 201 yards passing, 3 TDs

23 (1)

Daryll Clark, QB

Penn State

16-for-26 passing, 341 yards, 4 TDs

4

Chase Daniel, QB

Missouri

Did not play

4

Others receiving votes: Knowshon Moreno (RB, Georgia) 3; Michael Crabtree, (WR, Texas Tech) 3; Shonn Greene (RB, Iowa) 2; Jeremy Maclin (WR, Missouri), 1.

Voters: Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com; Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Mike Griffith, The Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel; Michael Lewis, Salt Lake Tribune; Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News; John Lindsay, Scripps Howard News Service; Tom Luicci, The (Newark) Star-Ledger; John Rohde, The Oklahoman.

The link:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/24/heisman-poll-sooners-qb-bradford-soars-top-tech-tr/