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Heisman Watch: First poll has Oklahoma's Jalen Hurts ahead of Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa

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USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY

Over 75% of the college football season remains to be played, which includes a vast majority of major conference games. But with the admittedly small sample size of three weeks in the books, the notion that a transfer quarterback playing for Oklahoma could win the school’s unprecedented third consecutive Heisman Award has moved from the realm of speculation to high probability.

Jalen Hurts leads the first in-season USA TODAY Network Heisman survey, thanks to a fast start in which he’s put up numbers that in some cases exceed those of his award winning Sooner predecessors.