USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg on the biggest risers, fallers and surprises from Week 9 in the top 25 of the Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Sports
With Tua Tagovailoa and Alabama in a bye week, Kyler Murray did everything he possibly could to gain ground on the Heisman front-runner. The Oklahoma signal caller did manage to solidify his position as the primary challenger, but he’s probably going to need help from the LSU defense to overtake Tua.
For now, Tagovailoa is still the comfortable leader in the weekly USA TODAY Network Heisman survey, retaining 15 first-place mentions and a second among the 16 official Heisman electors who work for the network.