Oregon quarterback Dante Moore carries the ball because the Oregon Geese face the Penn State Nittany Lions on Sept. 27, 2025, at Beaver Stadium in College Park, Pennsylvania. 5 official weeks of the 2025 school soccer season have now produced a half dozen Heisman Trophy favorites.
The brand new main candidate is Oregon quarterback Dante Moore, who rose to the highest spot at most sportsbooks following the Geese’ 30-24 win at Penn State on Saturday. Moore accomplished 29 of 39 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns whereas Oregon improved to 5-0, and he’s now the +750 Heisman favourite at BetMGM and DraftKings, amongst different.
Moore started the season at +2000 however has benefited from a mixture of accidents and subpar play from 5 different quarterbacks who’ve hung out on the high: Texas’ Arch Manning, LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier, South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers, Oklahoma’s John Mateer and Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza.
Moore’s rise to this point pales compared to that of Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson, who opened as a +5500 longshot. A season-opening loss to Florida State was an extra setback, however Simpson has impressed since. That features throwing for 276 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Saturday’s win at Georgia, after which Simpson vaulted to the No. 2 Heisman favourite at +900 with DraftKings.
All of the shuffling among the many marquee quarterbacks has additionally helped the marketing campaign of Ohio State broad receiver Jeremiah Smith. He’s now tied for the third-shortest odds at +1100 together with Beck and Mendoza.
Smith has racked up 396 yards and 4 touchdowns on 28 catches via 5 video games. Mendoza briefly rose to the Heisman favourite perch final week, however slipped following a modest efficiency in a good victory over Iowa.
HEISMAN TROPHY ODDS*
PLAYER, POS, TEAM, WEEK 5, CURRENT
Dante Moore, QB, Oregon (+1000), (+750)
Carson Beck, QB, Miami (+1200), (+900)
Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama (+2000), (+1000)
Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio State (+1400), (+1000)
Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana (+650), (+1300)
Joey Aguilar, QB, Tennessee (+1500), (+1300)
Marcel Reed, QB, Texas A&M (+1500), (+1500)
Diego Pavia, QB, Vanderbilt, (+5000), (+1500)
Trinidad Chambliss, QB, Ole Miss (+1500)
Julian Sayin, QB, Ohio State (+1700), (+1700)
Arch Manning, QB, Texas (+2500), (+2000)
Gunner Stockton, QB, Georgia (+1400), (+2000)
Sam Leavitt, QB, Arizona State (+4000), (+2000)
Jayden Maiava, QB, Southern Cal (+1600), (+2000)
Miami quarterback Carson Beck was idle over the weekend forward of a vital sport for his Heisman hopes at rival Florida State this Saturday. He at present owns the second shortest odds at BetMGM, the place Smith and Simpson are each being provided at +1000 forward of Mendoza and Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar at +1300.
Simpson was +2000 on the guide simply final week. Along with the large win at Georgia hurting counterpart Gunner Stockton’s marketing campaign, Simpson benefitted by LSU’s Nussmeier and Southern Cal’s Jayden Maiava struggling losses over the weekend.
One of many largest risers this week was Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, who rocketed from +5000 to +1500 after accounting for six touchdowns in a rout of Utah State. Additionally coming into the dialog was Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who wasn’t even on BetMGM’s board on the outset. However he’s now +1500 after orchestrating the 24-19 upset of LSU.
The fixed fluctuation within the Heisman race earlier than the calendar even his October stands to function a major win for sportsbooks.
BetMGM reported that its 4 largest liabilities out there are Notre Dame operating again Jeremiyah Love, Manning, Mateer and Sellers. Manning has nonetheless been backed by essentially the most cash (12 p.c), adopted by Nussmeier (8.8), Mateer (7.6) and Sellers (7.1). Love, who opened at +5000, continues to be on the surface of the dialog at +2500 whereas drawing 4.7 p.c of the cash.
The largest present risk to the guide is Smith, who has been backed by 6.9 p.c of the cash and eight.0 p.c of the bets since opening at +1300.
–Area Stage Media
