The Heisman Trophy picture got shaken up fast in Week 3, and Trinidad Chambliss is now the name sitting at the top.
After two weeks that seemed to settle the race into a familiar groove, the Ole Miss quarterback blew it open with the kind of performance that demands attention. Chambliss threw for 363 yards and two touchdowns and added another score on the ground as the Rebels beat LSU 32-24. He completed 33 of 48 passes and helped Ole Miss hold off a second-half push from the Tigers, putting himself squarely in the national spotlight.
That outing sent his odds soaring at FanDuel. Chambliss moved from +1,100 entering the weekend to +480 afterward, and he now leads the board at +340.
Miami quarterback Darian Mensah is right there with him at +420, and his Week 3 showing was every bit as efficient as the numbers suggest. Mensah went 30 for 34 for 220 yards and three touchdowns in a 33-20 win at Wake Forest. He opened by completing his first 24 passes and stretched his streak to 35 straight completions across two games, an ACC record.
Arch Manning took a step back after his dramatic comeback win over Ohio State the week before. Against UTSA, the Texas quarterback finished 17 of 33 for 164 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 50 yards in the Longhorns’ 30-6 victory.
Even so, he remains in the mix at +1,200, and Texas heads to No. 14 Tennessee this weekend for its SEC opener - a stage that could give him another big swing at the race.
The rest of the board still has plenty of life, too. Kamario Taylor made one of the biggest jumps after throwing for 251 yards and four touchdowns in Mississippi State’s 41-34 win at South Carolina.
He’s now listed at +750. Jeremiah Smith sits at +850, while CJ Carr is also at +1,200.
Three weeks in, this is no longer a race with a tidy top tier. It’s wide open, and with three SEC quarterbacks among the leaders, the upcoming conference matchups could reshuffle the whole thing again.
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