Heisman Trophy Watch 2016: Top 5 candidates after Week 4

Week 4 is in the books and here is who stands out as top Heisman Trophy candidates heading into Week 5.

The college football season has been full of surprises thus far. Top Heisman Trophy candidates have faltered and have yet to have a huge impact for their teams on the season while other under-the-radar players have jumped out to huge starts to the year.

Guys like Donnel Pumphrey of San Diego State, Jake Browning of Washington and Lamar Jackson from Louisville have all gone from relative unknowns to superstars at the college football level.

Teams such as Michigan State, Notre Dame, Georgia, Florida and LSU all lost and will likely drop a bit in the polls. You might be saying, ‘Well, Notre Dame wasn’t ranked anyways,’ but they’re likely out of any contention to either be ranked or even sniff a playoff appearance this season.

It’s been a wild year thus far, and don’t expect that to change any time soon. Top teams are falling to unranked foes and even some ranked matchups are ending in blowout fashion — just ask Florida State, Georgia and Michigan State all from the past couple of weeks.

Week 5 of the college football season is approaching and we might just have an entire new batch of Heisman Trophy candidates compared to last week. OK, many remain the same, but a couple of new additions have been made to the watch list.