Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith is the Heisman Trophy favorite at -220 on DraftKings, as ESPN listed the market at 11:14 UTC on Saturday, October 17, 2026 (7:14 am ET), before the day’s games. Miami quarterback Darian Mensah is next at +950 and Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr at +1000. The winner is announced at the Heisman ceremony on Saturday, December 12, 2026.
At -220 the price implies a 68.8% chance, and no other player is shorter than +950. On September 25 this page had Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss as the favorite at +310, with Mensah at +370 and Smith at +1050. Chambliss is now +1500.
Heisman Trophy odds
| Player | School | Pos. | DraftKings | Implied chance | Sept. 25 | Team record | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Smith | Ohio State | WR | -220 | 68.8% | +1050 | 5-1 | 48 catches, 916 yds, 11 TD |
| Darian Mensah | Miami | QB | +950 | 9.5% | +370 | 5-0 | 1,438 pass yds, 15 TD, 0 INT, 79 rush yds |
| CJ Carr | Notre Dame | QB | +1000 | 9.1% | +1500 | 6-0 | 1,378 pass yds, 16 TD, 1 INT, 69 rush yds |
| Trinidad Chambliss | Ole Miss | QB | +1500 | 6.2% | +310 | 4-1 | 1,435 pass yds, 11 TD, 4 INT, 113 rush yds |
| Gunner Stockton | Georgia | QB | +1600 | 5.9% | +3500 | 6-0 | 1,298 pass yds, 14 TD, 2 INT, 134 rush yds |
| Keelon Russell | Alabama | QB | +1700 | 5.6% | +2600 | 5-1 | 1,599 pass yds, 12 TD, 2 INT, 225 rush yds |
| Julian Sayin | Ohio State | QB | +3600 | 2.7% | +2700 | 5-1 | 1,772 pass yds, 17 TD, 2 INT, 17 rush yds |
| Drew Mestemaker | Oklahoma State | QB | +4000 | 2.4% | – | 4-1 | 1,575 pass yds, 13 TD, 5 INT, 108 rush yds |
| Josh Hoover | Indiana | QB | +4800 | 2.0% | +2500 | 6-0 | 1,364 pass yds, 17 TD, 0 INT, 42 rush yds |
| Malachi Toney | Miami | WR | +5500 | 1.8% | +1300 | 5-0 | 39 catches, 604 yds, 6 TD |
| Jayden Maiava | USC | QB | +7000 | 1.4% | +3000 | 6-1 | 2,045 pass yds, 18 TD, 3 INT, -5 rush yds |
| Austin Simmons | Missouri | QB | +7800 | 1.3% | – | 5-1 | 1,434 pass yds, 14 TD, 1 INT, 26 rush yds |
| Arch Manning | Texas | QB | +8000 | 1.2% | +1400 | 4-1 | 1,122 pass yds, 10 TD, 5 INT, 102 rush yds |
| Kamario Taylor | Mississippi State | QB | +8800 | 1.1% | +1100 | 4-1 | 1,450 pass yds, 17 TD, 4 INT, 159 rush yds |
Stats are ESPN’s 2026 totals before Saturday’s games, and the team record is the school’s. The Sept. 25 column is the price this page carried that day; a dash means the player was not among the 12 it listed. ESPN lists 35 players on the board, and their implied chances add up to 129.1%, so the margin on a market this long is large.
Smith is the only receiver in the top nine, with 48 catches for 916 yards and 11 touchdowns. Julian Sayin, the Ohio State quarterback who throws to him, is +3600 with 1,772 passing yards, second among the quarterbacks above to USC’s Jayden Maiava (2,045). Mensah has completed 112 of 133 passes (84.2%) for 15 touchdowns and no interceptions.
Saturday’s games for the names on the board
Every player in the table but Maiava plays on Saturday, October 17; USC has no game this week. Kickoffs are Eastern time, and the lines are DraftKings’ spreads as ESPN listed them before the first kickoff.
- Mississippi State at LSU, 12 pm ET: Mississippi State’s Kamario Taylor (+8800). DraftKings line: LSU -17.5.
- Florida at Texas, 12 pm ET: Texas’s Arch Manning (+8000). DraftKings line: TEX -11.5.
- Ohio State at Indiana, 12 pm ET: Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith (-220), Ohio State’s Julian Sayin (+3600), Indiana’s Josh Hoover (+4800). DraftKings line: OSU -3.
- Alabama at Tennessee, 3:30 pm ET: Alabama’s Keelon Russell (+1700). DraftKings line: ALA -7.5.
- Auburn at Georgia, 3:30 pm ET: Georgia’s Gunner Stockton (+1600). DraftKings line: UGA -19.5.
- Missouri at Ole Miss, 3:30 pm ET: Ole Miss’s Trinidad Chambliss (+1500), Missouri’s Austin Simmons (+7800). DraftKings line: MISS -5.5.
- Florida State at Miami, 7 pm ET: Miami’s Darian Mensah (+950), Miami’s Malachi Toney (+5500). DraftKings line: MIA -20.5.
- Oklahoma State at Houston, 7:30 pm ET: Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker (+4000). DraftKings line: HOU -4.5.
- Notre Dame at BYU, 7:30 pm ET: Notre Dame’s CJ Carr (+1000). DraftKings line: ND -10.5.
Key dates
- December 3, 2026: ballots distributed
- December 7, 2026: voting deadline and finalists announced
- December 12, 2026: winner announced at the Heisman ceremony
The 2025 Heisman vote
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the 2025 Heisman Trophy with 2,362 points and 643 first-place votes.
| Place | Player | School | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | 2,362 |
| 2 | Diego Pavia | Vanderbilt | 1,435 |
| 3 | Jeremiyah Love | Notre Dame | 719 |
| 4 | Julian Sayin | Ohio State | 432 |
| 5 | Jacob Rodriguez | Texas Tech | 295 |
| 6 | Jeremiah Smith | Ohio State | 84 |
| 7 | Gunner Stockton | Georgia | 43 |
| 8 | Trinidad Chambliss | Ole Miss | 23 |
Four of these eight are on this year’s board: Smith, Sayin, Stockton and Chambliss. Smith finished sixth with 84 points and now leads it.
Recent Heisman winners
| Season | Winner | School | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | QB |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter | Colorado | CB/WR |
| 2023 | Jayden Daniels | LSU | QB |
| 2022 | Caleb Williams | USC | QB |
Three of the last four winners were quarterbacks, and Hunter, the exception, was listed at cornerback and receiver. Twelve of the 14 players in the odds table are quarterbacks; the favorite is a receiver.
How to read Heisman odds
Each price is a chance. At -220 a bettor risks $220 to win $100, and the price implies 68.8%; at +950 it is 9.5%. A futures bet is worth making only when you rate a player’s chance higher than the price does, and this one is settled by a vote: the ballots go out on December 3.
Every board in the sport, from the title to the conferences, is on our college football futures odds page. The other award races are on our Biletnikoff Award and Doak Walker Award pages, the title race is on our college football championship odds page, and every game is on our college football predictions hub. Compare prices with our sportsbook reviews.