Editor's note: This story was published prior to Georgia's announcement that Todd Gurley after an alleged NCAA violation.Mike Huguenin has Moses Brown Jersey spent more than 30 years in sports journalism, many of them closely a sociated with college football. As a longtime Heisman Trophy voter and one who will cast his ballot again at the end of this season, Huguenin takes a weekly look at the Heisman race.HEISMAN WATCH 2014: | | | | led to a mild shakeup in this week's Heisman watch list.The new No. 1 on the list is Georgia tailback Todd Gurley, with Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota dropping one spot to No. 2. in ; of course, playing behind a porous line doesn't help matters for Mariota, who was sacked five times in the upset lo s to the Wildcats.Gurley, meanwhile, Georgia to a win over Vanderbilt. New to the watch list is Mi si sippi State quarterback Dak Prescott, who was . While he moves in, BYU quarterback Taysom Hill drops out; Hill will mi s the rest of the season with in the Cougars' lo s to rival Utah State on Friday night.Here are the top 10 contenders, from 10th to first, this week, as this Heisman voter sees them. Remember that each of the past four and 12 of the past 14 winners have been quarterbacks; the only non-quarterbacks were running backs of Alabama in 2009 and of USC in 2005.10. QB Brett Hundley, UCLASeason stats: 91-of-125 pa sing, 72.8 completion percentage, 1,310 yards, 9 TDs, 2 interceptions, 122 rushing yards, 2 TDs.Saturday's stats: 16-of-21, 76.2 completion percentage, 269 yards, 1 TDs, 1 interception in .The skinny: Hundley was sacked 10 times in the Bruins' lo s. When he had time, he was on-target and was able to hurt the Utes' secondary. But, man, that line. And get this: As mobile as Hundley is, he has been sacked 22 times already this season. Yes, the line has i sues, but Hundley has to share the blame. He and the Bruins have a huge Pac-12 game next Saturday, when Oregon comes to town. The teams that were expected to win their respective Pac-12 divisions suddenly will be playing a game in which they will be trying to keep their division title hopes alive.9. QB Kenny Hill, Texas A&MSeason stats: 155-of-242 pa sing, 64.0 completion percentage, 2,110 yards, 21 TDs, 5 interceptions, 171 rushing yards.Saturday's stats: 37-of-62, 59.7 completion percentage, 365 yards, 4 TDs, 3 interceptions, 35 rushing yards in .The skinny: Hill struggled with his accuracy but also was plagued by numerous drops; the drops certainly didn't cost the Aggies the game, but had the catches been made, the outcome likely would've been closer. It was his fourth four-TD game of the season, but he also threw more interceptions against the Bulldogs than he had in the previous five games combined. The yardage total was his third-highest of the season. He is third in the nation in TD pa ses and is sixth in pa sing yards per game (351.7). Hill and the Aggies play host to Mi si sippi next weekend, and they need to win to remain in the SEC West division race. Ole Mi s leads the SEC in pa s defense Trevor Ariza Jersey (152.4 yards per game) and has allowed a nation's-low one TD pa s.8. QB Jameis Winston, Florida StateSeason stats: 96-of-144 pa sing, 66.7 completion percentage, 1,288 pa sing yards, 8 TDs, 5 interceptions, 2 rushing TDs.Saturday's stats: 23-of-39, 59.0 completion percentage, 297 yards, 1 TD, 1 interception, 36 rushing yards, 1 TD in .The skinny: Barring some collapses by a handful of top players, Winston isn't going to win the Heisman again; one storyline for later in the season is whether he even will be a finalist. But he improved to 18-0 as a starter with Saturday's yawner over Wake Forest. The 39 attempts were the second-most in his career and he has thown at least one TD pa s in all 15 games he has played. Winston is one of 34 quarterbacks nationally averaging at least 35 pa sing attempts per game, and he is fifth in that group in completion percentage and second in yards per attempt.7. TB Melvin Gordon, WisconsinSeason stats: 105 carries, 871 rushing yards, 9 TDs, 5 receptions, 27 yards, 1 TD.Saturday's stats: 27 carries, 259 rushing yards, 2 TD in .The skinny: Gordon had his second 200-yard game of the season in the surprising lo s to Northwestern (how does a team have a tailback rush for 259 yards, yet score just 14 points?), and the 259 yards were a career high. The 27 carries was the second-most in his career. Gordon is averaging 8.3 yards per carry, which is the highest average among players with at least 80 carries, and cfbstats.com shows that he leads the nation with eight runs of at least 30 yards, seven runs of at least 40 yards and five runs of at least 50 yards6. QB Everett Golson, Notre DameSeason stats: 114-of-178 pa sing, 64.0 completion percentage, 1,383 yards, 13 TDs, 3 interceptions, 138 rushing yards, 4 rushing TDs.Saturday's stats: 20-of-43, 46.5 completion percentage, 241 yards, 2 TDs, 1 interception, 34 rushing yards in .The skinny: Golson had one of the poorest games of his career when it comes to completion percentage, but he also guided the Irish on a game-winning TD drive and to sed the winning TD pa s on a fourth-and-11 play with a bit more than a minute left. The 43 attempts were a career high, and his two TD pa ses give him 13 this season -- one more than he had in 2012, when he led the Irish to the national title game. Golson also committed two turnovers, giving him six in the past two games. Still, guiding a game-winning scoring drive in the waning minutes against the Stanford defense is noteworthy -- and Heisman worthy.5. WR Amari Cooper, AlabamaSeason stats: 52 receptions, 746 yards, 14.4 yards per catch, 5 touchdowns.Saturday's stats: 9 catches, 91 yards in .The skinny: Cooper leads the nation in receptions per game (10.4), but his streak of 120-yard games was snapped at six Bill Walton Jersey in the lo s to the Rebels. It's difficult for a wide receiver to win the Heisman, especially if he doesn't return kicks, but Cooper's numbers have him in the race -- at least for now. TDs and 100-yard games -- not to mention some splash plays -- are going to be needed in the second half of the season for him to stay in the Heisman hunt.4. TB Ameer Abdullah, NebraskaSeason stats: 138 carries, 878 rushing yards, 10 TDs, 7 receptions, 130 yards, 2 TDs.Saturday's stats: 24 carries, 45 rushing yards, 2 TDs, 2 receptions, 22 yards in .The skinny: His 200-yard game streak was snapped at two, as the Spartans' run defense bottled up Abdullah. But he still managed to score twice, and his 10 rushing TDs are second-most nationally -- and one more than he had all of last season. He leads the nation in rushing yards and is fourth in yards per game (146.3). As for durability, he is seventh in the nation in rushing attempts per game (23.0) and his 24 attempts against Illinois were the fourth time this season and 17th time in his career he has carried at least 20 times in a game. In addition, his per-carry average of 6.4 yards is the highest among the 13 backs averaging more than 21 carries per game and the third-highest among the 21 backs averaging at least 19 carries per game. But he can't afford many (any?) more sub-100-yard outings if he wants to remain in the Heisman conversation.3. QB Dak Prescott, Mi si sippi StateSeason stats: 77-of-121 pa sing, 63.6 completion percentage, 1,223 yards, 13 TDs, 2 interceptions, 455 rushing yards, 6 TDs.Saturday's stats: 19-of-25, 76.0 completion percentage, 259 yards, 2 TDs, 0 interceptions, 77 rushing yards, 3 TDs in .The skinny: Prescott accounted for five TDs and guided the Bulldogs' offense with Jusuf Nurkic Jersey aplomb in the win over Texas A&M -- as big a win as any in recent Bulldogs history. Prescott is ninth nationally in total offense (335.6 yards per game) and is tied for second nationally in rushing TDs by a quarterback. He is tied for 18th in TD pa ses and he has the fewest attempts among those quarterbacks; in addition, he is sixth nationally in the NCAA's complicated quarterback ratings formula. He can make more national noise next week when the Bulldogs square off against Auburn.2. QB Marcus Mariota, OregonSeason stats: 91-of-128 pa sing, 71.1 completion percentage, 1,411 yards, 15 TDs, 0 interceptions, 215 rushing yards, 3 TDs.Thursday's stats: 20-of-32, 62.5 completion percentage, 276 yards, 2 TDs, 1 rushing yard in .The skinny: Mariota has been sacked 12 times in the past two games and hit on numerous other plays, and the beating is taking its toll. Oregon is struggling to run consistently and the offense as a whole is suffering. Mariota still has not thrown an interception this season, though: He is one of 77 quarterbacks who have thrown for 1,000 yards, and he is one of two in that group who hasn't thrown a pick. He is second nationally in yards per attempt and leads the nation in quarterback rating; in addition, his 15 TD pa ses are tied for eighth-most nationally. He is averaging 9.56 yards per play, the highest in the nation for any player who has been involved in at least 100 plays. His career TD-to-interception ratio is an incredible 79-to-10. The Ducks play at UCLA next Saturday in a must-win game for both teams in terms of the national playoff picture.1. TB Todd Gurley, GeorgiaSeason stats: 94 carries, 773 rushing yards, 8 TDs, 11 receptions, 53 yards, 50 pa sing yards, 1 kickoff-return TD.Saturday's stats: 25 carries, 163 yards, 2 TDs, 2 receptions, 24 yards, 50 pa sing yards in .The skinny: Gurley had 237 all-purpose yards in Saturday's win. It was his fourth C.J. McCollum Jersey 100-yard game of the season and his third with at least 160 yards, and the 25 carries were the fourth-most in his career. He is sixth nationally in rushing yards and third in yards per game (154.6). Gurley is averaging 8.2 yards per carry, the second-highest among backs with at least 80 carries nationally. He has 3,147 yards in his career and moved into third place on Georgia's career list against Vanderbilt, surpa sing Lars Tate (3,017). Next up: No 2 Garrison Hearst, with 3,232 yards. He should move past Hearst next Saturday, when the Bulldogs play Mi souri.Mike Huguenin can be reached at mike.huguenin@nfl.com. You also can follow him on Twitter .