Keep an eye on: Alabama WR Amari Cooper, Baylor QB Bryce Petty, Wisconsin RB Melvin Gordon, Notre Dame QB Everett Golson.
Darkhorse Candidates: In four games BYU QB Taysom Hill has rushed for seven TDs, thrown for six more and has the Cougars in the conversation as a potential party crasher come playoff time. If BYU keeps winning it will be because of Hill and that conversation will start to include Heisman talk. UCLA DB Ismael Adams has two INTs this season and returned them both for a touchdown and he added a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD in the Bruins’ thrashing of Arizona State. Adams leads the Pac-12 in kickoff returns this season, averaging 28.2 yards.
