Heisman Watch: Baylor's Corey Coleman stands out in jumbled race

The college football season is through Week 10 and we have more than enough data to discuss the contenders in the Heisman race.

Every week, Dr. Saturday will name its five Heisman favorites in order with our frontrunner on top. As we've seen thus far, the list can change pretty quickly depending on the week.

It doesn’t matter who Corey Coleman’s quarterback is, the star receiver continues to impress week after week. Coleman made first-time starter Jarrett Stidham look pretty fantastic against Kansas State last week by hauling in 11 receptions for 216 yards — both season highs — and two touchdowns.

Coleman is averaging 20.3 yards per reception thanks to speed that he turns on when he gets into the open field.

Overall, Coleman has 58 receptions for 1,178 yards and 20 touchdowns through eight games this season, but he’ll face a tough test this week against an Oklahoma team that’s also in the hunt for the Big 12 title.

The best way to describe Henry’s running style is “bulldozer.” He has no fear in running over opposing defensive lines and linebackers on his way to extra yards and touchdowns.

Against LSU, in what was supposed to be Alabama’s toughest game of the season, Henry carried the ball 38 times for 21o yards and three touchdowns. It was his second 200-yard game of the season and his third with three touchdowns. Overall, he has 1,254 yards rushing and 17 scores.

Henry’s a newcomer to this list, but in the last three games he’s racked up 589 rushing yards and seven touchdowns to put himself in the conversation.

Stanford has officially launched a Christian McCaffrey Heisman campaign and it’s about time. The sophomore back has been putting up terrific numbers all season, but because of the perceived “East Coast bias,” he might not be getting the Heisman love he deserves.

McCaffrey leads the nation with 2,174 all-purpose yards and recently passed Tony Dorsett (1976), Marcus Allen (1981), and Mark Ingram (2009) on the single-season all-purpose yardage list. All of those players won the Heisman in the years of their achievement.

McCaffrey has a shot at breaking Barry Sanders' national record of 3,250 all-purpose yards if the Cardinal qualify for the Pac-12 championship and play 14 contests.

Ezekiel Elliott’s Heisman push is based simply on consistency.

As the Ohio State offense has struggled at times to get its footing, Elliott has been the sure thing the Buckeyes have needed to continue their undefeated streak.

He has had 14 consecutive 100-yard games dating back to last year, including 114 yards and a score in last week’s close win against Minnesota. Elliott has scored in all but one contest this season, but he’s going to need some really big games moving forward if he wants to make a serious run for the trophy.

The Buckeyes don’t have a strong schedule, so Elliott is going to need to start putting up stellar performances against the top rushing defenses he has left, Illinois (34th in run defense), Michigan State (24th) and Michigan (3rd) to close the season.

Yes, Leonard Fournette took a mighty tumble this week, but we all knew his Heisman chances hinged on his play against Alabama's top-ranked rushing defense. In the end, Fournette managed a measly 19 carries for 31 yards and a score.

Fournette still leads the country in rushing with 1,383 yards and 16 touchdowns, but a lot of those numbers have come against weak competition, which somewhat taints Fournette’s achievement compared to the play of others on the list.

That said, he’s not out of the race yet. He’s still one of the Heisman favorites in Vegas, but he’s going to need tremendous efforts against Arkansas (28th in rushing defense), Ole Miss (33rd) and Texas A&M (114th), the remaining teams on LSU’s regular season schedule.