Texas: Robert Griffin III shakes up his Top 5 Heisman Trophy frontrunners after We…

FOX Sports' Robert Griffin III shook up his weekly Top 5 ranking of Heisman Trophy frontrunners after some incredible performances in Week 2. Two full weeks into the 2026 college football season and this year’s Heisman Trophy race is already in full swing as some of the sport’s biggest names continue to turn heads against non-conference competition.

That included an encouraging performance from much-ballyhooed Texas quarterback Arch Manning , who has propped up as the offseason Heisman favorite the past two offseasons. And while the Longhorns’ second-year starter has a ways to go, the overhyped nephew of Hall of Fame quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning is beginning to prove the prognosticators correct after directing Texas to three fourth-quarter touchdown drives in a 24-23 upset of former No. Key points from the original article: 1.