There\u2019s always plenty at stake when SEC teams collide, and Saturday will be no different with Texas looking to turn back Oklahoma in the \u201cRed River Rivalry\u201d and Alabama and Georgia meeting in a clash of unbeaten teams.<\/p>\n
Those sorts of games can produce what has become known as \u201cHeisman Trophy moments,\u201d and there is no shortage of SEC talent in the running for college football\u2019s most prestigious individual award.<\/p>\n
Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell currently holds the best odds for winning the Heisman Trophy among SEC players at +700 \u2014 tied with Miami QB Darian Mensah for the second-best overall odds behind Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith, the heavy favorite at -110 in the Fan Duel Sports Book.<\/p>\n
Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton remains in the Heisman Trophy running with +3000 odds, tied for sixth overall with Texas QB Arch Manning.<\/p>\n
Stockton ranks third in the nation behind Mensah and Indiana\u2019s Josh Hoover with a 201.98 passer rating \u2014 three spots ahead of Russell (185.66).<\/p>\n
Stockton has 13 touchdowns passes and just one interception, while Russell, who will be making his sixth career start on Saturday, has 11 touchdown passes and two interceptions.<\/p>\n
Manning, who leads the No. 1-ranked team in the nation at Texas, ranks 72nd in the nation in passer rating (141.31) with seven TD passes and three interceptions. <\/p>\n
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss ranks fifth in the Heisman Trophy odds (+1500) as he leads the Rebels into Vanderbilt for a Saturday matchup in Nashville, while Mississippi State\u2019s Kamario Taylor (+3500) gets an off weekend after Saturday\u2019s 56-23 loss to Alabama.<\/p>\n
Chambliss, coming off a bye week after playing four games this season, is tops in the SEC and fifth in the nation with 25.5 completions per game. The next-highest average of completions per game among the top 10 players in the Heisman Trophy odds is Mensah, who sits 14th with 22.4 completions per game.<\/p>\n
Taylor ranks sixth in the nation and leads the SEC with 1,450 passing yards this season \u2014 five spots ahead of Alabama\u2019s Russell, who is second in the SEC with 1,414 yards passing.<\/p>\n
Other SEC players still on the Heisman Trophy odds board include LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt (+6000) who\u2019s leading the Tigers into Kentucky, Missouri QB Austin Simmons (+6500) who looks to keep his team hot in Columbia with a home game against Texas A&M, and a pair of Florida Gators, tailback Jadan Baugh (+8000) and QB Aaron Philo (+10,000), who are playing host to South Carolina.<\/p>\n
The SEC action kicks off at noon as the Aggies look to derail Simmons, who has yet to throw an interception for Missouri this season, and is scheduled to be capped off with Georgia\u2019s trip to Alabama.<\/p>\n
SEC game times, TV channels, picks<\/p>\n