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Top 2015 Heisman Candidates from Non-Power Five Programs

When Marcus Mariota ran away with the Heisman vote last season, it wasn't much of a surprise.

What was a surprise in the results for college football's biggest individual award was that every player who finished in the top 10 of the 2014 vote played on a Power Five team. Last year marked the first time since 2000 that there were no players on the top 10 of the ballot who played on a school outside a Power Five or a BCS conference.

Don't expect that to happen again in 2015. Several stars from non-Power Five schools who had incredible 2014 seasons are back this fall, ready to put their names into the national spotlight.