Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza now tied with SEC quarterback as Heisman favorite

No. 2 Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza no longer sits alone atop the Heisman odds, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Mendoza is now tied with another quarterback, Vanderbilt star Diego Pavia, at +160 apiece. Pavia’s odds improved toward the beginning of the week and he leapfrogged Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, who now sits at +195 to win college football’s highest honor for an individual player.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love sits in a distant fourth place at +4500. It wouldn’t be at all surprising to see the four of Mendoza, Pavia, Sayin and Love present when the trophy is awarded just under two weeks from now in New York City.

The problem for Pavia and Love is that voting closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, December 8, which will factor in the results from Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship game between Mendoza’s Hoosiers and Sayin’s Buckeyes. Pavia’s Commodores fell shy of a bid in the SEC’s title game and Notre Dame is without such a game to play in.