Most First-Place Points For A Winner

Year	Winner	School	Total Points
1968	O.J Simpson	So. California	855
2006	Troy Smith	Ohio State	801
2005	Reggie Bush	So. California	784
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	740
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	714
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	701
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College	678
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami (Fl.)	678
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	640
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State	594
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	586
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	559
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia	525
1959	Billy Cannon	Louisiana State	519
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy	517
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	510
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton	501

 

The Most Points For A First Place Runner-Up

Year	Winner	School	Total Points
1953	Paul Giel	Minnesota	366
2007	Darren McFadden	Arkansas	291
1985	Chuck Long	Iowa	286
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee	281
2008	Colt McCoy	Texas	266
1968	O.J. Simpson	So. California	261
1970	Joe Theismann	Notre Dame	242
1990	Raghib Ismail	Notre Dame	237
1969	Mike Phipps	Purdue	237
1995	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	218
1996	Troy Davis	Iowa State	209

 

The Most Points For A Third-Place Finisher

Year	Winner	School	Total Points
2008	Tim Tebow	Florida	309
1967	Leroy Keyes	Purdue	278
1956	Tom McDonald	Oklahoma	205
1958	Billy Cannon	Louisiana State	198
1995	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	185
2004	Jason White	Oklahoma	171