For the 14th consecutive season, the College Football Researchers Association has bestowed a Player of the Year award to the best overall player in college football, and this season Diego Pavia from Vanderbilt has taken the title! Pavia actually won the award by a fairly comfortable margin garnering 70% of the first-place votes and beating runner-up Fernando Mendoza by 13 points. Here is the full breakdown of votes below with the number of first-place votes each player received in parentheses:

1. Diego Pavia (7)– 47 points

2. Fernando Mendoz, Indiana (2)– 34 points

3. Julian Sayin, Ohio State– 14 points

4. Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame– 12 points

5. Dante Moore, Oregon– 11 points

6. Drew Mestemaker, North Texas– 10 points

7. Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (1)– 9 points

8. Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State– 6 points

9. Cam Cook, Jacksonville State– 3 points

10. Joe Fagnano, UConn– 2 points

11. Darian Mensah, Duke– 1 point

11. Eli Heidenreich, Navy– 1 point