With college football's full slate of games set to kick off this week, we're a few days away from September Heismans making their way to the forefront of the national conversation.

An award dominated by quarterbacks for decades, the Heisman Trophy usually goes to the best player on an elite team. In reality, that eliminates maybe 120 players who otherwise believed they had a shot.

During the Playoff era, Louisville's Lamar Jackson is the only athlete to win the Heisman whose team did not appear in the final four. Others factors include spotlight opportunities and strength of schedule, which often goes hand in hand.

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum named his Heisman darkhorse earlier this week, a familiar name but not often mentioned among other elites at the position.

“He’s in the SEC and he’s not getting much attention, although his team is ranked No. 3 in the country," Finebaum said on SportsCenter. "I'm speaking of Jake Fromm, who I don’t think I ever would’ve dreamed would’ve been a Heisman candidate a couple years ago. He had to beat out (Jacob) Eason who’s now at Washington and Justin Fields, who (transferred) to Ohio State.

"He plays against Vanderbilt this weekend. It’s not a featured game, but if he can rack up some big yardage in Nashville, he'll emerge somewhere in that No. 5 or 6 range. But again, we’re in Week 1."

Vegas Insider updated its Heisman odds ahead of Week 1 this week and we've included the Top 10, here. A few notable names just outside the frontrunners race include Alabama wideout Jerry Jeudy (40/1), Texas A&M's Kellen Mond (60/1) and Purdue playmaker Rondale Moore (50/1):