The Heisman Trophy race has been down to two players for the last month.

Colorado wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty created separation from the rest of the Heisman contenders by the midway part of the campaign.

Hunter appears to be the runaway favorite at the moment, but Jeanty has more game left to play.

Jeanty and Boise State participate in the Mountain West Championship Game on Friday night in front of a national audience.

Jeanty needs the performance of his career to close the gap on Hunter and make it a tight race in the eyes of some voters.

A few quarterbacks will earn invites to New York as finalists, but none of them should come close to matching the first-place vote tallies of Hunter and Jeanty.

1. Travis Hunter

Travis Hunter will most likely win the Heisman.

Colorado's two-way star put up a 1,152-yard, 14-touchdown season as a wide receiver and was one of his team's top defenders all year.

Hunter's production on both sides of the ball helped Colorado get within one game of the Big 12 Championship Game, a significant improvement from a year ago.

Hunter is the best individual player in the FBS and there's a chance he might be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

He is the perfect Heisman recipient in a year where elite quarterback play is down for the first time in quite a while.

2. Ashton Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty made a valiant case to earn first-place votes with his dominant rushing throughout the regular season.

The Boise State running back enters Friday's MWC Championship Game with 2,288 rushing yards and 28 rushing touchdowns.

If he gets to 2,500 yards and 30 scores, there might be a shift by some voters to put him ahead of Hunter, but right now, it seems like Jeanty is destined to finish in second place.

Jeanty had 128 yards and a single touchdown in his first meeting with the UNLV Rebels. He needs to do much more against UNLV on Friday to generate the momentum shift required to surge ahead of Hunter.

3. Dillon Gabriel

Normally the quarterback of the No. 1 team in the country is more involved in the Heisman conversation.

However, Dillon Gabriel has been on the outside looking in at Hunter and Jeanty for most of the season.

Gabriel's had a consistent season and should earn an invite to New York as a finalist, but he should not expect to garner any first-place votes.

The Oregon quarterback could leap ahead of Jeanty on some ballots depending on how he performs against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Big Ten Championship Game.