Monday Links (SI Link added 3:35PM)...

-It's official. CBSSports.com has Matt Ryan as the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy at the halfway point. Edit: the dope who left Ryan off his ballot, thus creating a tie, was not included when we originally linked to this.
-Cory McCartney of SI.com thinks that Ryan is the leader of a legitimate national title contender.
-A writer from the Chicago Sun-Times also has #12 atop his HT ballot at the moment.
-Mark Blaudschun agrees that Ryan's face time could help cement his candidacy.
-Dennis Dodd wrote that Matty Ice could be the front-runner before he made it official in the CBSSports poll.
-Gene Menez of SI has Ryan up 2 spots to 4th on his Heisman Watch list.