Regional points breakdown in balloting for the 2001 Heisman Trophy:
| Northeast | Mid-Atlantic | South | Southwest | Midwest | Far West | |||||||
| Player | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. |
| Eric Crouch, Nebraska | 159 | 2 | 103 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 204 | 1 | 103 | 2 | 122 | 2 |
| Rex Grossman, Florida | 121 | 3 | 171 | 1 | 180 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 78 | 3 | 93 | 4 |
| Ken Dorsey, Miami | 179 | 1 | 128 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 64 | 4 | 98 | 3 |
| Joey Harrington, Oregon | 62 | 4 | 41 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 137 | 1 |
