NEW YORK — Baker Mayfield is The Associated Press college football Player of the Year, becoming the fourth Oklahoma quarterback to win the award since it was established in 1998.

Mayfield easily outpointed Stanford running back Bryce Love, who came in second. Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, the other finalist and last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, was third in the award announced Thursday.

Mayfield received 51 first-place votes from the 56 AP college football poll voters who submitted player of the year ballots, and a total of 157 points. Love (83 points) and Jackson (39 points) each received two first-place votes and Penn State running Saquon Barkley received a first-place vote and came in fourth.

Mayfield, Love and Jackson are also the finalists for the Heisman, which will be handed out Saturday night in New York.

“I’m on this awards trip right now with a lot of great players from OU and other schools, and every one of them deserves to be recognized,” Mayfield said.

Other winners at the awards show:

CHUCK BEDNARIK

Alabama strong safety Minkah Fitzpatrick won the Bednarik as the nation’s top defensive player.

DOAK WALKER

Stanford’s Bryce Love leads Power 5 running backs in rushing (164.4 yards per game) and has gone for 100 or more in 11 games this season to tie the school record.

OUTLAND TROPHY

Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver was voted the nation’s top interior lineman.

BILETNIKOFF

Oklahoma State’s James Washington is first in the nation with 1,423 receiving yards, and his 20 career 100-yard games are tied for most in school history.