Iupati begins his third season as a starter for the Vandals, although he missed the first two games of the 2008 season as he recovered from off-season shoulder surgery.

"He is one of the top linemen in the country," coach Robb Akey said. "He's a fantastic leader, very physical and a tremendous person."

Iupati, 6-foot-6 and 330 pounds, moved to the U.S. from American Samoa when he was 14 and didn't play American football until he was 14. He and Louisiana Tech's D'Anthony Smith are the only Western Athletic Conference players on the list.

The Outland Trophy, presented annually since 1946, is the third oldest award in major college football. The winner of the Outland Trophy, named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of the century, will be announced on the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Dec. 10 at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Also on the list are: Jon Asamoah, Illinois; Geno Atkins, Georgia; Zane Beadles, Utah; Ciron Black, LSU; Bryan Bulaga, Iowa; Jeff Byers, USC; Brandon Carter, Texas Tech; Nick Charles, Air Force; Terrence Cody, Alabama; Anthony Davis, Rutgers; Chris Fisher, Louisiana-Lafayette; Kurtis Gregory, Missouri; Chris Hall, Texas; John Jerry, Ole Miss; Mike Johnson, Alabama; Arthur Jones, Syracuse; Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma; Josh McNeil, Tennessee; Andre Neblett, Temple; Kristofer O'Dowd, USC; Jared Odrick, Penn State; Vince Oghobaase, Duke; Russell Okung, Oklahoma State; Jeff Owens, Georgia; Mike Pouncey, Florida; Maurkice Pouncey, Florida; Brian Price, UCLA; Sergio Render, Virginia Tech; Boo Robinson, Wake Forest; Malcolm Sheppard, Arkansas; D'Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech; Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
Matt Tennant, Boston College; Torrell Troup, Central Florida; Adam Ulatoski, Texas; J.D. Walton, Baylor; Trent Williams, Oklahoma; Stefen Wisniewski, Penn State, and Sam Young, Notre Dame.