Bob Ballou
CBS Austin
Austin, TX
@BobBallouSportsBeat Assignment
Primary Team:Texas Longhorns
Conference:SEC
Region:Texas / Southwest
"CBS Austin Sports Director covering Texas Longhorns football."
BYU Bias Meter
Consensus AlignedAvg Delta
-0.6
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#12.4
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Bob Ballou votes BYU an average of 0.6 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusACC+7.72 spots (18 picks)
SEC+0.96 spots (48 picks)
Big Ten+0.69 spots (32 picks)
Big 12-0.5 spots (22 picks)
Independent-3 spots (5 picks)
Extreme Picks Hall of Fame
Ballot selections deviating 5 or more spots from the national AP consensus.
Texas A&M
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
Virginia Tech
Week 3 • Consensus: #32
#16
+16
Virginia Tech
Week 2 • Consensus: #34
#18
+16
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#10
+16
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#10
+16
Virginia Tech
Pre-Season • Consensus: #37
#22
+15
Virginia Tech
Week 4 • Consensus: #30
#16
+14
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
Florida
Week 2 • Consensus: #27
#17
+10
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Bob Ballou's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.
Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Indiana
Consensus: #5
+4
#2Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
+4
#3Georgia
Consensus: #2
-1
#4Texas
Consensus: #1
-3
#5Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
-1
#6Ohio State
Consensus: #7
+1
#7Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-4
#8LSU
Consensus: #10
+2
#9USC
Consensus: #12
+3
#10Alabama
Consensus: #8
-2
#11BYU
Consensus: #9
-2
#12Penn State
Consensus: #13
+1
#13Louisville
Consensus: #16
+3
#14Florida
Consensus: #21
+7
#15Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
-4
#16Virginia Tech
Consensus: #32
+16
#17Tennessee
Consensus: #14
-3
#18Utah
Consensus: #15
-3
#19Iowa
Consensus: #17
-2
#20Mississippi State
Consensus: #24
+4
#21SMU
Consensus: #26
+5
#22Missouri
Consensus: #19
-3
#23Houston
Consensus: #25
+2
#24West Virginia
Consensus: #28
+4
#25Michigan
Consensus: #18
-7