Brett McMurphy
Action Network
Tampa, FL
@Brett_McMurphyBeat Assignment
Primary Team:National
Conference:National
Region:National
"Senior college football insider for Action Network; covers national college football landscape."
BYU Bias Meter
Consensus AlignedAvg Delta
-0.6
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#12.4
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Brett McMurphy votes BYU an average of 0.6 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusACC+5.06 spots (16 picks)
Big 12+2.93 spots (27 picks)
Mountain West+1.5 spots (2 picks)
SEC+0.61 spots (41 picks)
Big Ten-0.68 spots (34 picks)
Independent-1.6 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
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#11
+15
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#11
+15
Oklahoma State
Week 3 • Consensus: #30
#18
+12
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
USC
Week 2 • Consensus: #12
#23
-11
SMU
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#15
+11
Pittsburgh
Week 4 • Consensus: #32
#22
+10
Cincinnati
Week 4 • Consensus: #35
#25
+10
SMU
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#16
+10
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Brett McMurphy's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.
Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Texas
Consensus: #1
#2Georgia
Consensus: #2
#3Ohio State
Consensus: #7
+4
#4Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
#5Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
+1
#6Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-3
#7Indiana
Consensus: #5
-2
#8Alabama
Consensus: #8
#9LSU
Consensus: #10
+1
#10Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
+1
#11Louisville
Consensus: #16
+5
#12BYU
Consensus: #9
-3
#13Michigan
Consensus: #18
+5
#14Utah
Consensus: #15
+1
#15Penn State
Consensus: #13
-2
#16Tennessee
Consensus: #14
-2
#17USC
Consensus: #12
-5
#18Oklahoma State
Consensus: #30
+12
#19Oregon
Consensus: #20
+1
#20SMU
Consensus: #26
+6
#21Houston
Consensus: #25
+4
#22Iowa
Consensus: #17
-5
#23Texas A&M
Consensus: #26
+3
#24West Virginia
Consensus: #28
+4
#25Florida
Consensus: #21
-4