Brian Fonseca
NJ Advance Media / Star-Ledger
Newark, NJ
@BrianAFonsecaBeat Assignment
Primary Team:Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Conference:Big Ten
Region:Northeast
"Rutgers beat writer and Big Ten reporter."
BYU Bias Meter
BYU ScepticAvg Delta
-1
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#12.8
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Brian Fonseca votes BYU an average of 1 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusSun Belt+11 spots (1 picks)
ACC+4.18 spots (17 picks)
Mountain West+4 spots (2 picks)
SEC+1.74 spots (47 picks)
Big Ten+0.91 spots (33 picks)
Big 12+0.55 spots (20 picks)
Independent-2.2 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
#4
+22
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#8
+18
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
Duke
Week 3 • Consensus: #34
#21
+13
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
Wake Forest
Week 4 • Consensus: #29
#17
+12
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
James Madison
Week 4 • Consensus: #36
#25
+11
SMU
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#16
+10
SMU
Week 4 • Consensus: #26
#16
+10
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Brian Fonseca's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.
Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Texas
Consensus: #1
#2Georgia
Consensus: #2
#3Indiana
Consensus: #5
+2
#4Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
#5Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-2
#6Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
#7Ohio State
Consensus: #7
#8Alabama
Consensus: #8
#9Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
+2
#10BYU
Consensus: #9
-1
#11USC
Consensus: #12
+1
#12LSU
Consensus: #10
-2
#13Penn State
Consensus: #13
#14Tennessee
Consensus: #14
#15Utah
Consensus: #15
#16Iowa
Consensus: #17
+1
#17Louisville
Consensus: #16
-1
#18Missouri
Consensus: #19
+1
#19Florida
Consensus: #21
+2
#20Mississippi State
Consensus: #24
+4
#21Duke
Consensus: #34
+13
#22Kentucky
Consensus: #27
+5
#23West Virginia
Consensus: #28
+5
#24Virginia Tech
Consensus: #32
+8
#25SMU
Consensus: #26
+1