Brian Howell

Brian Howell

BuffZone / On3 / Daily Camera
Boulder, CO
@BrianHowell33
Beat Assignment
Primary Team:Colorado Buffaloes
Conference:Big 12
Region:Mountain West
"Colorado Buffaloes beat writer covering the Big 12."

BYU Bias Meter

Consensus Aligned
Avg Delta
-0.6
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#12.4
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks

Brian Howell votes BYU an average of 0.6 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.

Conference Bias Tendencies

Avg Delta vs Consensus
ACC+3.28 spots (18 picks)
SEC+1.28 spots (43 picks)
Independent+1.2 spots (5 picks)
Mountain West+1 spots (1 picks)
Big Ten+0.57 spots (37 picks)
Big 12-0.19 spots (21 picks)

Extreme Picks Hall of Fame

Ballot selections deviating 5 or more spots from the national AP consensus.

10 Extreme Picks
Texas A&M
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#10
+16
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#11
+15
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#11
+15
Virginia Tech
Week 3 • Consensus: #32
#18
+14
Virginia Tech
Week 4 • Consensus: #30
#17
+13
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#17
+9
Penn State
Week 4 • Consensus: #28
#20
+8
Kentucky
Week 3 • Consensus: #27
#20
+7
Wisconsin
Week 4 • Consensus: #26
#19
+7

Week-by-Week Ballot History

Examine Brian Howell's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.

Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Texas
Consensus: #1
#2Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
+1
#3Georgia
Consensus: #2
-1
#4Ohio State
Consensus: #7
+3
#5Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
-1
#6Indiana
Consensus: #5
-1
#7Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
-1
#8Alabama
Consensus: #8
#9BYU
Consensus: #9
#10LSU
Consensus: #10
#11Utah
Consensus: #15
+4
#12USC
Consensus: #12
#13Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
-2
#14Penn State
Consensus: #13
-1
#15Iowa
Consensus: #17
+2
#16Tennessee
Consensus: #14
-2
#17Louisville
Consensus: #16
-1
#18Virginia Tech
Consensus: #32
+14
#19Florida
Consensus: #21
+2
#20Kentucky
Consensus: #27
+7
#21Texas A&M
Consensus: #26
+5
#22Michigan
Consensus: #18
-4
#23SMU
Consensus: #26
+3
#24Oregon
Consensus: #20
-4
#25Houston
Consensus: #25