Chris Carter
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, PA
@CarterCritiquesBeat Assignment
Primary Team:Pittsburgh Panthers
Conference:ACC
Region:Northeast
"Pittsburgh Panthers beat writer and ACC correspondent."
BYU Bias Meter
BYU ScepticAvg Delta
-6
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#17.8
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
4 / 5
Poll Weeks
Chris Carter votes BYU an average of 6 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusACC+5 spots (17 picks)
SEC+2.56 spots (48 picks)
Big 12+0.3 spots (20 picks)
Big Ten-1.11 spots (35 picks)
Independent-1.4 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
#10
+16
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#10
+16
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#10
+16
South Carolina
Week 2 • Consensus: #33
#20
+13
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#13
+13
BYU Cougars
Pre-Season • Consensus: #14
Unranked (NR)
-12
Pittsburgh
Week 3 • Consensus: #37
#25
+12
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#15
+11
Clemson
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#15
+11
Florida
Week 2 • Consensus: #27
#17
+10
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Chris Carter's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.
Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Texas
Consensus: #1
#2Georgia
Consensus: #2
#3Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
+3
#4Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-1
#5Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
-1
#6Indiana
Consensus: #5
-1
#7Ohio State
Consensus: #7
#8Alabama
Consensus: #8
#9Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
+2
#10LSU
Consensus: #10
#11USC
Consensus: #12
+1
#12Utah
Consensus: #15
+3
#13Tennessee
Consensus: #14
+1
#14BYU
Consensus: #9
-5
#15Florida
Consensus: #21
+6
#16Iowa
Consensus: #17
+1
#17Missouri
Consensus: #19
+2
#18Michigan
Consensus: #18
#19Penn State
Consensus: #13
-6
#20Louisville
Consensus: #16
-4
#21Mississippi State
Consensus: #24
+3
#22Oklahoma State
Consensus: #30
+8
#23Oregon
Consensus: #20
-3
#24SMU
Consensus: #26
+2
#25Pittsburgh
Consensus: #37
+12