Garland Gillen

Garland Gillen

WVUE-TV FOX 8
New Orleans, LA
@garlandgillen
Beat Assignment
Primary Team:LSU Tigers
Conference:SEC
Region:Southeast
"New Orleans sports anchor covering LSU Tigers and Tulane."

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

Garland Gillen 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+3.29 spots (14 picks)
SEC+1.94 spots (50 picks)
Independent+0.4 spots (5 picks)
Big Ten-0.14 spots (37 picks)
Big 12-0.26 spots (19 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
#7
+19
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#8
+18
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#12
+14
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#16
+10
Kentucky
Week 3 • Consensus: #27
#18
+9
SMU
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#17
+9
Kentucky
Week 4 • Consensus: #24
#16
+8
Wisconsin
Week 4 • Consensus: #26
#19
+7
Florida
Week 2 • Consensus: #27
#21
+6

Week-by-Week Ballot History

Examine Garland Gillen's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.

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