Joe Arruda
The Hartford Courant
Hartford, CT
@JoeArruda9Beat Assignment
Primary Team:UConn Huskies
Conference:Independent
Region:Northeast
"UConn and New England college athletics reporter."
BYU Bias Meter
Consensus AlignedAvg Delta
-0.2
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#12
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Joe Arruda votes BYU an average of 0.2 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusACC+2.73 spots (15 picks)
SEC+1.76 spots (49 picks)
Mountain West+1 spots (1 picks)
Big Ten+0.22 spots (36 picks)
Independent0 spots (5 picks)
Big 12-0.21 spots (19 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
#8
+18
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#8
+18
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#16
+10
Pittsburgh
Week 4 • Consensus: #32
#22
+10
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#16
+10
Florida
Week 2 • Consensus: #27
#19
+8
Oklahoma
Week 3 • Consensus: #29
#22
+7
Virginia Tech
Week 3 • Consensus: #32
#25
+7
SMU
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#19
+7
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Joe Arruda's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.
Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Texas
Consensus: #1
#2Georgia
Consensus: #2
#3Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
#4Indiana
Consensus: #5
+1
#5Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
-1
#6Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
#7Ohio State
Consensus: #7
#8Alabama
Consensus: #8
#9LSU
Consensus: #10
+1
#10Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
+1
#11BYU
Consensus: #9
-2
#12Tennessee
Consensus: #14
+2
#13Penn State
Consensus: #13
#14USC
Consensus: #12
-2
#15Utah
Consensus: #15
#16Louisville
Consensus: #16
#17Florida
Consensus: #21
+4
#18Michigan
Consensus: #18
#19Oregon
Consensus: #20
+1
#20Iowa
Consensus: #17
-3
#21Missouri
Consensus: #19
-2
#22Oklahoma
Consensus: #29
+7
#23Mississippi State
Consensus: #24
+1
#24Texas A&M
Consensus: #26
+2
#25Virginia Tech
Consensus: #32
+7