Jon Wilner
San Jose Mercury News
Beat Assignment
Primary Team:West Coast / Pac-12
Conference:West Coast / Big 12
Region:West Coast
"Creator of the College Hotline; prominent West Coast college football authority."
BYU Bias Meter
Consensus AlignedAvg Delta
+0.8
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#11
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Jon Wilner votes BYU an average of 0.8 spots higher than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusMAC+9.33 spots (3 picks)
Mountain West+7 spots (6 picks)
ACC+5.44 spots (18 picks)
Big 12+2.75 spots (24 picks)
SEC+0.75 spots (36 picks)
Independent+0.4 spots (5 picks)
Big Ten+0.18 spots (33 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
#9
+17
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#10
+16
Arizona
Week 3 • Consensus: #36
#22
+14
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#12
+14
Oklahoma State
Week 3 • Consensus: #30
#17
+13
Virginia Tech
Pre-Season • Consensus: #37
#24
+13
Boise State
Week 3 • Consensus: #31
#19
+12
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
Wake Forest
Week 4 • Consensus: #29
#17
+12
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Jon Wilner'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
#3Ohio State
Consensus: #7
+4
#4Georgia
Consensus: #2
-2
#5Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-2
#6Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
#7Indiana
Consensus: #5
-2
#8Alabama
Consensus: #8
#9LSU
Consensus: #10
+1
#10BYU
Consensus: #9
-1
#11Louisville
Consensus: #16
+5
#12Utah
Consensus: #15
+3
#13USC
Consensus: #12
-1
#14Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
-3
#15Houston
Consensus: #25
+10
#16Penn State
Consensus: #13
-3
#17Oklahoma State
Consensus: #30
+13
#18Oregon
Consensus: #20
+2
#19Boise State
Consensus: #31
+12
#20Michigan
Consensus: #18
-2
#21West Virginia
Consensus: #28
+7
#22Arizona
Consensus: #36
+14
#23Tennessee
Consensus: #14
-9
#24Western Michigan
Consensus: #33
+9
#25SMU
Consensus: #26
+1