Lia Assimakopoulos
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, TX
@LassimakBeat Assignment
Primary Team:SMU Mustangs
Conference:ACC
Region:Texas / Southwest
"Dallas Morning News college reporter covering SMU, TCU, and Texas teams."
BYU Bias Meter
Consensus AlignedAvg Delta
-0.4
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#12.2
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Lia Assimakopoulos votes BYU an average of 0.4 spots lower than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusACC+2.65 spots (17 picks)
SEC+1.28 spots (46 picks)
Big Ten+0.95 spots (38 picks)
Big 12+0.26 spots (19 picks)
Independent-0.2 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
#9
+17
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
SMU
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#15
+11
Michigan
Week 4 • Consensus: #31
#22
+9
Kentucky
Week 3 • Consensus: #27
#20
+7
SMU
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#19
+7
Penn State
Week 4 • Consensus: #28
#21
+7
SMU
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#19
+7
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Lia Assimakopoulos'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
#9BYU
Consensus: #9
#10Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
+1
#11LSU
Consensus: #10
-1
#12Penn State
Consensus: #13
+1
#13USC
Consensus: #12
-1
#14Tennessee
Consensus: #14
#15Utah
Consensus: #15
#16Louisville
Consensus: #16
#17Iowa
Consensus: #17
#18Michigan
Consensus: #18
#19Missouri
Consensus: #19
#20Kentucky
Consensus: #27
+7
#21SMU
Consensus: #26
+5
#22Oregon
Consensus: #20
-2
#23Texas A&M
Consensus: #26
+3
#24West Virginia
Consensus: #28
+4
#25Mississippi State
Consensus: #24
-1