Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

AP Media
Beat Assignment
Primary Team:National Beat
Conference:National
Region:National

BYU Bias Meter

BYU Sceptic
Avg Delta
-3
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#13
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
1 / 1
Poll Weeks

Sarah Hughes votes BYU an average of 3 spots lower than consensus across 1 polls submitted this season.

Conference Bias Tendencies

Avg Delta vs Consensus
ACC+5.67 spots (3 picks)
SEC+0.33 spots (9 picks)
Big Ten-0.17 spots (6 picks)
Big 12-0.8 spots (5 picks)
Independent-1 spots (1 picks)
Mountain West-1 spots (1 picks)

Extreme Picks Hall of Fame

Ballot selections deviating 5 or more spots from the national AP consensus.

3 Extreme Picks
Duke
Week 4 • Consensus: #27
#18
+9
Wake Forest
Week 4 • Consensus: #29
#20
+9
Houston
Week 4 • Consensus: #20
#25
-5

Week-by-Week Ballot History

Examine Sarah Hughes's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.

Showing ballot for Week 4 (Sep 27, 2026):
#1Texas
Consensus: #1
#2Ohio State
Consensus: #5
+3
#3Georgia
Consensus: #2
-1
#4Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-1
#5Miami (FL)
Consensus: #4
-1
#6Alabama
Consensus: #7
+1
#7Florida
Consensus: #8
+1
#8Indiana
Consensus: #6
-2
#9Utah
Consensus: #13
+4
#10Ole Miss
Consensus: #9
-1
#11LSU
Consensus: #11
#12Texas Tech
Consensus: #12
#13BYU
Consensus: #10
-3
#14Iowa
Consensus: #14
#15Oregon
Consensus: #15
#16Mississippi State
Consensus: #16
#17Tennessee
Consensus: #17
#18Duke
Consensus: #27
+9
#19Oklahoma State
Consensus: #19
#20Wake Forest
Consensus: #29
+9
#21Kentucky
Consensus: #24
+3
#22USC
Consensus: #18
-4
#23Boise State
Consensus: #22
-1
#24Wisconsin
Consensus: #26
+2
#25Houston
Consensus: #20
-5