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Jackson PayneDeseret News (Provo, UT)
E-mail: jpayne@deseret.com
Twitter: @jackson5payne
About: Jackson Payne has been writing about sports for the Deseret News since 2023. He originally hails from Northern Virginia and is a graduate of BYU’s Sports Media program, where he received numerous awards for his work as a student journalist. Jackson enjoys hanging out with his wife, consuming comedy and listening to music from before he was born.


Ballot Score

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Nov 24, 2025Week 4 Rankings for Jackson Payne
1Purdue (46)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 46 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Bob Ballou
1509
Points
2Houston (4)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
1425
Points
3Arizona (11)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1439
Points
4Duke
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Toyloy Brown
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1319
Points
5UConn
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 10 - Joe Cook
1208
Points
6Louisville
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: 14 - Dave Borges
1201
Points
7BYU
4-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Scott Hamilton
1033
Points
8Michigan
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Kevin Sjuts
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
1080
Points
9Alabama
3-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Randy Heitz
1070
Points
10Florida
4-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 19 - Shane Mettlen
961
Points
11Illinois
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
830
Points
12Gonzaga
5-0Actual: 12
Highest: 3 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 22 - Parth Upadhyaya
863
Points
13Michigan State
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Randy Heitz
879
Points
14St. John's
3-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 19 - Brian Holland
743
Points
15Iowa State
4-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
706
Points
16UCLA
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
488
Points
17North Carolina
5-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Shane Mettlen
595
Points
18Tennessee
5-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Percy Allen
Lowest: NR - Dave Borges
495
Points
19Kentucky
4-2Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
394
Points
20Texas Tech
4-2Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
319
Points
21Arkansas
5-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
260
Points
22Auburn
4-1Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
269
Points
23Indiana
5-0Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
100
Points
24NC State
4-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
214
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25Utah State
6-0Actual: 34
Highest: 21 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
16
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Vanderbilt