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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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Dec 8, 2025Week 6 Rankings for Jackson Payne
1Arizona (33)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 33 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1461
Points
2Michigan (19)
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 19 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Andy Greder
1440
Points
3Duke (7)
10-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 5 - C.J. Moore
1400
Points
4UConn
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Dylan Sinn
1263
Points
5Iowa State (1)
9-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1304
Points
6Purdue
8-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Brenna Greene
1173
Points
7Houston
8-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Mark Berman
1064
Points
8BYU
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1007
Points
9Gonzaga
9-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Chris Lea
1054
Points
10Michigan State
8-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1017
Points
11Louisville
8-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - John Johnson
Lowest: 17 - Tony Paul
877
Points
12Illinois
7-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - David Jablonski
771
Points
13Alabama
7-2Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 15 - Brenden Martin
854
Points
14North Carolina
8-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - John Johnson
Lowest: 22 - Shane Mettlen
724
Points
15Vanderbilt
9-0Actual: 15
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
686
Points
16Texas Tech
7-2Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
508
Points
17Arkansas
7-2Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 5 Voters
488
Points
18Florida
5-3Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Matt Young
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
422
Points
19St. John's
5-3Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
254
Points
20Auburn
7-3Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
264
Points
21Virginia
8-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Bruce Pascoe
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
130
Points
22Kansas
7-3Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
380
Points
23UCLA
7-2Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - Percy Allen
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
79
Points
24Tennessee
7-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
286
Points
25USC
8-1Actual: 28
Highest: 18 - Brenden Martin
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
50
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Nebraska