Pete YanityWSPA (Spartanburg, SC)
E-mail: pyanity@wspa.com
Twitter: @pyanity
About: Pete Yanity lives for two things: his wonderful family and covering sports. Pete has been anchoring and covering sports for more than 35 years, and it’s been both his hobby and passion all of his life. Pete said the passion and the job become one and the same at 7NEWS. He’s been the sports director and main anchor for the 7NEWS Sports Team since arriving at WSPA-TV in October 1990.


Ballot Score

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Aug 11, 2025Pre-Season Rankings for Pete Yanity
1Penn State (23)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 23 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Jerry Humphrey
1547
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2Oregon (1)
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - Jamal St.
Lowest: 9 - 12 Voters
1236
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3LSU
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: 13 - Damien Sordelett
1174
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4Ohio State (11)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Kirk Bohls
1472
Points
5Texas (25)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 25 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1552
Points
6Clemson (4)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Jamal St.
1398
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7Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1325
Points
8Alabama
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Javon Edmonds
Lowest: 23 - Kevin Carter
1179
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9Michigan
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
662
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10Georgia (1)
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1331
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11Miami (FL)
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Brian Fonseca
Lowest: NR - Damien Sordelett
889
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12Texas Tech
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
274
Points
13SMU
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - Chad Bishop
565
Points
14South Carolina
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
667
Points
15Arizona State
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Chad Bishop
791
Points
16Kansas State
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
512
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17BYU
0-0Actual: 26
Highest: 8 - Chad Bishop
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
156
Points
18Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
463
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19Florida State
0-0Actual: 40
Highest: 19 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
8
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20Louisville
0-0Actual: 29
Highest: 15 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
90
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21Toledo
0-0Actual: 36
Highest: 21 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
13
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22James Madison
0-0Actual: 38
Highest: 22 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
9
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23Liberty
0-0Actual: 42
Highest: 23 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
5
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24Boise State
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 11 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
191
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25Navy
0-0Actual: 42
Highest: 24 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
5
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Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 12-Illinois15-Florida19-Texas A&M20-Indiana21-Ole Miss22-Iowa State24-Tennessee