1st place votes for OU John Wilner - San Jose Mercury News Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.
1st place vote for Clemson Lauren Schute - SEC Country Lauren is a sports journalist covering Auburn for SEC Country and was previously a writer for Sports Illustrated.