Published AP Ballots 3 Verified Polls

Dave Preston

WTOP · 2026 AP Poll Voter

SportFootball
1.6523 Shared Teams Compared
2 / 2Compared With Consensus
1.51
3Available Ballots

Preseason Ballot

Positive differences mean a higher vote than the AP rank; negative differences mean a lower vote.

VoteTeam
#1Ohio State#10
#2Texas#5+3
#3Georgia#30
#4Oregon#2-2
#5Indiana#6+1
#6Notre Dame#4-2
#7Miami#70
#8Texas Tech#12+4
#9Texas A&M#8-1
#10Alabama#13+3
#11Ole Miss#9-2
#12Oklahoma#10-2
#13Michigan#16+3
#14LSU#11-3
#15BYU#14-1
#16USC#14-2
#17Penn State#18+1
#18SMU#19+1
#19Tennessee#20+1
#20Washington#17-3
#21Utah#210
#22Louisville#24+2
#23Iowa#22-1
#24ClemsonNRVoter Only
#25NavyNRVoter Only
NRArizonaNRBoth Unranked
NRAuburnNRBoth Unranked
NRBoise StateNRBoth Unranked
NRCaliforniaNRBoth Unranked
NRFloridaNRBoth Unranked
NRGeorgia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRHouston#23Omitted by Voter
NRIllinoisNRBoth Unranked
NRJames MadisonNRBoth Unranked
NRLibertyNRBoth Unranked
NRMemphisNRBoth Unranked
NRMinnesotaNRBoth Unranked
NRMissouri#25Omitted by Voter
NRNew MexicoNRBoth Unranked
NROklahoma StateNRBoth Unranked
NRPittsburghNRBoth Unranked
NRSouth CarolinaNRBoth Unranked
NRTCUNRBoth Unranked
NRTulaneNRBoth Unranked
NRUNLVNRBoth Unranked
NRVanderbiltNRBoth Unranked
NRVirginiaNRBoth Unranked
NRVirginia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRWestern MichiganNRBoth Unranked

Biggest Outliers in This Ballot

VoterTeamVote
Dave PrestonTexas Tech#8#12+4
Dave PrestonAlabama#10#13+3
Dave PrestonLSU#14#11-3
Dave PrestonMichigan#13#16+3
Dave PrestonTexas#2#5+3

Added and Omitted Teams

Teams this voter includes outside the AP Top 25, and Top 25 teams they leave out.

VoterTeamVote
Dave PrestonClemson#24NRVoter Only
Dave PrestonHoustonNR#23Omitted by Voter
Dave PrestonMissouriNR#25Omitted by Voter
Dave PrestonNavy#25NRVoter Only