Published AP Ballots 3 Verified Polls

Stephen Means

Cleveland.com · 2026 AP Poll Voter

SportFootball
2.4624 Shared Teams Compared
1 / 1Compared With Consensus
2.82
3Available Ballots

Preseason Ballot

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

VoteTeam
#1Oregon#2+1
#2Ohio State#1-1
#3Notre Dame#4+1
#4Indiana#6+2
#5Texas#50
#6Miami#7+1
#7Georgia#3-4
#8BYU#14+6
#9Texas A&M#8-1
#10USC#14+4
#11Ole Miss#9-2
#12Michigan#16+4
#13Oklahoma#10-3
#14LSU#11-3
#15Washington#17+2
#16Texas Tech#12-4
#17Alabama#13-4
#18Utah#21+3
#19Iowa#22+3
#20Tennessee#200
#21Penn State#18-3
#22Louisville#24+2
#23Houston#230
#24SMU#19-5
#25TCUNRVoter Only
NRArizonaNRBoth Unranked
NRAuburnNRBoth Unranked
NRBoise StateNRBoth Unranked
NRCaliforniaNRBoth Unranked
NRClemsonNRBoth Unranked
NRFloridaNRBoth Unranked
NRGeorgia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRIllinoisNRBoth Unranked
NRJames MadisonNRBoth Unranked
NRLibertyNRBoth Unranked
NRMemphisNRBoth Unranked
NRMinnesotaNRBoth Unranked
NRMissouri#25Omitted by Voter
NRNavyNRBoth Unranked
NRNew MexicoNRBoth Unranked
NROklahoma StateNRBoth Unranked
NRPittsburghNRBoth Unranked
NRSouth CarolinaNRBoth Unranked
NRTulaneNRBoth Unranked
NRUNLVNRBoth Unranked
NRVanderbiltNRBoth Unranked
NRVirginiaNRBoth Unranked
NRVirginia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRWestern MichiganNRBoth Unranked

Biggest Outliers in This Ballot

VoterTeamVote
Stephen MeansBYU#8#14+6
Stephen MeansSMU#24#19-5
Stephen MeansAlabama#17#13-4
Stephen MeansGeorgia#7#3-4
Stephen MeansMichigan#12#16+4

Added and Omitted Teams

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

VoterTeamVote
Stephen MeansMissouriNR#25Omitted by Voter
Stephen MeansTCU#25NRVoter Only