Bill Landis’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Bill Landis 2016 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Alabama	1	Same
2	Clemson	2	Same
3	Florida State	4	+1
4	LSU	5	+1
5	Oklahoma	3	-2
6	Ohio State	6	Same
7	Michigan	7	Same
8	Tennessee	9	+1
9	Notre Dame	10	+1
10	TCU	13	+3
11	Stanford	8	-3
12	Louisville	19	+7
13	Iowa	17	+4
14	Houston	15	+1
15	Ole Miss	11	-4
16	Michigan State	12	-4
17	UCLA	16	-1
18	Texas A&M	NR	—
19	Washington	14	-5
20	Oklahoma State	21	+1
21	USC	20	-1
22	Miami (FL)	NR	—
23	Florida	25	+2
24	North Carolina	22	-2
25	Utah	NR	—

Positive differences mean a higher ranking than the AP result. NR means outside the AP Top 25; it is not treated as a numeric rank.

Ballot Evidence

This recovered ballot agrees with the second archived grid. It remains part of a reconstructed historical dataset.

2016 Ballot History

An unavailable entry means no retained, attributed ballot. It does not establish an absence from the electorate.