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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Bill Landis’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2018 Historical Football Ballots · 6 Available Releases

Week 5 Ballot

Published 2018-09-23

Bill Landis 2018 Week 5 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Alabama1Same
2Georgia2Same
3Ohio State4+1
4Clemson3-1
5LSU5Same
6Stanford7+1
7Oklahoma6-1
8Penn State9+1
9Auburn10+1
10Notre Dame8-2
11Washington11Same
12Michigan14+2
13Kentucky17+4
14Miami (FL)16+2
15UCF13-2
16West Virginia12-4
17BYU20+3
18Wisconsin15-3
19Texas18-1
20Texas Tech25+5
21Oregon19-2
22California24+2
23Duke22-1
24Michigan State21-3
25Mississippi State23-2

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

Two Archives Agree

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

2018 Ballot History

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

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2018-08-20AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 22018-09-04AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 32018-09-09AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 42018-09-16AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 52018-09-23AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 62018-09-30AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 72018-10-07—No Retained Ballot
Week 82018-10-14—No Retained Ballot
Week 92018-10-21—No Retained Ballot
Week 102018-10-28—No Retained Ballot
Week 112018-11-04—No Retained Ballot
Week 122018-11-11—No Retained Ballot
Week 132018-11-18—No Retained Ballot
Week 142018-11-25—No Retained Ballot
Week 152018-12-02—No Retained Ballot
Final2019-01-08—No Retained Ballot