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Bob Ballou’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2025 Historical Football Ballots · 17 Available Releases

Week 8 Ballot

Published 2025-10-12

Bob Ballou 2025 Week 8 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Ohio State1Same
2Miami (FL)2Same
3Indiana3Same
4Texas A&M4Same
5Ole Miss5Same
6Texas Tech7+1
7Alabama6-1
8Oregon8Same
9Georgia9Same
10LSU10Same
11Georgia Tech12+1
12BYU15+3
13Missouri16+3
14Notre Dame13-1
15Tennessee11-4
16Virginia18+2
17Vanderbilt17Same
18Texas21+3
19Oklahoma14-5
20Nebraska25+5
21Cincinnati24+3
22IllinoisNR—
23South Florida19-4
24Memphis22-2
25USC20-5

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.

2025 Ballot History

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

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2025-08-11Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 22025-09-02Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 32025-09-07Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 42025-09-14Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 52025-09-21Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 62025-09-28Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 72025-10-05Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 82025-10-12Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 92025-10-19Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 102025-10-26Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 112025-11-02Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 122025-11-09Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 132025-11-16Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 142025-11-23Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 152025-11-30Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 162025-12-07IndianaOpen Ballot
Final2026-01-20IndianaOpen Ballot