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Published AP Ballots — 4 Verified Polls

Chelsie Brown’s 2026 Preseason AP Ballot

KCRG-TV · 2026 AP Poll Voter

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Chelsie Brown submitted a complete 25-team ballot for the 2026 Preseason AP football poll. This ballot includes 2 teams outside the published Top 25 and omits 2 teams inside it.

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2.1723 Shared Teams Compared
2 / 2Compared With Consensus
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Preseason Ballot

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

VoteTeam
#1Indiana#6+5
#2Ohio State#1-1
#3Oregon#2-1
#4Georgia#3-1
#5Miami#7+2
#6Texas#5-1
#7Ole Miss#9+2
#8Texas Tech#12+4
#9Oklahoma#10+1
#10Notre Dame#4-6
#11Texas A&M#8-3
#12LSU#11-1
#13USC#14+1
#14Washington#17+3
#15BYU#14-1
#16Michigan#160
#17Alabama#13-4
#18Utah#21+3
#19Tennessee#20+1
#20Penn State#18-2
#21Houston#23+2
#22SMU#19-3
#23ClemsonNRVoter Only
#24Iowa#22-2
#25VanderbiltNRVoter Only
NRArizonaNRBoth Unranked
NRAuburnNRBoth Unranked
NRBoise StateNRBoth Unranked
NRCaliforniaNRBoth Unranked
NRFloridaNRBoth Unranked
NRGeorgia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRIllinoisNRBoth Unranked
NRJames MadisonNRBoth Unranked
NRLibertyNRBoth Unranked
NRLouisville#24Omitted by Voter
NRMemphisNRBoth Unranked
NRMinnesotaNRBoth Unranked
NRMissouri#25Omitted by Voter
NRNavyNRBoth Unranked
NRNew MexicoNRBoth Unranked
NROklahoma StateNRBoth Unranked
NRPittsburghNRBoth Unranked
NRSouth CarolinaNRBoth Unranked
NRTCUNRBoth Unranked
NRTulaneNRBoth Unranked
NRUNLVNRBoth Unranked
NRVirginiaNRBoth Unranked
NRVirginia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRWestern MichiganNRBoth Unranked

Biggest Outliers in This Ballot

VoterTeamVote
Chelsie BrownNotre Dame#10#4-6
Chelsie BrownIndiana#1#6+5
Chelsie BrownAlabama#17#13-4
Chelsie BrownTexas Tech#8#12+4
Chelsie BrownSMU#22#19-3

Added and Omitted Teams

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

VoterTeamVote
Chelsie BrownClemson#23NRVoter Only
Chelsie BrownLouisvilleNR#24Omitted by Voter
Chelsie BrownMissouriNR#25Omitted by Voter
Chelsie BrownVanderbilt#25NRVoter Only

Conference Comparisons

2026 Preseason · This ballot only. Positive placement means higher than the AP rank; additions and omissions stay separate.

Conference / GroupShared Teams
SEC-0.751 / 18
Big Ten+0.380 / 08
Big 12+2.000 / 04
ACC-0.501 / 12
Pac-12—0 / 00
American—0 / 00
Mountain West—0 / 00
Sun Belt—0 / 00
MAC—0 / 00
Conference USA—0 / 00
FBS Independents-6.000 / 01

Bars share a −6 to +6 scale. No shared ranked teams means no placement score (—). One ballot does not establish a lasting conference tendency.