Dave Southorn’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Dave Southorn 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.