Don Williams’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Don Williams 2021 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Alabama	1	Same
2	Georgia	5	+3
3	Ohio State	4	+1
4	Clemson	3	-1
5	Oklahoma	2	-3
6	Texas A&M	6	Same
7	Iowa State	7	Same
8	Cincinnati	8	Same
9	Oregon	11	+2
10	North Carolina	10	Same
11	Indiana	17	+6
12	Wisconsin	12	Same
13	Florida	13	Same
14	Arizona State	25	+11
15	Miami (FL)	14	-1
16	Texas	21	+5
17	USC	15	-2
18	LSU	16	-2
19	Washington	20	+1
20	Notre Dame	9	-11
21	Utah	24	+3
22	Coastal Carolina	22	Same
23	Iowa	18	-5
24	Penn State	19	-5
25	Louisiana	23	-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

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

2021 Ballot History

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