Doug Lesmerises’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Doug Lesmerises 2015 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Ohio State	1	Same
2	TCU	2	Same
3	Auburn	6	+3
4	USC	8	+4
5	Alabama	3	-2
6	Michigan State	5	-1
7	Clemson	12	+5
8	Baylor	4	-4
9	Oregon	7	-2
10	Florida State	10	Same
11	UCLA	13	+2
12	Notre Dame	11	-1
13	Arkansas	18	+5
14	Georgia	9	-5
15	Georgia Tech	16	+1
16	LSU	14	-2
17	Stanford	21	+4
18	Oklahoma	19	+1
19	Wisconsin	20	+1
20	Boise State	23	+3
21	Arizona State	15	-6
22	Missouri	24	+2
23	Virginia Tech	NR	—
24	Ole Miss	17	-7
25	Tennessee	25	Same

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.

2015 Ballot History

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