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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Ed Daigneault’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2016 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Preseason Ballot

Published 2016-08-21

Ed Daigneault 2016 Preseason Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Florida State4+3
2Alabama1-1
3Clemson2-1
4LSU5+1
5Oklahoma3-2
6Michigan7+1
7Ohio State6-1
8TCU13+5
9Stanford8-1
10Tennessee9-1
11Notre Dame10-1
12Houston15+3
13Louisville19+6
14Washington14Same
15Iowa17+2
16USC20+4
17Michigan State12-5
18Texas A&MNR—
19Florida25+6
20UtahNR—
21Oklahoma State21Same
22Ole Miss11-11
23UCLA16-7
24Washington StateNR—
25North Carolina22-3

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.

2016 Ballot History

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

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2016-08-21Florida StateOpen Ballot
Week 22016-09-06Florida StateOpen Ballot
Week 32016-09-11Florida StateOpen Ballot
Week 42016-09-18LouisvilleOpen Ballot
Week 52016-09-25LouisvilleOpen Ballot
Week 62016-10-02AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 72016-10-10AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 82016-10-16AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 92016-10-23AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 102016-10-30AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 112016-11-06AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 122016-11-13AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 132016-11-20AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 142016-11-27AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 152016-12-04AlabamaOpen Ballot
Final2017-01-10ClemsonOpen Ballot