Garland Gillen’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Garland Gillen 2017 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Alabama	1	Same
2	Florida State	3	+1
3	Ohio State	2	-1
4	USC	4	Same
5	Penn State	6	+1
6	Oklahoma	7	+1
7	Washington	8	+1
8	Clemson	5	-3
9	Michigan	11	+2
10	Wisconsin	9	-1
11	Florida	17	+6
12	LSU	13	+1
13	Auburn	12	-1
14	Oklahoma State	10	-4
15	Louisville	16	+1
16	Georgia	15	-1
17	Miami (FL)	18	+1
18	Stanford	14	-4
19	West Virginia	22	+3
20	Virginia Tech	21	+1
21	Kansas State	20	-1
22	Colorado	NR	—
23	Utah	NR	—
24	Washington State	24	Same
25	Texas	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.

2017 Ballot History

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