Garland Gillen’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Garland Gillen 2018 Preseason Ballot

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

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.

2018 Ballot History

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