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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Garry Smits’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2015 Historical Football Ballots · 15 Available Releases

Week 8 Ballot

Published 2015-10-18

Garry Smits 2015 Week 8 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Baylor2+1
2TCU4+2
3Ohio State1-2
4Clemson6+2
5Utah3-2
6Michigan State7+1
7LSU5-2
8Alabama8Same
9Florida State9Same
10Iowa12+2
11Florida13+2
12Stanford10-2
13Oklahoma State14+1
14Notre Dame11-3
15Memphis18+3
16Houston21+5
17Michigan15-2
18Oklahoma17-1
19Texas A&M15-4
20Temple22+2
21Pittsburgh25+4
22Mississippi StateNR—
23Duke23Same
24Toledo19-5
25California20-5

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.

2015 Ballot History

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

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2015-08-23Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 22015-09-08Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 32015-09-13Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 42015-09-20—Ballot Withheld · No complete named corroboration retained
Week 52015-09-27Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 62015-10-04Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 72015-10-11BaylorOpen Ballot
Week 82015-10-18BaylorOpen Ballot
Week 92015-10-25BaylorOpen Ballot
Week 102015-11-01BaylorOpen Ballot
Week 112015-11-08BaylorOpen Ballot
Week 122015-11-15ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 132015-11-22ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 142015-11-29ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 152015-12-06ClemsonOpen Ballot
Final2016-01-12AlabamaOpen Ballot