Garry Smits’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Garry Smits 2016 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Clemson	2	+1
2	Oklahoma	3	+1
3	LSU	5	+2
4	Florida State	4	Same
5	Alabama	1	-4
6	Stanford	8	+2
7	Michigan	7	Same
8	Tennessee	9	+1
9	Notre Dame	10	+1
10	Houston	15	+5
11	Iowa	17	+6
12	Ohio State	6	-6
13	Washington	14	+1
14	Ole Miss	11	-3
15	Michigan State	12	-3
16	USC	20	+4
17	Georgia	18	+1
18	TCU	13	-5
19	Louisville	19	Same
20	Oklahoma State	21	+1
21	UCLA	16	-5
22	North Carolina	22	Same
23	Miami (FL)	NR	—
24	Baylor	23	-1
25	Arkansas	NR	—

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.

2016 Ballot History

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