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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Garry Smits’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2018 Historical Football Ballots · 15 Available Releases

Week 9 Ballot

Published 2018-10-21

Garry Smits 2018 Week 9 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Alabama1Same
2Clemson2Same
3Notre Dame3Same
4Michigan5+1
5Texas6+1
6LSU4-2
7UCF10+3
8Georgia7-1
9Texas A&M16+7
10Kentucky12+2
11Florida9-2
12Oklahoma8-4
13Iowa18+5
14West Virginia13-1
15Ohio State11-4
16Penn State17+1
17Washington State14-3
18Washington15-3
19Stanford24+5
20South Florida21+1
21Texas TechNR—
22Oregon19-3
23Utah StateNR—
24Appalachian State25+1
25Miami (FL)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

Two Archives Agree

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.

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2018-08-20—No Retained Ballot
Week 22018-09-04AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 32018-09-09AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 42018-09-16AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 52018-09-23AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 62018-09-30AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 72018-10-07AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 82018-10-14AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 92018-10-21AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 102018-10-28AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 112018-11-04AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 122018-11-11AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 132018-11-18AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 142018-11-25AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 152018-12-02AlabamaOpen Ballot
Final2019-01-08ClemsonOpen Ballot