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North Texas45
Tulsa44
6:00 PM CDT
Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech
6:00 PM CDT
Liberty
Delaware
7:00 PM CDT
Penn State
Northwestern
Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

James Kratch’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2020 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Week 9 Ballot

Published 2020-10-25

James Kratch 2020 Week 9 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Alabama2+1
2Ohio State3+1
3Clemson1-2
4Notre Dame4Same
5Cincinnati7+2
6BYU11+5
7Georgia5-2
8Oklahoma State6-2
9Wisconsin9Same
10Texas A&M8-2
11Oregon14+3
12Florida10-2
13Miami (FL)12-1
14Michigan13-1
15Indiana17+2
16North Carolina15-1
17Penn State18+1
18Kansas State16-2
19Coastal Carolina20+1
20Marshall19-1
21LouisianaNR—
22MinnesotaNR—
23USC21-2
24NorthwesternNR—
25Iowa State23-2

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

Two Archives Agree

This recovered ballot agrees with the second archived grid. It remains part of a reconstructed historical dataset.

2020 Ballot History

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

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2020-08-24Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 32020-09-13ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 42020-09-20ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 52020-09-27Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 62020-10-04Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 72020-10-11ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 82020-10-18AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 92020-10-25AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 102020-11-01AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 112020-11-08AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 122020-11-15AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 132020-11-22AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 142020-11-29AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 152020-12-06AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 162020-12-13AlabamaOpen Ballot
December 202020-12-20—Ballot Withheld · Result edition under review
Final2021-01-12AlabamaOpen Ballot