Jerry DiPaola’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Jerry DiPaola 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.