Joe Dubin’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Joe Dubin 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.