John Clay’s AP Top 25 Ballots

John Clay 2017 Week 8 Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Alabama	1	Same
2	Penn State	2	Same
3	Georgia	3	Same
4	TCU	4	Same
5	Wisconsin	5	Same
6	Clemson	7	+1
7	Ohio State	6	-1
8	Miami (FL)	8	Same
9	Washington	12	+3
10	USC	11	+1
11	Oklahoma	9	-2
12	Virginia Tech	14	+2
13	Oklahoma State	10	-3
14	Notre Dame	13	-1
15	Auburn	21	+6
16	Washington State	15	-1
17	Michigan State	18	+1
18	South Florida	16	-2
19	Michigan	19	Same
20	NC State	16	-4
21	UCF	20	-1
22	West Virginia	23	+1
23	Stanford	22	-1
24	LSU	24	Same
25	Iowa State	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.

2017 Ballot History

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