John Clay’s AP Top 25 Ballots

John Clay 2017 Week 9 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	Notre Dame	9	-1
11	Oklahoma	10	-1
12	Virginia Tech	13	+1
13	Oklahoma State	11	-2
14	Auburn	19	+5
15	Washington State	15	Same
16	Michigan State	16	Same
17	South Florida	17	Same
18	NC State	14	-4
19	UCF	18	-1
20	West Virginia	22	+2
21	Stanford	20	-1
22	LSU	23	+1
23	USC	21	-2
24	Iowa State	25	+1
25	Michigan	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.