Matt McCoy’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Matt McCoy 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.