Matt Porter’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Matt Porter 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.