Michael Bonner’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Michael Bonner 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.