Michael Lev’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Michael Lev 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.