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North Texas45
Tulsa44
6:00 PM CDT
Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech
6:00 PM CDT
Liberty
Delaware
7:00 PM CDT
Penn State
Northwestern
Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Michael Lev’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2020 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Week 9 Ballot

Published 2020-10-25

Michael Lev 2020 Week 9 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Clemson1Same
2Alabama2Same
3Ohio State3Same
4Notre Dame4Same
5Oklahoma State6+1
6Georgia5-1
7BYU11+4
8North Carolina15+7
9Texas A&M8-1
10Florida10Same
11Wisconsin9-2
12Michigan13+1
13Cincinnati7-6
14Miami (FL)12-2
15Indiana17+2
16Penn State18+2
17Kansas State16-1
18USC21+3
19Coastal Carolina20+1
20LouisianaNR—
21Marshall19-2
22LibertyNR—
23ArkansasNR—
24Iowa State23-1
25Oklahoma24-1

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

Two Archives Agree

This recovered ballot agrees with the second archived grid. It remains part of a reconstructed historical dataset.

2020 Ballot History

An unavailable entry means no retained, attributed ballot. It does not establish an absence from the electorate.

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2020-08-24ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 32020-09-13ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 42020-09-20ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 52020-09-27ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 62020-10-04AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 72020-10-11ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 82020-10-18ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 92020-10-25ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 102020-11-01AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 112020-11-08AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 122020-11-15AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 132020-11-22AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 142020-11-29AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 152020-12-06AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 162020-12-13AlabamaOpen Ballot
December 202020-12-20—Ballot Withheld · Result edition under review
Final2021-01-12AlabamaOpen Ballot