Mike Barber’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Mike Barber 2016 Final Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Clemson	1	Same
2	Alabama	2	Same
3	Ohio State	6	+3
4	USC	3	-1
5	Penn State	7	+2
6	Washington	4	-2
7	Wisconsin	9	+2
8	Oklahoma	5	-3
9	Florida State	8	-1
10	Oklahoma State	11	+1
11	Michigan	10	-1
12	Colorado	17	+5
13	Auburn	24	+11
14	Louisville	21	+7
15	Florida	14	-1
16	Virginia Tech	16	Same
17	Western Michigan	15	-2
18	Stanford	12	-6
19	Miami (FL)	20	+1
20	LSU	13	-7
21	Tennessee	22	+1
22	Nebraska	NR	—
23	West Virginia	18	-5
24	Utah	23	-1
25	South Florida	19	-6

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.