Mike Barber’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Mike Barber 2016 Preseason Ballot

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

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.