Mike Sands’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Mike Sands 2015 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Ohio State	1	Same
2	TCU	2	Same
3	Auburn	6	+3
4	Alabama	3	-1
5	Oregon	7	+2
6	Michigan State	5	-1
7	Baylor	4	-3
8	USC	8	Same
9	Clemson	12	+3
10	Georgia	9	-1
11	Florida State	10	-1
12	UCLA	13	+1
13	Notre Dame	11	-2
14	Georgia Tech	16	+2
15	Arizona State	15	Same
16	Arizona	22	+6
17	Ole Miss	17	Same
18	Oklahoma	19	+1
19	Wisconsin	20	+1
20	Mississippi State	NR	—
21	Stanford	21	Same
22	LSU	14	-8
23	Boise State	23	Same
24	Arkansas	18	-6
25	Missouri	24	-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

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

2015 Ballot History

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