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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Neill Ostrout’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2020 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Week 5 Ballot

Published 2020-09-27

Neill Ostrout 2020 Week 5 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Clemson1Same
2Ohio State6+4
3Alabama2-1
4Florida3-1
5Miami (FL)8+3
6Mississippi State16+10
7Oregon14+7
8Georgia4-4
9Notre Dame5-4
10Penn State10Same
11Texas9-2
12Michigan23+11
13Auburn7-6
14UCF11-3
15North Carolina12-3
16MinnesotaNR—
17Texas A&M13-4
18Tennessee21+3
19Cincinnati15-4
20BYU22+2
21LSU20-1
22Wisconsin19-3
23Virginia TechNR—
24Pittsburgh24Same
25Oklahoma18-7

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 62020-10-04ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 72020-10-11ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 82020-10-18ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 92020-10-25ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 102020-11-01ClemsonOpen 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