Pat Caputo’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Pat Caputo 2016 Preseason Ballot

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