Pat Dooley’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Pat Dooley 2018 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Clemson	2	+1
2	Alabama	1	-1
3	Wisconsin	4	+1
4	Penn State	10	+6
5	Washington	6	+1
6	Miami (FL)	8	+2
7	Georgia	3	-4
8	Ohio State	5	-3
9	Auburn	9	Same
10	Notre Dame	12	+2
11	Oklahoma	7	-4
12	Stanford	13	+1
13	Michigan	14	+1
14	TCU	16	+2
15	USC	15	Same
16	Michigan State	11	-5
17	South Carolina	NR	—
18	Texas A&M	NR	—
19	West Virginia	17	-2
20	Mississippi State	18	-2
21	Oklahoma State	NR	—
22	Texas	23	+1
23	UCF	21	-2
24	Florida	NR	—
25	Kentucky	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.

2018 Ballot History

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