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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Pat Dooley’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2020 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Week 5 Ballot

Published 2020-09-27

Pat Dooley 2020 Week 5 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Ohio State6+5
2Alabama2Same
3Clemson1-2
4Florida3-1
5Notre Dame5Same
6Georgia4-2
7North Carolina12+5
8Auburn7-1
9Penn State10+1
10Miami (FL)8-2
11Texas9-2
12Oregon14+2
13UCF11-2
14Cincinnati15+1
15BYU22+7
16Oklahoma18+2
17Mississippi State16-1
18LSU20+2
19Texas A&M13-6
20Tennessee21+1
21Michigan23+2
22Oklahoma State17-5
23VirginiaNR—
24LouisianaNR—
25UtahNR—

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
Preseason2020-08-24Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 32020-09-13ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 42020-09-20AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 52020-09-27Ohio StateOpen Ballot
Week 62020-10-04AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 72020-10-11ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 82020-10-18ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 92020-10-25ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 102020-11-01AlabamaOpen 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