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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 8 Ballot

Published 2020-10-18

Pat Dooley 2020 Week 8 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Clemson1Same
2Alabama2Same
3Ohio State5+2
4Notre Dame3-1
5Georgia4-1
6Oklahoma State6Same
7Penn State8+1
8Texas A&M7-1
9Oregon13+4
10Florida10Same
11BYU12+1
12Michigan18+6
13North Carolina14+1
14Cincinnati9-5
15Miami (FL)11-4
16SMU16Same
17Virginia Tech19+2
18Iowa State17-1
19Kansas State20+1
20NC State23+3
21Coastal Carolina25+4
22Marshall22Same
23OklahomaNR—
24Wisconsin14-10
25ArkansasNR—

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