Rob Long’s AP Top 25 Ballots

Rob Long 2016 Preseason Ballot

Vote	Team	AP Rank	Difference
1	Alabama	1	Same
2	Clemson	2	Same
3	Oklahoma	3	Same
4	Ohio State	6	+2
5	Stanford	8	+3
6	TCU	13	+7
7	Michigan State	12	+5
8	Michigan	7	-1
9	Iowa	17	+8
10	Ole Miss	11	+1
11	Houston	15	+4
12	Notre Dame	10	-2
13	Baylor	23	+10
14	North Carolina	22	+8
15	Florida State	4	-11
16	LSU	5	-11
17	Oklahoma State	21	+4
18	Navy	NR	—
19	Utah	NR	—
20	Oregon	24	+4
21	Florida	25	+4
22	Wisconsin	NR	—
23	Tennessee	9	-14
24	Toledo	NR	—
25	Western 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.

2016 Ballot History

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