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North Texas45
Tulsa44
6:00 PM CDT
Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech
6:00 PM CDT
Liberty
Delaware
7:00 PM CDT
Penn State
Northwestern
Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Rob Long’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2020 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Week 5 Ballot

Published 2020-09-27

Rob Long 2020 Week 5 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Clemson1Same
2Alabama2Same
3Georgia4+1
4Notre Dame5+1
5Auburn7+2
6Texas9+3
7Florida3-4
8Oklahoma State17+9
9Miami (FL)8-1
10Mississippi State16+6
11UCF11Same
12Tennessee21+9
13LSU20+7
14Texas A&M13-1
15Oklahoma18+3
16North Carolina12-4
17BYU22+5
18LouisianaNR—
19Pittsburgh24+5
20SMUNR—
21Cincinnati15-6
22UABNR—
23Memphis25+2
24Virginia TechNR—
25Kansas StateNR—

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
Preseason2020-08-24ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 32020-09-13ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 42020-09-20ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 52020-09-27ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 62020-10-04ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 72020-10-11ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 82020-10-18ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 92020-10-25ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 102020-11-01ClemsonOpen Ballot
Week 112020-11-08Notre DameOpen Ballot
Week 122020-11-15Notre DameOpen 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