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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

Ron Counts’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2020 Historical Football Ballots · 16 Available Releases

Week 3 Ballot

Published 2020-09-13

Ron Counts 2020 Week 3 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Clemson1Same
2LSU6+4
3Alabama2-1
4Georgia4Same
5Oklahoma3-2
6Auburn8+2
7Notre Dame7Same
8Texas9+1
9Florida5-4
10Texas A&M10Same
11Oklahoma State11Same
12UCF14+2
13Cincinnati13Same
14North Carolina12-2
15VirginiaNR—
16SMUNR—
17Louisiana19+2
18Virginia Tech20+2
19BYU21+2
20Tennessee15-5
21Memphis16-5
22Miami (FL)17-5
23TCUNR—
24Louisville18-6
25Appalachian State23-2

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 42020-09-20ClemsonOpen 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 112020-11-08AlabamaOpen 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